Guyana News

The police say they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Davika Persaud, 29 years of No.

OSLO, (Reuters) – At least 100,000 people, many  carrying white or red roses, rallied in Oslo today to show  support for victims of attacks that killed 76 people, police  said.

A funeral service was held this morning in Miramar, Florida for 43-year-old Guyanese Natalie Belmonte, whose adopted son Gerald has been charged with her murder.

Jamaican Karl Rodney, 73, the founder and head of the weekly New York Carib News,  has been sentenced to two years probation and 500 house of community service for lying to the US Congress, according to the Caribbean Media Corporation.

LONDON, (Reuters) – England completed a 196-run win  over the world’s top-ranked side India at Lord’s today after  James Anderson cut through their middle order with five for 65.

(Jamaica Observer) OCHO RIOS, St Ann — Sandals Resorts International (SRI) says it will spend US$500 million to expand its brand and in the process revolutionise tourism in Jamaica and the Caribbean.

OSLO,  (Reuters) – Anders Behring Breivik told a  Norwegian judge today his bombing and shooting rampage that  killed scores aimed to save Europe from a Muslim takeover, and  said that “two more cells” existed in his organisation.

A two-year-old child is dead and around ten relatives are injured after the  mini-bus they were in collided head-on with a truck this morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) Finance Minister Winston Dookeran says he’s not worried about Justice Maureen Rajnauth-Lee’s ruling for Clico to pay six Clico Executive Flexible Premium Annuity (EFPA) policyholders TT$58.7 million plus interest. Clico,

CARACAS,  (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo  Chavez will seek another six-year term in an election next year  despite recent surgery to remove a cancerous tumor, he told a  state newspaper in an interview published late yesterday.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – With the reactivation of its membership of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Suriname is going for financing of its agrarian programs by the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), the OIC’s financing branch.

One man is dead and another critically injured following a collision between an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) and a motorcar at the small community of Princeville, located close to Mahdia in Region 8 on Saturday evening.

Leaders of the opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) on Friday asked Linden to support what presidential candidate David Granger said was the only movement committed to creating an inclusionary democracy.

An $83M contract was signed on Friday by Chief Executive Officer, Guyana Water Incorporated, Nigel Niles and contractor, ASH Civil Engineering Works, Alvin Hanover, in Region Ten for the rehabilitation of the Kwakwani water treatment plant, according to a  Government Information Agency (GINA) press release.

A Berbice farmer, who has been rearing cattle on a large scale in the Canje Creek area for more than 15 years says he will soon be forced to close his operation if rampant rustling is not addressed by the authorities.

A 27-year-old man is now in hospital while his brother is on the run after the two were involved in a bloody fight on Friday evening.

Fourteen roads and other infrastructure in Region Five are to be refurbished to the tune of $131M, according to a release yesterday from the Government Information Agency.

When two brothers were heard arguing about murdered pensioner Sukhdai Ramkilaum about a month ago, it seemed this was the break the police so badly needed to solve the brutal crime that occurred three months ago.

A 22-year-old father of two arraigned on charges of threatening behaviour, unlawful wounding, throwing missiles, abusive language and assault was granted bail in the sum of $75,000 on Friday when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

The Venezuelan man nabbed on Wednesday morning with an unlicensed gun and matching ammunition at Eteringbang Landing was on Friday remanded to prison, after appearing at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.