Guyana News

The Celina Atlantic Resort building violates the Sea Defence Act and permission for its construction should not have been granted, according to former Chief Hydraulics Officer and Specialist Engineer for Sea Defences Malcolm Alli.

Professor Mark McWatt’s poetry collection, ‘Journey to Le Repentir,’ took top honours at the Guyana Prize for Literature awards ceremony on Thursday evening at the Pegasus Hotel.

In Linden on Tuesday, two physically-challenged residents were able to benefit from a small humanitarian gesture that is expected to be of tremendous help in their daily mobility.

The staff attached to the Mabaruma Regional Hospital in Region One has voiced concern over the lack of security at the institution after an intruder broke in early Wednesday morning and tampered with equipment.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) yesterday said that the elections laws do not allow for the inclusion of the photographs of presidential candidates on ballot papers.

Presidential Advisor Gail Teixeira is to speak at the formal launch of Transparency Institute (TI) Guyana Inc today.

A security guard accused of assaulting a man was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $20,000 when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

By Marcelle Thomas   With the “Back to School” season at fever pitch parents will throng the main shopping centres today focusing   primarily on school  uniforms, text books,   stationery and other  essentials for their children’s new school year.

A man accused of stealing a woman’s cell phone was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $50,000 by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

(Trinidad Express) The performance of Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs came under severe fire from Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley in the House of Representatives yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) State carrier Caribbean Airlines says it has transported an additional 5,000 passengers who were affected by Hurricane Irene.

(Trinidad Express) Using police statistics to buttress his case, National Security Minister John Sandy said yesterday that the majority of crimes in Trinidad and Tobago are committed by Afro-Trinidadians against other Afro-Trinidadians.

SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – A Chilean air force plane  disappeared near the Juan Fernandez islands in the Pacific  Ocean with 21 people aboard today and was presumed to have  crashed, authorities said.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – A criminal gang capable of  smuggling 10 tonnes of cocaine a month for Mexico’s bloody  Sinaloa cartel has been dismantled following the arrest of 36  suspects, Colombian authorities said today.

NEW ORLEANS, (Reuters) – Tropical Storm Lee  threatened the Louisiana coast today with torrential rains  and flooding and shut nearly half of U.S.

President Bharrat Jagdeo today said that his decision to appoint Henry Greene as Police Commissioner was made after the US refused to provide information on a five-year probe which it said tied Greene to drug trafficking.

(Trinidad Guardian) Acting on a tip-off, heavily-armed Crime Suppression Unit (CSU) officers went to the Gasparillo Police Station yesterday, seizing a cellphone and a quantity of cash from Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis.

(Jamaica Observer) Controversy surrounded the final Caribbean Motor Racing Championships (CMRC) race in Barbados, which started after 6:00 pm in night-time conditions, raising concerns regarding the safety of competitors.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaican swim coach Nathan Brown has been charged in connection with Saturday’s robbery of Empire Supermarket in Cross Roads, St.

DAEGU, South Korea, (Reuters) – Jamaica’s Olympic  champion Veronica Campbell-Brown held off the challenge of  American Carmelita Jeter down the home straight with a storming  finish to win the women’s world 200 metres title for the first  time today.