Guyana News

A woman died at the Georgetown Public Hospital early yesterday after reportedly being beaten by a male relative.

Diamonds from Zimbabwe are being smuggled here, according to a recent report from Partnership Africa Canada (PAC); an Ottawa, Canada-based group fighting for the eradication of “blood diamonds” around the world.

The police are under pressure to solve at least a dozen murders, a bizarre shooting and the unexplained death of a high-profile murder accused, all over the last 12 months or so, though the motive in many of these cases remains uncertain and suspects were held and later released.

By Shabna Ullah Moraikobe, a small community located about 96 miles up the Mahaicony River, is home to over 1,200 Amerindians who earn their living mainly through logging and to a lesser extent, fruit and provision farming.

The Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA) says its commitment to impartiality and accuracy of information has informed its work over 30 years.

In an attempt to address the “under representation of boys” in secondary schools UNICEF will partner with the government in a massive research project to find the root causes of this phenomenon. 

– Jamaica’s Deputy PM The role of the media is of immense worth in promoting the regional agenda, particularly the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), Jamaica’s Deputy Prime Minister Dr Kenneth Baugh told a Newspaper Editors Workshop on the CSME which was held in Kingston, Jamaica, last week.

Pomeroon gas boreholes ‘disappointing’ Oil exploration companies are not likely to drill here this year though the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) continues to pursue its petroleum exploration activities.

The body of a 58-year-old man was on Saturday evening discovered on the Good Hope Public Road and while the exact cause of death is not known, his relatives believe that he may have died from natural causes.

A Canadian mining company is about to begin test mining at its site at Million Mountain, Lower Puruni Region shortly.

The occupants of a white Toyota car were yesterday morning attacked by several persons at the corner of Broad and Lombard streets, in full view of nearby residents and the travelling public who looked on helplessly.

As police continue their investigation into the stabbing death of Albouystown resident Marvin Boston, the mother of his two alleged assailants has been taken into custody.

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) – Two suicide bombs tore through  Baghdad yesterday, killing 132 people, wounding more than 500  and leaving mangled bodies and cars on the streets in one of  Iraq’s deadliest days this year.  

A 22-year-old man was being treated at the Georgetown Hospital last night after acid was thrown on him allegedly by a relative.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli police stormed  Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound yesterday, hurling stun  grenades at Palestinians who threw rocks at them, in another  outbreak of violence at the holy city’s most sensitive site.  

National road safety observances begin on November 1 and will be staged under the theme ‘Be Vigilant, Be Wise, Practice Road Safety to Stay Alive’.

A 27-year-old man, who was shot in the shoulder on Friday night while attacking a policeman with a knife, is a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) under guard.

HUA HIN, Thailand, (Reuters) – Japan, the world’s  fifth-biggest air polluter, offered a $4 billion  yen-denominated loan yesterday to Indonesia, the world’s  third-largest air polluter, to help tackle global warming,  Japanese officials said.  

A 66-year-old rice miller and his wife were having dinner in their Letter Kenny, Corentyne home when they were attacked by gunmen and robbed of more $500,000 in cash and other items.

 CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela said yesterday at  least 10 members of an amateur Colombian soccer team had been  found dead after being kidnapped on its side of the border.