Guyana News

A 17-year-old girl and her 18-year-old boyfriend died on Saturday in Queens, New York when the speeding car they were in crashed into a guardrail on the highway, the New York Daily News said.

A family, plunged into mourning after one member died in a road collision on Sunday, faced a second tragedy when another member was involved in a separate accident hours later.

Latin America and Caribbean as a region has met two of the eight Millennium  Development Goals (MDGs)—poverty reduction and access to clean water—and it is making strides with meeting some others.

The Turkeyen Station Management Committee last week embarked on a massive four-day cleanup campaign to beautify the Turkeyen Police Station and compound.

Sections of Lethem last night were in darkness as a result of power rationing after the main generator developed some problems on Sunday.

Police in the French-speaking Caribbean Island of Guadeloupe have identified the man who went on a shooting spree on Saturday killing six of his family members, including his two children, as 40-year-old David Ramassamy.

Persons from various sections of society have voiced their concern over government’s intention to lease land to the Marriott Hotel developer at below market value.

A man sustained injuries to his face after he discharged a loaded firearm at a function at Esau and Jacob, Mahaicony Creek yesterday.

The main opposition APNU will listen to stakeholders before crystallizing any amendments to the proposed anti-money laundering legislation currently being considered by a Special Select Committee of the National Assembly.

Miners on Thursday were urged to help in the fight against trafficking in persons even as they were warned that the scourge could have negative implications for the gold industry.

Newly-installed president of the Rotary Club of Demerara Osbert James has called for a renewed engagement by Rotarians to bring rotary service and values into their daily lives in order to boost the club’s impact in the community.

Gold declaration up to last week was 230,000 ounces for the first half of this year with miners on-track to meet their target of 460,000 ounces for 2013.

Months have passed since South Ruimveldt resident Orin Joseph was gunned down during a robbery outside his home and despite police being given some important information, the case is at a standstill.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Egypt’s armed forces handed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi a virtual ultimatum to share power on Monday, giving feuding politicians 48 hours to compromise or have the army impose its own road map for the country.

At about 0900h today, police say that Accounts Clerk attached to the Woodlands Hospital, Sattie Persaud, 47 years, was conveying a bag with $1.1M to the Hospital’s Accounts Office when she was held up by a man armed with a firearm who took away the cash and her cell phone and escaped.

Police say that at about 0040h today, they responded to a report of the discharging of a loaded firearm at a function at Esau and Jacob, Mahaicony Creek, ECD, where they found Mahendra Persaud, 29 years, of Esau and Jacob in a yard with injuries to his face.

At about 1730h yesterday, police say that Jerome Hackett, 60 years, of Phoenix Park, WBD, was riding his motorcycle along the Den Amstel Public Road, WCD, when he lost control of the vehicle and collided with a concrete bridge.

The financial condition of the ruling PPP is unknown and its increasing reliance on donations opens it up to influence peddling.

A man suspected of killing six members of his family including two children on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe was found dead yesterday, after apparently committing suicide, the French news agency AFP reported.

Rossignol Butchery and Meat Centre, a multi-million dollar investment by a Surinamese entrepreneur yesterday came to full fruition and an official opening ceremony was held yesterday to mark the occasion.