Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said this afternoon that the death of 90-year-old security guard Adolphus James is now being treated as a murder after a post-mortem examination revealed that he died as a result of brain haemorrhage and compression injury to the neck.
An early morning fire today gutted three rooms of the the Wismar Christianburg Secondary School (WCSS) at Linden and classes have been suspended for the day.
(Trinidad Guardian) Government has plans to introduce broadband Internet service to all citizens, according to Public Administration Minister Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, who outlined a comprehensive plan to make the service available.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the Government will be inviting proposals for a third mobile operator before the end of the year. She
(Trinidad Guardian) Dismissed by letter and without a reason, Caribbean Airlines’ former communications manager Laura Asbjornsen intends to pursue legal action against the national carrier.
(Jamaica Gleaner) Tomorrow Tareek Gregory would have been celebrating his 12th birthday, looking ahead to doing his Grade Six Achievement Test (GSAT) examinations and fulfilling his dream of attending Manchester High.
(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ 38,000 pensioners will soon be required to maintain bank accounts to get their money from Government, as the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) eliminates the printing of pension cheques to cut costs and prevent fraud.
A mother of seven was yesterday hacked to death at Rasta Country, Laluni Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway allegedly by her husband who dragged her body into bushes and covered it with grass.
Following the UK’s cancellation of a security reform programme here, the US, Canada and the EU agreed not to fill the gap until the Guyana Government agreed to policy and structural reforms, according to a cable dispatched to Washington by the US Embassy here.
A number of persons have been shortlisted as possible candidates to become the PPP/C’s prime ministerial candidate, the party’s presidential candidate Donald Ramotar recently disclosed.
Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee told the US Embassy’s Political Chief on January 28 last year that the Ministry of Home Affairs had set limits on the number of foreign missionaries allowed into Guyana, according to a cable dispatched to Washington on February 16, last year.
Police attached to the Leonora Police Station yesterday conducted a search in the yard of a Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo resident for the head of 24-year-old Ricky Ramkarran, of 285 Jai Dam, Tuschen, Squatting Area.
The University of Guyana Workers Union (UGWU) says that the PPP/C’s presidential candidate Donald Ramotar has declined to participate in a presidential debate the union was organising involving the candidates of the three major parties contesting the elections.
The driver involved in Saturday’s accident on Regent Street, which claimed the life of 52-year-old Drupattie Richards, was yesterday placed on station bail as police await advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions on the way forward.
Thieves last weekend broke into the upper flat of the Guyana Nurses Association (GNA) located at Charlotte and Alexander streets and carted off a quantity of electronics that are essential to the continuing education sessions for nurses.
Guyana and China on Monday signed a 30 million RMB ($920M) grant agreement that would see funding for several projects here that are still to be determined.
By Iva Wharton
Guyanese track and field athletes are nowhere near ready to compete on the international arena, says Stephon Josiah, a University of Guyana student-athlete who recently returned from the Universiad track meet in China.
In the wake of the recent release of confidential US diplomatic cables alleging links between government officials and drug lord Roger Khan, the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has called on Guyanese to “reject” the PPP/C administration.
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai and PPP/C advisor and presidential candidate Donald Ramotar lauded Amerindians for capitalizing on the opportunities provided to boost their livelihoods while preserving their culture, when Heritage Village celebrations were held in Aishalton, Region Nine on Saturday.
Some members of the Interim Management Committee for cricket in Guyana said yesterday that the Ramsey Ali administration continues to mislead the public by pretending to be legitimate officials of the Guyana Cricket Board, currently a legal non-entity.
The 15-year-old fourth form student of the Central Corentyne Secondary School who was allegedly brutalized by a teacher on Monday was still in severe pain and unable to attend school yesterday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – CARICOM leaders said they will engage the West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies Players Association to ascertain their positions regarding the future of the game in the region.
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Presidential Candidate, Brigadier (ret) David Granger has indicated that he will ensure that all of Guyana travels the information highway, making internet access an entitlement and not a privilege for a few.
The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB)/EL Dorado Inter-County limited overs cricket competition was launched yesterday at a press conference at the GCB head office, Regent Street.
The seven persons accused in the $7M Bel Air Gardens heist were yesterday further remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after the prosecution requested more time to seek legal advice.
A labourer accused of cuffing and broadsiding a man with a cutlass was on Monday admitted to bail in the sum of $75,000 when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.
A record number of children and nurses benefited when the Linden Fund USA (LFU) conducted another medical outreach exercise, this time in partnership with Benjie’s Pharmacy under its new management.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Professor Sir Hilary Beckles disclosed that he was embarrassed when he had to turn down a request from former World 110 metres hurdles champion Ryan Brathwaite of Barbados to train at an unfinished University of the West Indies facility on the Cave Hill campus.
