Guyana News

The PPP/C says that its Facebook page was hacked sometime this morning.

The Ministry of Agriculture this afternoon said that satellite imagery and the United States National Hurricane Centre have identified an area of disturbed weather which could lead to heavy rain here over the next day or two.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombia and the U.S. drug  agency have broken an airport drug ring in the world’s No.

A 44-year-old man was killed on the Corentyne Highway last night by a hit and run driver.

The lifeless body of a physically challenged Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara man was today pulled from his septic tank, hours after he was discovered to be missing from his home where several pieces of furniture had been set afire.

LONDON, (Reuters) – In a breathtaking response to a  scandal engulfing his media empire, Rupert Murdoch moved today to close down the News of the World, Britain’s biggest  selling Sunday newspaper.

(Trinidad Express) State carrier Caribbean Airlines has officially launched its service from Port of Spain to Orlando, Florida.

(Trinidad Express) A FIFA corruption investigation has concluded there is fresh evidence to support claims that former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner and Mohamed bin Hammam colluded to offer bribes of up to US$1 million (£625,000) to Caribbean football officials, according to the London Telegraph newspaper.

(Trinidad Express) Two hundred and twenty-three cancer patients were administered overdoses of radiation during treatment over the period of a year at the Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre in Port of Spain.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caricom leaders must establish a regional television station to transmit positive news about the region to counteract a “bombardment of North American culture,” says Guyana’s president Bharrat Jagdeo.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The invitation by President Desi Bouterse to CARICOM member countries to help invest in developing Suriname’s natural resources will only serve to further strengthen mutual ties, says Natural Resources (NH) Minister Jim Hok.

Minister Robeson Benn yesterday tried to quell fears over the speedboat service introduced for the Berbice River, following the removal of the pontoon MB Sandaka.

A Brazilian national was fatally stabbed during an argument at Ikawan, Cuyuni River on Sunday and police are yet to apprehend the killer.

A post-mortem examination yesterday confirmed that Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris was shot six times and the cause of death was given as perforation of the lungs due to gunshot wounds.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has come in for strong criticism from the Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) for dismissing its concerns about the “tax-riddled industry”.

China’s Ambassador to Guyana, Yu Wenzhe on behalf of the Chinese Government and Jiangsu Province of China yesterday donated $16M in medical equipment which will be put to use at both the Georgetown Public  Hospital (GPH) and the Linden Hospital Complex.

A 42-year-old city resident died on Sunday after he allegedly fell off a pick-up he was travelling in along the Yarrowkabra Trail, Soesdyke/Linden Highway but the police are treating his death as suspicious.

A 29-year-old mechanic of Amelia’s Ward was placed on $400,000 bail when he appeared on a causing death by dangerous driving charge before Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Christianburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

CN Sharma’s case against the Advisory Committee for Broadcasting (ACB) has been withdrawn, but the broadcaster is saying he has no knowledge of the court proceedings or whether the action is still in the High Court.

A Ministry of Health release says that due to the increased number of surgical cases in the last month, the Blood Bank is experiencing a severe shortage particularly of Blood Type A Positive, O Positive, A negative and O Negative.