Guyana News

Two men are in police custody after they reportedly attacked and robbed a man at knifepoint of a quantity of articles in Bartica early yesterday morning.

A boy, said to be in his teens, is now hospitalised in an unconscious state after he was hit by a car near the Canje Bridge yesterday.

A four-year-old girl fell into a well at Woweta Village, Region Nine and drowned on Sunday afternoon shortly after she slipped away from her brother who was left by their mother to care for her and a one-year-old baby.

Police say investigations are being conducted into a report of suspected food poisoning involving a brother and five sisters residing at Kumkaow, Essequibo River.

A Partnership for National Unity presidential candidate David Granger has urged Lindeners to develop a spirit of forgiveness for those who they alleged planted the bomb on the Son Chapman that claimed the lives of 43 persons in the community.

A four-year-old girl fell into a well at Woweta Village, Region Nine and drowned on Sunday afternoon shortly after she slipped away from her brother who was left by their mother to care for her and a one-year-old baby.

Police in Region Nine are investigating the murder of a former footballer turned contractor who was shot with a bow and arrow and killed some time early Sunday night at Karasabai Village.

PARIS, (Reuters) – A French writer will file a legal  complaint against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tomorrow alleging that he tried to rape her during an incident  nine years ago, her lawyer told Reuters today.

A Linden parent is calling for action by the region into an incident where a student of the Wisburg Secondary was denied the opportunity to complete an end-of-year exam because she refused to apologise to a teacher.

(Barbados Nation) A comprehensive overhaul. That’s what Caricom Chairman Dr Denzil Douglas believes is immediately needed to get the regional movement in high gear.

(Trinidad Express) Newly-elected leader of the Congress of the People Prakash Ramadhar yesterday promised a revived and streamlined party that will operate more tightly as a unit.

(Jamaica Observer) A worldwide freeze of the assets of former Turks and Caiços Islands premier Michael Misick has been ordered by Special Prosecutor Helen Garlick, the Turks and Caiços Sun newspaper reported over the weekend.

(Jamaica Observer) With the economy estimated to have lost $1 billion to metal theft over the past three years, new Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister Dr Christopher Tufton has called scrap metal dealers to a meeting this week in an effort to end what he described as the trade’s “destructive impact on businesses”.

(Barbados Nation) Police moved in yesterday and smashed an early morning dogfight in one of its biggest raids – seizing ten dogs and a truck.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s ever-theatrical  President Hugo Chavez made a surprise homecoming from Cuba today and declared himself “fine” despite speculation his  cancer may still require lengthy treatment.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago are on a collision course over the failure of the low-budget regional airline REDjet to get a licence to fly into the twin-island republic.

A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) presidential candidate David Granger does not foresee a group recently launched by a former member of the PNCR doing any damage to the party’s standing in the region.

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud has called on the law enforcement agencies to “step up” their operations in the fight against piracy, a major challenge facing the local fishing industry.

A 22-year-old mason yesterday morning collapsed at his front door and died after an hour of panting and his friends suspect foul play.

The procurement of up to 11,000 65W Solar Home Systems for the LCDS Hinterland Electrification Programme has been approved by Cabinet after the conclusion of an international bidding process that resulted in over 40 expressions of interest.