The Ministry of Education is extending the Annai Secondary School to accommodate more students and will be equipping it with computers in January to commence the Information Technology (IT) programme.
Dear Editor,
I have seen your editorial ‘Bauxite dust disgrace’ (September 12) and noted that you have blamed local authorities including the municipality for the dust nuisance problem in the town.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told Arab states yesterday it was time to raise the Palestinian flag at the United Nations and accused Israel of obstructing peace in the Middle East.
LONDON, CMC – Shivnarine Chanderpaul helped Warwickshire pile up a huge first innings total, but the title hopefuls’ progress was slowed down, when weather interrupted their key English County Championship Division 1 match against Hampshire yesterday.
The relatives of fisherwoman Phulmatie Rami are still awaiting further developments from investigations into her murder, as no other suspect has been apprehended.
Thieves last weekend broke into the upper flat of the Guyana Nurses Association (GNA) located at Charlotte and Alexander streets and carted off a quantity of electronics that are essential to the continuing education sessions for nurses.
AMSTERDAM, (Reuters) – Victims of sexual abuse by the clergy want the International Criminal Court to investigate Pope Benedict and three Vatican officials, accusing them of allowing the rape and abuse of children.
Dear Editor,
The recent Guyana Prize for Literature Awards combined with the Caribbean Litera-ture Award were a very interesting phenomenon that attracted writers living and writing in Guyana, writers from the wider Caribbean and Guyanese writers living and writing overseas.
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Presidential Candidate, Brigadier (ret) David Granger has indicated that he will ensure that all of Guyana travels the information highway, making internet access an entitlement and not a privilege for a few.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC – Devendra Bishoo and Stafanie Taylor have been highly praised, after they scooped honours at the International Cricket Council Awards on Monday.
KABUL, (Reuters) – NATO attack helicopters circled over an unfinished building in the centre of Kabul last night in an operation to flush out Taliban fighters, more than 15 hours after the insurgents launched their biggest assault on the Afghan capital.
(Jamaica Gleaner) As anger boils in Jamaica over reports of colour prejudice in the job market, a livid labour and social security minister, Pearnel Charles, has likened the skin-tone discrimination to apartheid South Africa and has vowed to drag bigoted employers before the courts.
The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) of the IDB Group is investing US$1.5 million to launch an initiative to help Caribbean coastal communities combat the impacts of climate change.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Teenaged wicketkeeper/batsman Sunil Ambris has been named in a shortlist of 34 players to play in three trial matches for the Combined Campuses & Colleges ahead of the WICB Regional One-day competition.
DUBLIN, (Reuters) – One of the most prominent members of the Irish Catholic Church has called for an end to compulsory celibacy for priests, saying it is pushing new recruits away.
By Iva Wharton
Rugged terrain, lack of proper representation, inadequate finance and poor communication continue to work against the development of Amerindian sportsmen and women, says Mark Rodrigues of the Hinterland Youth and Development Association.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil is close to creating a Truth Commission to investigate abuses committed during its 1964-1985 military dictatorship, ending a 26-year taboo on delving deeply into the period but falling short of calls for human rights abusers to face justice.
Even as the United States and other predominantly Western world countries marked the tenth anniversary of destruction and death wrought by al Qaeda in the United States, the sentiments expressed by world leaders suggest a large degree of uncertainty about the consequences of that event.
CONAKRY, (Reuters) – Guinea will launch a nationwide review of mining contracts to root out “unconscionable provisions” granted by previous rulers, and has toned down Chinese involvement in the resource sector, Mines Minister Mohamed Lamine Fofana told Reuters.
“Studying history . . . helps [us] to develop a sense of ‘shared humanity’; to understand themselves and ‘otherness,’ by learning how they resemble and how they differ from other people, over time and space; to question stereotypes of others, and of themselves; to discern the difference between fact and conjecture; to grasp the complexity of historical cause; to distrust the simple answer and the dismissive explanation; to respect particularity and avoid false analogy; to recognize the abuse of historical ‘lessons,’ and to weigh the possible consequences of such abuse; to consider that ignorance of the past may make us prisoners of it; to realize that not all problems have solutions; to be prepared for the irrational, the accidental, in human affairs; and to grasp the power of ideas and character in history.”
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Former Argentine President Carlos Menem was acquitted yesterday of smuggling arms to Croatia and Ecuador in the 1990s during a 10-year presidency remembered for free-market reforms and corruption.
ZAGREB, Croatia, CMC – Usain Bolt continued to rebuild his air of invincibility with a peerless victory in the men’s 100 metres in an IAAF World Challenge meet yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Eleven new areas in addition to the country’s maritime boundary have been deemed “hot spots”, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has said.