Guyana News

The police are investigating a $6.9M armed robbery that occurred at about 0900h.

BRIDGETOWN,  (Reuters) – The familiar figures of Rahul  Dravid and Vangipurappu Laxman guided India to safety and  towards a position to push for an unlikely victory in the second  test against West Indies in Barbados today.

Presidential hopeful David Granger today criticised the PPP/C for incompetence in ensuring road safety, saying that recent fatalities were a “shocking reminder” of how dangerous the roadways have become.

An East Coast woman died this afternoon after a police vehicle reportedly slammed into her following a near collision.

GAYLE BREAKS SILENCE ON WICB TREATMENT (WIPA) I, Christopher Henry Gayle, am making this statement so that all my friends, fans and followers who continue to wonder why I am not being picked for the West Indies team despite being fit, available and in form will know the truth considering the many rumours and statements that have been made as it relates to this issue.

(Trinidad Express) Sasha Mohammed, adviser to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, will not be charged with harassing Express editor-in-chief Omatie Lyder and reporter Anna Ramdass.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique  Strauss-Kahn was released without bail today after a  dramatic court hearing where the sexual assault case against  him appeared to shift in his favour.

(Barbados Nation) Airlines using Grantley Adams International Airport have been asked to brace for delays as civil aviation personnel resort to non-radar emergency procedures to work around a cable problem.

A Linden construction worker is the latest road fatality. Carl Bentinck was struck down while

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says Barbados has not only been talking the talk, but it continues to walk the walk on freedom of movement.

Moments after two men approached her Robb Street home asking for “auntie”, a 72-year-old woman last evening had six bullets pumped into her by one of the men.

The air was filled with excitement at the Regma Primary School yesterday morning when it was confirmed that the number one student in the country at this year’s Grade Six examination was one of its own.

A 24-year-old man was last evening killed after the motorbike he was riding crashed into a 4-wheel pickup.

Denton Osborne, a former PNCR-1G member, now heads the Guyanese Youth Congress party which has formally notified GECOM of its intention to contest  elections in Region 10.

Success Elementary School, a new private educational institution set up just a year ago by Wilfred Success, formerly of the West Ruimveldt Primary, gained the highest number of passes in the National Grade Six Assessment top one per cent.

Terron Alleyne Terron Alleyne scored a first for his school, Regma Primary at Linden, yesterday when results of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA)  revealed that he had topped the country, gaining 537 marks out of a possible 551.

The son of a popular Lethem businessman is now dead after the truck in which he was travelling crashed while crossing a bridge, a few miles from the Surama junction, along the road to Lethem early yesterday morning.

The newly-elected executive of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGMDA) has forecast a “tough” year ahead as it looks to sustain earnings while contending with attempts to enforce stricter regulation over the industry.

Loud applause resounded yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court as Norman McLean and Evelyn Sita Ramlal were told that they had been discharged in the matter in which they were accused of forging an adoption order for a child, Arianne Anastacia Vidya McCall.

Two men were yesterday remanded when they appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court after they were accused of stealing a motorcar valued at $1.3M.