Guyana News

Police yesterday morning discovered the partly decomposed and buried body of a woman in a burnt-out coal pit at the back of the Wisroc Housing Scheme in Linden.

It would be regrettable if Marlon Samuels is excluded from the West Indies squad for next month’s Cricket World Cup on account of the allegation that he leaked team information to an Indian bookmaker during the recently concluded ODI series in India.

A Non Pareil family was last evening assaulted and left traumatized by three armed men who invaded a shop they operated at their home and then escaped with an undisclosed amount in cash, jewellery, cellular phones and household articles.

A new study here has found that HIV prevalence among people who use illicit drugs is “alarmingly high”, highlighting a strong correlation between HIV and substance abuse.

Dear President Jagdeo, I find it ironic and disturbing that an international media campaign has started to damage your good name.

Dear Editor, During last week I received quite a few telephone calls from Americans seeking ‘my take’ on the Stabroek News ads withdrawal issue.

Dear Editor, The Caribbean diaspora can play an important role in assisting the countries of their birth.

Dear Editor, It’s as if I am ‘touched’ with the gift of prophecy.

Dear Editor, I had deliberately refrained from writing on the ongoing controversy over the Bharrat Jagdeo government’s decision to withhold ads from Stabroek News because I felt that this decision was such a profound attack on the freedom of the press and democracy in Guyana that it was bound to create new contradictions in the body politic of the nation.

Former president Janet Jagan is entitled to her opinion as a private citizen, President Bharrat Jagdeo said in response to her views calling for a reversal of the government’s withdrawal of advertisements from the Stabroek News.

In a commentary on Sunday in the Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, senior journalist Irene Medina warned that “it is always a dangerous precedent when a government decides to use its power to stifle the free voice of the press, as is happening in Guyana today.”

Housing and Water Minister Harry Narine Nawbatt yesterday said that Severn Trent Water Incorporated’s (STWI) contract to manage the country’s water sector was terminated because of its failure to achieve specific targets.

The St Rose’s High School is hosting its annual garden party to raise funds to enhance its co-curricular and physical facilities.

The Guyana Red Cross Society (GRCS) is urging the public to give blood as a pre-Valentine show of love during their blood drive.

The Guyana Relief Council (GRC) says though it continues to render assistance to persons in need, the constant use of scarce resources for disasters which are deliberate or caused by irresponsible behaviour limits its capacity to respond when natural disasters occur.

CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington has expressed profound sadness on the passing of Angela King, a distinguished Jamaican who was a former UN Assistant Secretary-General and Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women.

Cancer jumped within the last seven years from being the fourth leading cause of death in Guyana to the third with breast cancer leading the number of cases recorded within this period.

Lindeners can reach more people on their mobile phones now that new cellular services provider Digicel has constructed three state-of-the-art base stations in the mining town.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan yesterday granted bail to a minor while three persons were remanded to prison after pleading not guilty to charges of possession for the purpose of trafficking.

In an effort to beat the troublesome 911 telephone system, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company in collaboration with the Police Force will soon launch an emergency short messaging service, which would allow citizens to report crimes via text messages.