Guyana News

(Jamaica Observer) A police inspector assigned to a Corporate Area Police Division was yesterday nabbed by members of the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) with more than 100 lbs of ganja.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Western Bureau: Doctors at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) worked hard to save 17-year-old Khajeel Mais’ life last Friday night, and when nothing seemed to be working, one of the medics held the Kingston College sixth-form student and prayed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Six years ago when Lorraine Carpenter found out her sixth child was a girl, she was filled with joy and decided that she would stop having children.

(Barbados Nation) Church leaders have denounced the lewdness and vulgarity of Crop Over, particularly Kadooment, and are advising members of their faiths to steer clear of the festival in its present form.

(Barbados Nation) Landing rights for REDjet to Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago are still on hold.

BRIDGETOWN, (Reuters) – India have been fined for  maintaining a slow over-rate during the drawn second test  against West Indies, the International Cricket Council (ICC)  said today.

The mismatch between pension benefits and contributions and weak reserve management threaten the sustainability of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS), a recently released Inter-national Monetary Fund (IMF) report says.

Three pirates, armed with five guns went on a rampage in the Corentyne since Thursday, terrorizing and robbing the crew of some 15 fishing boats of engines, gasoline and groceries and shooting a crew member.

(WICB) Bridgetown, Barbados – Nevisian opener Kieran Powell has been named in the West Indies squad for the Third Digicel Test at Windsor Park in Dominica.

Both the ruling PPP/C and the joint opposition coalition APNU are still to settle on a prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming polls, but gender balance seems to be critical in the considerations and a woman could be named in either camp.

Persons who watch a rape being committed and do nothing to stop it or assist in bringing the perpetrator (s) to justice should be held criminally responsible, Red Thread member Wintress White says.

Five months after the teen torture case was dismissed after the complainant failed to appear in court, the three policemen who were implicated in the matter remain interdicted from duty.

The Mayor and City Council is working towards the opening of its New Stelling View Mall as part of the municipality’s commitment to investment and to develop the city of Georgetown.

The Mayor and City Council has been carrying out ongoing works to help improve the drainage system by clearing the alleyways and surface drains of bushes, weeds, long grass and silt.

The pilot of a Trans Guyana Airways (TGA) Britten Norman Islander aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at the Bartica airstrip yesterday after one of the plane’s engines failed.

The employee of the city business who was held after reports surfaced that he had demanded that 72-year-old Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris leave her home just days before she was brutally gunned down, has been released.

Well-known Guyanese danc-er and entertainer of yesteryear Pita Pyaree has passed away at the age of 94.

Gunmen, in a well-executed attack on Friday, snatched money bags containing million of dollars from two armed security guards who were heading to the headquarters of a city business.

When Janice Gray’s son was three years old he complained about a pain in one of his legs, but she dismissed it as probably the result of having hit the leg and when the pain had gone by the next morning she forgot all about it.

Well-known Guyanese dancer and entertainer of yesteryear Pita Pyaree has passed away at the age of 94.