Guyana News

Proprietors of the Lyken/Newburg Funeral Home are crying foul after city workers at Le Repentir Cemetery reportedly demanded money from customers to bury their dead.

ISLAMABAD, (Reuters) – A politician gunned down over  his opposition to Pakistan’s blasphemy laws was buried yesterday after a murder likely to cow further those pushing for  a more liberal and secular vision of Pakistani society.

At the launching of the Computer Training Centre at Albion, Corentyne yesterday, sugar workers and their children were urged to keep up-to-date with information technology.

A man accused of turning up at his ex-girlfriend’s workplace and threatening to kill her was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $10,000, after denying a threatening language charge.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – China is still years away  from being able to field a stealth aircraft, despite the  disclosure of images indicating that it appears to have a  working prototype, Pentagon officials said yesterday.

Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud on Tuesday handed over a cheque to a Paradise fisherman and his crew who were attacked by pirates on December 20, even as he called on law enforcement to up their efforts to curb this type of crime.

ATLANTA,  (Reuters Life!) – Top-selling rapper Waka  Flocka Flame will spend at least one more night in a county  jail in Georgia after turning himself in on drug and weapons  charges earlier this week, police said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – An employee of Michael  Jackson testified  yesterday that the singer’s doctor  ordered him to carry away medical vials and an intravenous bag  before calling paramedics the day Jackson died.

A man who knocked out his sister’s tooth during an argument over the use of a blender was yesterday placed on $40,000 bail and ordered to report to the probation department.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – State lawmakers launched a  drive today to deny citizenship to the U.S.-born 

The Government Information Agency (GINA) says that efforts have once again been made by unknown individuals to hack its website.

CAPE TOWN, (Reuters) – Jacques Kallis defied medical  advice to score a magnificent century which put South Africa in  position to win the deciding third test against India today.

Following the adoption of the Georgetown Seawall Band Stand on December 23, 2010, the Guyana Police Force today said it will be resuming the performing of Band Concerts by the Police Military Band, MS, on Saturday, January 08, 2011 commencing at 4.45 pm.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 9.15 last night at Canje, Berbice, which resulted in the death of Julian Mohabir, 23 years of Sheet Anchor, East Canje.

By Oluatoyin Alleyne and Sara Bharrat Fragments of a grenade were discovered at the scene of an explosion at the Stabroek Market Square today, which killed one man and injured 18 other persons, according to the police.

Georgetown Public Hospital press release At 10:41h, the following persons were brought to the Accident and Emergency Unit following an explosion at the Stabroek Market Square: 1.   

A well-known ex-policeman is now in police custody in Suriname following a big cocaine bust in that country and according to well-placed sources the drugs originated from Guyana.

A 49-year-old Stabroek News driver died this morning after he lost control of the vehicle he was driving and ended up in a trench on the Diamond, East Bank Demerara public road.

There is now a weekly direct flight between France and St Lucia, according to the Caribbean Media Corporation and this is expected to significantly boost the island’s tourism industry.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – The umpire referral system is   proving effective despite controversial decisions in the fifth   Ashes test but it should be used in all test cricket or not at   all, Australia captain Michael Clarke said today.