Guyana News

Former Stabroek News court reporter Judith Gildharie-Mursalin was admitted to the Guyana Bar as an attorney-at-law recently.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Popular websites Facebook,  Twitter and Craigslist threw their support behind an open  Internet framework to be unveiled by U.S.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – The splits inside NATO over the  Afghan war have turned the alliance into a rotting corpse that  will be virtually impossible to revive, says the former head of  Canada’s armed forces.  

The bodies of two brothers who went missing on Sunday afternoon were fished out of the Demerara River at Linden yesterday just before midday.

The quiet community of Cottage, Mahaicony, which residents say has not seen a crime more serious than petty theft in decades, was left unsettled on Sunday evening when a teenager stabbed another to death after an argument about a mud-splattered vest.

A row, reportedly over $40, between two market vendors escalated yesterday and resulted in the stabbing to death of a young man.

– fire officers to take closer at earlier blaze Investigations into the cause of Sunday’s early morning fire have so far yielded one eyewitness who has provided information which suggests that the fire may have been deliberately set, a senior fire official disclosed yesterday.

By Alva Solomon The  agricultural and rural development conference hosted by the Belgium-based Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Cooperation (CTA) concluded in Brussels on Friday last, with the final analysis being that in some African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries more than two-thirds of the poor still live in rural areas and are heavily dependent on agriculture for their livelihood.

The Caricom Secretariat said three agriculture ministries within the community are set to benefit from assistance to develop information and communication strategies to bridge the divide between policy-makers, the media and the public.

In a letter published in today’s edition (see page 7), columnist Frederick Kissoon called on the Editor-in-Chief of Stabroek News Anand Persaud to release correspondence between them on the subject of a letter written by Hemraj Muniram.

Ethnic and gender wage differences remain significant in Latin America despite recent economic growth and policies aimed at reducing inequality, according to a newly-released study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

– workshop on gender-based violence told Linden barbers and salon operators have expressed the view that traditional norms can play a role in today’s society towards reducing sexually transmitted diseases and sexual violence.

The long-awaited file on the trio accused of kidnapping the daughter of Pike Street businessman Beharry ‘Natoo’ Dookie was on Thursday released from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and presented before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, some hours after the case had been called initially.

A 45-year-old husband accused of beating and threatening to kill his wife on their 21st wedding anniversary was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 30-year-old man who allegedly broke into a workshop and stole scrap metal valued $3 million was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee said CANU’s efforts at tackling drug trafficking, over the last 14 years is invaluable, at a function held in honour of the organization’s anniversary.

A 32-year-old miner who allegedly chopped his mother with a cutlass after she had reprimanded him about his anger issues was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 39-year-old vendor who had a quantity of firecrackers in his possession without a licence was yesterday ordered to pay a $10,000 fine or spend four months in prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Fire gutted the interior of the lower flat of a Garnett Street home on Sunday night and partially destroyed the upper flat leaving two families devastated and without shelter.

A Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara shopkeeper and her family are now counting their losses following a break-in at their home on Friday evening while the family of four went out to view the annual Diwali motorcade along the East Coast Demerara Public road.