Guyana News

The re-tender for the supply of computers for the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project was this morning launched on www.eprocure.gov.gy.

(BBC) Grammy-award-winning star Buju Banton has been sentenced to 10 years in jail in the US for his role in setting up a cocaine deal in 2009.

(Digicel)  – Kingston, Jamaica. Digicel, the best value mobile operator in the Caribbean, Central America and the Pacific, has today been announced as one of the main partners with the U.S

(Jamaica Observer) ROSE HALL, St James — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton last night announced that her Government has allocated some US$77 million in funding this fiscal year to the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative as it intensifies its fight against the trafficking of illegal weapons and narcotics.

An Antiguan family has been plunged into mourning after one of its members, Guyanese Kerwin Anthony Gomes, died after falling from a mango tree in Villa on Wednesday afternoon.

(Trinidad Express) The prevalence of serious crime in the Caribbean is stunting economic growth in the region and is deterring investors from coming to this part of the world.

(Trinidad Express) Although Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner insisted on several occasions that he did not receive a salary for his role as vice-president of FIFA, reports in the British press yesterday stated that he stands to benefit from a pension of approximately TT$230,000 a year.

(Barbados Nation) A 16-year-old schoolboy, shot in the head Tuesday night, died hours afterwards to become Barbados’ 15th murder victim yesterday.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — Iamgold warns that the gold production at Rosebel Goldmines (RGM) in Brokopondo was less than expected in the 2nd quarter of 2011 while the costs were higher.

Two teenage girls, one the daughter of AFC Region 4 Councillor Michael Carrington, disappeared on Tuesday night from the Yarrowkabra area and information gathered since suggests that they were abducted.

Surinamese police arrested wanted man Hubert Pilgrim several days ago after a report of assault was made against him.

A city resident who was allegedly caught with two kilogrammes of cocaine while on his way to Suriname yesterday appeared in the Whim Magistrate’s Court and was remanded to prison.

Vendors who occupy stalls in the Rose Hall market are annoyed that illegal vending has been allowed to continue on the roadside saying it has been affecting their sales.

Government yesterday began the third phase of recovery efforts for flood-affected communities across Region Nine, with a focus on food and food production for the agriculture-dependent indigenous villages in the sprawling savannah region.

Lakeraj Fredricks, 31, of 12 Independence Street, La Grange was yesterday jointly charged with a 16-year-old for the murder of Clifton Bonus.

Magistrate Ann McLennan yesterday dismissed a robbery under arms case against murder accused Colin Jones who said loudly with glee, “Most grateful for the dismissal your honour.”

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday in a series of meetings in Germany with that country’s leaders focused on the need for sustained political action on climate change, and in particular on Guyana’s and Germany’s upcoming joint chairing of the Interim REDD+ Partnership from July 1, the Government Information Agency (GINA) said in a press release.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) has hailed Justice Roxanne George’s ruling in the case of the tortured teen as a small yet profound victory for the rule of law “in an ongoing epic battle against the forces of darkness and repression” that have taken their toll on thousands seeking justice.

The project to lay the government’s fibre optic cable has been extended from Providence to Castellani House, senior government engineer Walter Willis says.

A teenaged boy who was electrocuted while trying to fix a light bulb on Monday, was not wearing a shirt at the time and an exposed wire reportedly fell on his chest.