Guyana News

(De Ware Tijd) ST. KITTS/PARAMARIBO – “Good communication is lacking in the region and this is an obstacle (to integration and development … eds.).

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Persistent rain forced a  premature end to the opening day of the third and final test  between India and West Indies in Dominica on Wednesday after the  tourists had made a bright start.

Police in E&F Division are investigating the murder of a Brazilian man which occurred on Sunday at Ikawan, Cuyuni River.

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 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.

CN Sharma’s case against the Advisory Committee for Broadcasting (ACB) has been withdrawn, but the broadcaster is saying he has no knowledge of the court proceedings or whether the action is still in the High Court.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – A powerful magnitude 7.8  earthquake struck off New Zealand’s Kermadec Islands,  triggering a tsunami in the region, the U.S.

(Trinidad Guardian) Thick black smoke formed a canvas over sections of the Trincity Industrial Estate yesterday as a fire flattened Lots 31 and 32 of manufacturing company Thermoplas Limited, located on Tissue Drive.

(Jamaica Observer) persons are now behind bars after the St James Police seized about 2,000 pounds of compressed ganja in Irwin district in the parish yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Regional neighbours are slamming doors on many Barbadian-made products.

(De Ware Tijd) ST. KITTS/PARAMARIBO – Outgoing Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo supports the policy of Suriname’s government.

(Jamaica Observer) A Guyanese national who overstayed his time in the island was yesterday ordered deported after he was taken before the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court for reportedly beating his Jamaican lover with a hammer.

LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister David  Cameron on Wednesday said there should be an official inquiry  into a phone hacking scandal at Rupert Murdoch’s News  International that has prompted national outrage.

A police officer remains under close arrest at the Springlands Station, following the shooting of Terry Wayne Jack, 22, of Orealla, Corentyne River during a drinking spree on Monday morning at the Orealla Police Outpost.

Fishermen on the Corentyne are afraid to go out at sea following the terror they endured when pirates held them hostage last Thursday, robbing them of engines, ration and gasoline.

Essequibo Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of 29 year old Ghansham Pooran, of Jibb Housing Scheme, Essequibo Coast, who was found yesterday in an old freezer.

Hemwanttie Jagasar has made history by being the first pupil of the Supply Primary School at Mahaica to obtain grades to attend Queen’s College (QC).

Sugar worker Mahendar Ally, of Kilcoy Settlement, Corentyne, was stabbed to death yesterday after an argument at a ‘bush cook’ turned deadly.

Finding a foster home for the newborn that was on Monday evening found abandoned in the Merriman’s Mall, Bourda, is now crucial, says Director of the Child Care and Protection Agency (CC&PA) Ann Greene.

Daxton Parks had his life threatened during an ongoing personal feud, which ended tragically on Sunday night when he was shot dead with an arrow at Karasabai.