Guyana News

Police yesterday found an unlicensed shotgun and matching cartridges at a house at Hope Low Lands, East Coast Demerara and a man is in

Fire suspected to be electrical in origin destroyed a section of the Ameerally Sawmills at Strand, New Amsterdam around 3:40 am yesterday resulting in millions of dollars in losses.

The suspect in the murder of miner Charles Tang, who was stabbed during an argument at Big Creek Landing, North West District on Monday, is to be charged shortly.

The father and son killed when the lumber truck they were travelling in toppled into a ravine at Matthew’s Ridge died from fractured spines while the third victim died from multiple injuries, post-mortem examinations have revealed.

Starr Computers Inc on Tuesday pre-launched its Starr Xfinity Power Center, which is aimed at empowering Guyanese to start their own business.

A woman was yesterday remanded to prison when she appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court after being accused of trafficking in cocaine found in containers labeled mauby and passion fruit.

A man who allegedly snatched a woman’s Blackberry phone on Regent Street was yesterday remanded by  acting Chief Magi-strate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a simple larceny charge.

The University of Guyana (UG) hosted a brief ceremony on Monday to mark the commissioning of ramps and other installations as it embarks on creating an enabling environment for persons with disabilities.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – The case against former  International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who  was charged with sexually assaulting a hotel housekeeper, is  near collapse, the New York Times reported yesterday.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s flamboyant  socialist leader Hugo Chavez said yesterday he had undergone  a successful operation in Cuba to remove cancerous cells from a  tumor and was on the road to full recovery.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The NBA will lock out its  players at midnight today as last-ditch negotiations over  a new labor deal collapsed hours before the current agreement  expires, the league and union representing its players said.

BRIDGETOWN,  (Reuters) – India’s Ishant Sharma mopped  up the West Indies tail to capture his 100th test wicket before  the fickle weather threatened the chances of a result after a  rain-interrupted third day of the second test today.

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.

(WIPA) The West Indies Players Association (WIPA), in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between the two organisations, submitted its documents to the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) today, June 30, 2011 for the revision and renewal of the agreement including proposed dates and venues.

One man is dead following an accident last night at the Moco Moco bridge in the Iwokrama Reserve.

Teron Alleyne of Regma Primary has topped this year’s National Grade Six Assessment.

(Trinidad Guardian) A father was sentenced yesterday to a total of 57 years in prison with hard labour for having sex on three occasions with his young daughter and sexually assaulting her. The

HONG KONG, (Reuters) – Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh have been given a maximum of two years to reorganise their boards after the International Cricket Council (ICC) ordered its members to free themselves from government interference or face sanctions.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – Hard-hitting West Indies batsman  Chris Gayle will play for Sydney Thunder in Australia’s revamped  domestic Twenty20 tournament.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – There is the possibility that during this administration, Suriname will switch to a completely presidential-system.