(Reuters) – Sunil Narine and Kieron Pollard made triumphant returns to the West Indies team in a comfortable victory over South Africa in the opening match in a triangular one-day international series on Friday.
Acting on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack, the charge of murder was today instituted against five men who are accused of murdering Hemchand Sookdeo of Number 55 village Corentyne Berbice during an act of piracy.
Detectives in Division ‘C’ are investigating the murder of Orrette West, 28 years, a bodywork technician, of Guyhoc Park, which occurred about 00:30h.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Leaders of Caribbean countries are set to arrive in Cuba today to attend a regional summit where Venezuela’s embattled, socialist government will seek support as opposition at home and abroad intensifies.
A woman was on Wednesday night chopped to death by her husband, who made good on previous threats to end her life because she disregarded his wishes that she not work.
Bandits carted off an undisclosed amount of cash after they waylaid guards and broke into the Region Four Regional Democratic Council (RDC) office at Beterverwagting/Triumph, East Coast Demerara early yesterday morning.
The Engineer’s Department of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has halted all works at the Holmes Street, South Cummingsburg construction site where a mason was killed on Wednesday.
A 31-year-old woman is now hospitalised after she was shot in her face allegedly by her reputed husband.
Jose Barker, the man who allegedly mugged the retired British soldier who returned to Guyana to join in the country’s 50th independence anniversary celebration, was yesterday charged with the crime and remanded to prison.
A Telecommunications Agency is to be established under the amended Telecommunications legislation to function, in part, as an advisory body, reviewer of licence applications and regulator of the use of the spectrum.
Speaker of the National Assembly Dr. Barton Scotland has disallowed questions by opposition MP Anil Nandlall on the convicts who were pardoned by President David Granger, arguing that they amount to “an abuse of the right of questioning.”
Former Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) Shaik Baksh says he had agreed to repay the cost of a vehicle that was written off following an accident when it was being driven by his son and should complete payments this month.
BRASILIA (Reuters) – Brazil may help block Venezuela from taking the rotating presidency of the Mercosur trade group this month, a senior Brazilian official said yesterday, in a bid to prevent Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from strengthening his power.
Questions persist over the nature of the expansion works underway on Carifesta Avenue and drivers are complaining about the lack of road signs in the night to safely demarcate ongoing construction.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan security forces fired teargas at protesters chanting “We want food!”
A forensic audit of the company that publishes the state paper, the Guyana Chronicle has found that there was poor oversight of trade receivables with $102M outstanding at the end of May 2015.
BERLIN/ANKARA, (Reuters) – Turkey recalled its ambassador to Germany yesterday in protest against a parliament resolution declaring the 1915 massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces a genocide at a time when Europe is looking for Ankara’s help in the migrant crisis.
An action plan has been developed to treat the outbreak of gastroenteritis in the community of Baramita, Region One, GINA said yesterday.
The police yesterday arrested two men wanted in connection with murders.
The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Errol Williams, one of the men accused of killing fireman Patrick Daly in 2009, began yesterday with the testimonies of two witnesses.
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