Guyana News

MIAMI, (Reuters) – India wrapped up their series against the West Indies 1-0 today when the third and final test ended in a draw in Dominica after a fine rearguard action  from Shivnarine Chanderpaul.

Miss Guyana Universe 2011, Kara Lord (centre) is flanked by the four runners-up.

(Jamaica Observer) The family of 34-year-old inmate Garfield Campbell is still perplexed about how he came to be electrocuted in his cell at the St Catherine Adult Correctional Centre last Wednesday evening.

(Trinidad Express) A Guyanese woman was burnt to death on Friday night after she was trapped in her house.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves has called for cooler heads to prevail on the REDjet issue, which has set the Government of Barbados on a collision course with its Caribbean Community (CARICOM) neighbours Trinidad and Jamaica.

In the face of questions being asked about the AFC’s prospects at the upcoming polls, presidential candidate Khemraj Ramjattan is confident of attracting support from members of the electorate who are disenchanted with the status quo, in addition to new voters.

Kara Lord was crowned Miss Guyana Universe early this morning after she came out swinging with a strong answer to the final question.

Synergy Holdings will no longer be responsible for constructing the remaining timber bridges which were originally part of the Amaila Falls access road project and the sum budgeted will be deducted from the US$15.4 million contract, government engineer Walter Willis says.

Patricia Williams has never walked, but she has never let her lack of mobility hold her back.

Fire last evening destroyed a two storey building at Lot 18 D’Urban Street that housed a residence and a fish shop, leaving losses totalling millions in its wake.

The company that wins the bid to supply the computers for the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) programme is expected to deliver the first batch of instruments sixty days from the date of the contract signing, which suggests that the proposed October roll out for the project may be unrealistic.

The Plaisance woman who was severely burnt in a fire earlier last week remains in a critical condition and relatives are not optimistic about her recovery.

Champa Seonaraine is still hoping, nine months after her 28-year-old daughter mysteriously disappeared, that she will one day just walk into their Timehri, East Bank Demerara home.

The collapse of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) stolen transformer case which resulted in a dismissal came as a shock for the power company especially since it had the appearance of an “open and shut case,” Chief Executive Officer Bharrat Dindyal says.

Seven people are homeless after a mid-afternoon fire yesterday destroyed their house at Block 22 Wismar, Linden.

A second entrance into Diamond Housing Scheme on the East Bank is to be built and government has already secured the land that will be used to construct the two-lane road, the Government Information Agency said in a press release.

Malini Baseer of 131 Fourth Street, Meten-Meer-Zorg, West Coast Demerara, who was on Thursday last severely stabbed, remains a patient of the Intensive Care Unit at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) has started conducting a series of training sessions for the selection of field managers for the upcoming polls.

The preliminary round of the National Library’s Annual Champion Readers Competition commenced Wednesday at the library’s conference hall.

Belgian director Frank van Passel’s 2002 production of the romance drama Villa des Roses is the Classic Tuesdays film that will be presented on Tuesday at 6 pm at the National Gallery, Castellani House, Vlissengen Road, Georgetown.