Guyana News

The owner of the well-known 75 Robb Street, Rachpaul Pharmacy was this morning discovered murdered in his living quarters behind the pharmacy.

Faizul Razak’s morning devotion was disrupted today by a speeding car which jumped his fence and landed in the living room of the upper floor of his building.

(Barbados Nation) The hierarchy of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) yesterday apologized for comments made  by one of its members Wednesday night in the House of Assembly.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – A vast and jubilant crowd  cheered as Gandhian activist Anna Hazare walked out of jail in  New Delhi today to carry on a hunger strike in public, the  latest act in a drama of popular fury over corruption that has  put India’s government in a bind.

KABUL, (Reuters) – Five Taliban attackers laid siege  to a British cultural centre in the Afghan capital today,  killing at least nine people during an hours-long assault on the  92nd anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence from British  rule.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling  African National Congress today charged controversial youth  leader Julius Malema with “sowing divisions” in its ranks and  bringing the party into disrepute.

A miner was shot then buried while reportedly still alive while his son was hacked to death in a brutal attack at their mining camp in Konawak Backdam, Mahdia on Wednesday.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday  approved a grant of $10 million to the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) to support its activities to mark the International Year for People of African Descent (IYPAD), the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

A $152M contract to repair and upgrade 4.5 kilometres of road in Enmore- Hope, Region Four was inked yesterday.

Police yesterday arrested a well-known businessman and are on the hunt for the owner of a Lusignan car rental service in connection with Tuesday’s multi-million dollar cocaine bust at Block 20 Enmore/Haslington New Scheme, East Coast Demerara.

WPA co-leader Dr Rupert Roopnaraine says APNU hopes to finalize its list of candidates for the upcoming elections, including who will be the representative and deputy representative of the list, by next month.

Four Guyanese, who have criminal convictions in Canada, were yesterday listed among persons wanted by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has agreed to accept a 5% pay raise for sugar workers, retroactive to January 1st, 2011, in light of GuySuCo’s “cash-strapped” state, which includes over $6B in debts.

No one should be allowed to build any structure beyond the seawall given the potential threat to sea defences, says engineer Bert Carter. 

APNU’s presidential candidate David Granger yesterday called for an independent probe of the alleged links between senior policemen and drug lords, saying that the police cannot be depended on to investigate themselves.

An overseas-based organization with ties to Linden has given a boost to the electronic capacity of the Linden Museum of Industrial, Socio and Cultural Heritage (LMISCH) by furnishing them with a computer system complete with printer and scanner, valued in excess of $500,000.

Police on Wednesday found over 25 rounds of ammunition while searching a house at Bagotville, West Bank Demerara.

4The AFC has urged new Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker to intervene to resolve the “crisis” at the Bartica Market, which has been without water and electricity for two months because the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) defaulted on payments to the utility companies.

Police have determined that robbery is the motive in Wednesday’s brutal slaying of security guard Mohammed Haniff, according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud.

A contract has been signed for the first phase of construction of a playground at Area ‘B’ Lusignan, East Coast Demerara.