Guyana News

A minibus driver accused of stealing a quantity of sand and stone belonging to another was yesterday placed on $20,000 bail.

The Ministry of Culture has extended condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of calypsonian Paul Augustus Nurse, popularly known as ‘The Mighty Groucher,’ who passed away a few days ago.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 1915h on Sunday at No.

The pound  in an open field behind the Diamond Police Station was repaired and  is back in operation after it collapsed around

Wisland Parks has a record of service that is second to none, and a peek into his life since he entered this world in 1929 reveals an impressive track record.

A passer-by yesterday morning stumbled upon skeletal remains in a clump of bushes at Weldaad Foreshore, West Coast Berbice.

Attorney General Anand Ramlogan yesterday declared war on the criminal element in the country.

(Trinidad Express) Hours after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced a limited State of Emergency in effect in crime hotspots, police shot and killed two of three armed bandits in Arima yesterday.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. songwriter Nickolas  Ashford, who penned such rhythm and blues hits as “Ain’t No  Mountain High Enough” and “I’m Every Woman” with his wife  Valerie Simpson, died on Monday at age 70.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – New York prosecutors asked a  judge to dismiss sexual assault charges against former IMF  chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn today, a stunning reversal  that could revive the political future of a man many had seen  as the next president of France.

A Delta Airlines flight which departed the Cheddi Jagan International Airport at Timehri for New York this morning was diverted to San Juan in Puerto Rico some three hours later for an emergency landing.

Police say that at about 1130h. yesterday, the skeletal remains of an unidentified  female was found in a clump of bushes at Weldaad Foreshore, West Coast Berbice.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 1915h yesterday at No.

BERNE, (Reuters) – Bahamas have pulled out of  the 2014 World Cup qualifying competition, FIFA said today.

COLOMBO,  (Reuters) – Sri Lanka paceman  Lasith Malinga became the first bowler to chalk up three one-day  international hat-tricks today.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico,  (Reuters) – Hurricane Irene  buffeted Puerto Rico with winds and torrential rain today,  knocking out power and downing trees as it churned westward on  a track that will threaten Florida by the end of the week.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Oscar-winning actress  Kate Winslet was among the guests who escaped unhurt from a fire  which swept through Richard Branson’s Caribbean holiday retreat  overnight, the billionaire said today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – England swept to a series  whitewash over India in the fourth test at the Oval today  after Sachin Tendulkar had been dismissed nine runs short of a  100th international century.

A Block 20 Enmore/Haslington New Scheme, East Coast Demerara couple and a 15 year-old boy were today charged with cocaine trafficking.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two letters purporting to originate from a fundamentalist religious sect were sent to two top members of the Peoples National Movement (PNM) last Friday, warning that if they did not step down from the PNM’s executive, they would be assassinated.