Guyana News

A resident of Uitvlugt yesterday turned himself into police in the company of a lawyer for questioning into allegations that he is linked to last week’s multi-million-dollar cocaine bust.

A miner was shot by a lone gunman during unclear circumstances at Aranka Backdam last Friday and is currently a patient of the Georgetown Hospital.

Two miners were reportedly tied up before being robbed at gunpoint at Turtle Creek Backdam, Issano last Saturday.

Preparations for Essequibo’s annual masquerade competition are in full swing and the event is scheduled for December 18 on the tarmac of the Xenon Hotel at Charity, Essequibo Coast starting at 11:00 hrs.

WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) – China must do more to rein in North Korea’s belligerence, the United States and its chief Asian allies said yesterday after Beijing warned tensions could “spin out of control.”

GENEVA (Reuters) – Talks between Iran and six major powers — the first in over a year — will resume on Tuesday after each power raised the issue of Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme in a first round yesterday, a Western official said.

The Blairmont Police Station would now be more effective in its crime-fighting efforts after the Station Management Committee (SMC) recently presented a new Jailing 110 cc motorcycle to the officers.

LONDON (Reuters) – Taking low doses of aspirin can reduce the risk of many kinds of cancer, scientists said today, and the evidence is strong enough to suggest people over 40 should take it daily as protection.

The Guyana Power & Light (GPL) yesterday said that electricity was restored to Bartica on Sunday evening, hours after the township was plunged into darkness as a result of the failure of a breaker in the company’s engine room at Bartica.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The FBI has issued a “cyber crime alert” for a new Barbie doll that comes equipped with a tiny hidden video camera in her chest, saying the toy could be misused to make child porn.

ADELAIDE,  (Reuters) – England won the second Ashes   test by an innings and 71 runs to take a 1-0 lead in the   five-match series after dismissing Australia’s last six   batsmen cheaply in the first session today.

GuySuCo has blamed a dismal production year for its inability to offer sugar workers any increase this year, and yesterday it made a final proposal of two weeks pay which the union said it “has accepted for now”.

A Guyanese grandfather was shot to death in his central Brooklyn, New York apartment early this morning after an evening of drinking with friends, police and family members said, according to today’s New York Post.

The police are probing two attacks at mining camps in the interior that left a man with a bullet wound in the first raid and the loss of raw gold in the other.

There was once a village and it was run by a Headman.

(CMC) FORT DE FRANCE- Jamaica’s Reggae Boyz kept their nerve in a nerve-wracking penalty shoot-out to beat Guadeloupe 5-4 on penalties and retain the coveted Digicel Caribbean Cup last night.

Former PNC Finance Minister Carl Greenidge has been nominated by the Murray camp as their choice for the party’s presidential candidacy, Stabroek News has confirmed.

Suriname on Friday signed Memoranda of Understanding with two Chinese companies for US$6B worth of projects which include a deep sea harbour and a railroad to Brazil.

Chartered accountant, Christopher Ram, today confirmed that he had declined an approach by a PNCR group to be nominated as the party’s presidential candidate for next year.

(Barbados Nation) Chris Gayle  is about to call time on Test cricket – if only on a temporary basis.