Guyana News

Police are investigating the theft of a number of items including cash and computer parts from the Bladen Hall Multilateral School and it is believed that the perpetrators had inside help.

Residents of Melanie North, East Coast Demerara yesterday managed to avert a major disaster after one of two children left at home alone started a fire.

NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, (Reuters) – India’s reputation as  a place to do business took another hit after the  scandal-tainted government charged top public sector bankers  with accepting bribes initially estimated at hundreds of  millions of dollars.

The Guyana People’s Partner-ship (GPP) is inviting University of Guyana (UG) students to submit proposals for a new business for a chance to win a $750,000 2011 entrepreneurship prize.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Armed Haitian police  kept apart boisterous supporters of rival presidential  candidates in Port-au-Prince yesterday as the earthquake-hit  Caribbean country heads for turbulent elections this weekend in  the grip of a cholera epidemic.

A delegation from Iran headed by Deputy Foreign Minister Behrooz Kamalvandi, met President Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday to continue discussions on fulfilling several of the recent agreements between Guyana and Iran, according to the Government Information Agency.

A boat powered by an outboard motor engine on Wednesday afternoon collided with a paddle boat in the Bonasika Creek, Essequibo River and a man is missing.

YEONPYEONG, South Korea, (Reuters) – South Korea’s  defence minister resigned yesterday, two days after a deadly  artillery attack by North Korea that stoked criticism about the  pace of Seoul’s response.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Armored cars rolled  through smoke-filled streets in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday as  police battled slum-based drug gangs for a fifth consecutive  day in the city slated to host the 2016 Olympics.

Contrary to what was reported in yesterday’s edition of the Stabroek News, Marvin Hutson was not sentenced to six months in prison, but rather one month.

Guyana’s highest national award was tonight conferred on outgoing Brazilian at the National Cultural Centre.

A Linden gunman has been keeping police at bay in his attempt to escape their grasp after he terrorized a family and taxi driver in the early morning hours today.

Minister of Human Services & Social Security Priya Manickchand this afternoon said that she was “horrified” that convicted child-sex felon Dr Vishwamintra Persaud was given a licence to practice in Guyana and was employed by the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC).

A boat powered by an outboard motor engine yesterday afternoon collided with a paddle boat in the Bonasika Creek, Essequibo River and a man is missing.

On the heels of its demand for more money for its players, Alpha United Football Club was today dropped from the popular Kashif and Shanghai tournament and replaced by Ann’s Grove United.

(BBC) President Obama has declared a major disaster exists in St Croix in the US Virgin Islands – a move which frees federal aid for recovery efforts.

In a message today to mark International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the PNCR has urged the Guyana Police Force to become the protectors of the country’s women.

(Trinidad Express) A United States soldier and his friend were shot dead when gunmen attempted to relieve the soldier of a silver Nissan Almera motorcar early yesterday, police said.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A delegation from the Association for the Resettlement of Returning Residents is expected to meet with the British High Commissioner to Jamaica today.

It is 40 years since businessman Arif Ali sold his Caribbean food store in north London and founded Hansib Publications, a publishing house for Caribbean, African and Asian writers and their communities, the UK Telegraph newspaper reported on Wednesday.