Guyana News

BEIRUT, (Reuters) – The prosecutor of the U.N.-backed  tribunal issued today a draft indictment over the 2005  killing of statesman Rafik al-Hariri, a long-anticipated move  that has touched off a Lebanese political crisis.

Three Guyanese are feared dead after a day of fun turned tragic on Sunday afternoon at the popular Mayaro beach in South Trinidad, according to the Trinidad Express.

The People’s Progressive Party today extended best wishes to former government minister and Member of Parliament, Reepu Daman Persaud who celebrated his 75th birthday yesterday.

WELLINGTON, (Reuters) – New Zealand will look to bat  the first session of the fourth day of the second test against  Pakistan today and then reassess as to how to approach the  rest of the game as they attempt to level the series, pace  bowler Chris Martin said yesterday.

MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India will gamble on the fitness  of Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Praveen  Kumar after the four injured players were included in the final  15-member squad today for next month’s World Cup.

President of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) Chetram Singh yesterday vowed that the board’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held as scheduled and revealed that its audited accounts for last year will be handed over to the Registrar of the Friendly Societies this morning -paving the way for the AGM.

Some time after 9 am today a Meadow Bank man was stabbed to the neck by a co-worker and died shortly after at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH).

A Lance Corporal in the Guyana Defence Force died last evening after he lost control of the motor bike he was riding on the West Bank Demerara (WBD) Public Road and ended up in a trench.

A Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara taxi-driver died – reportedly of a broken neck – after being beaten by another man during a scuffle last evening.

At a meeting held at the Skeldon High School Annex at Corriverton yesterday, residents listened to the People’s National Congress Reform’s (PNCR) presidential hopefuls as they outlined their plans

The Ministry of Home Affairs together with other agencies has established what it has dubbed ‘houses of justice’ which aims at addressing pressing community problems and assisting persons to access critical

Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee says the police are awaiting the results of samples sent to the US for testing in relation to the murder of Sheema Mangar.

John July, the policeman who was injured in a vehicular accident involving Minister of Local Government Kellawan Lall, is recuperating and still crying out for justice.

Workers attached to a local dredging company at Mud Lot, Kingston on Saturday morning stumbled upon a piece of airframe debris, from the French Guiana-based, Ariane space agency.

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Thursday called on the Guyana Police Force to make a special effort to identify “the intellectual authors and perpetrators” behind the recent criminal acts and to find out whether

The business community and residents of Linden were yesterday given the assurance that the Guyana Police Force will redouble its efforts to apprehend the lone gunman who fatally shot one of Linden’s leading

TUNIS – Tunisian special forces fought a heavy gun battle  with members of the ousted president’s security force on  Sunday, a military source said, and the prime minister promised  a new government would be announced on Monday.

The Ministry of Agriculture recently launched the ‘Small Farmers’ Group Financial Facility to provide financial support for small farmers and processors at the Kuru Kuru Extension Centre.

Shaunell Warrick is yet to regain consciousness after suffering a severe beating on New Year’s Day allegedly at the hands of her “on and off companion” but relatives are hopeful that she is getting better as they

LONDON, (Reuters) – Attacks on computer systems now  have the potential to cause global catastrophe, but only in  combination with another disaster, the Organisation for Economic  Cooperation and Development (OECD) said in a report yesterday.