(India Times) Miss Venezuela Gabriela Isler won the coveted Miss Universe 2013 crown on Saturday night, beating 85 other contenders from around the world at a glittering ceremony held in Crocus City Hall, Moscow, Russia.
The police say that at about 1850h yesterday, Anil France, 16 years, of Waramuri Mission, NWD, was on the Parika Public Road when it is alleged that he attempted to cross the road and was struck down by a motor car.
The police say that investigations are being conducted into the murder of farmer Titus Sutton, 53 years, of Melanie Damishana, ECD, which occurred at about 1530h.
The police say they are conducting investigations into the murder of Mulchand Munilall, 16 years, of Patwah Scheme, Cane Grove, ECD, which occurred at about 2100h.
President Donald Ramotar yesterday announced a plan to make an appeal to the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF), following his administration’s inability to win the necessary opposition support to pass amendments to the anti-money laundering laws recommended by the body.
President Donald Ramotar says the decision to withhold assent from the local government bill intended to strip ministerial control over local authorities was taken because he felt the change was unconstitutional.
A container shipment that originated from Guyana was on Thursday intercepted with 57.5 kilogrammes (126 pounds) of cocaine at Kingston Free Zone, in Jamaica, and local sleuths have since launched an investigation.
Balkissoon ‘Boi’ Daichan, 42, a carpenter of Rosignol, West Bank Berbice, was found hanging in a cell at the Blairmont Police Station on Thursday evening, hours after he was arrested for threatening his wife.
Economist and bookshop owner Bholan Boodhoo, 65, died early yesterday morning after he was struck down by a Guyana Power and Light (GPL) minibus along the JB Singh Road.
Security guard Roy Harilall died of injuries he sustained in an accident along the Prospect Public Road on the East Bank of Demerara on Thursday night.
PPP General Secretary and Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee, who was hospitalised on Thursday night at the Woodlands Hospital, is currently in stable condition and being kept in a private room.
GT&T has handed over a cheque for $1 million to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for the enhancement of the environment in front of the hospital’s main entrances on New Market Street.
Beeswax lip gloss and other byproducts of the apiculture industry were on display yesterday outside the New Guyana Marketing Corporation as part of the Guyana Apiculture Society’s (GAS) ‘Honey Day’, which sought to raise the profile of the fledging industry.
As trade ministers gathered for a meeting on the strategic direction of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett said that the regional body cannot afford to do anything less than reinvent itself and with maximum haste.
The deal under which the Chinese forestry company Bai Shan Lin is building a car-park for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) reeks of impropriety and should be terminated, according to the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA).