NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – A prominent leader of India’s opposition Congress party, Shashi Tharoor, yesterday rejected police charges against him for abetment in the suicide of his wife in a case that has led to political mudslinging.
Commonwealth Parlia mentary Association (CPA) Secretary-General (SG) Akbar Khan last Friday stressed the need for co-operation between the governing APNU+AFC and opposition PPP/C in the National Assembly.
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) says that its recently implemented Rangers Programme has issued 3,050 warnings to residents on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) on various issues.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Actress Margot Kidder, best known for playing Lois Lane in the “Superman” films in the 1970s and 1980s, has died at the age of 69, triggering affectionate tributes from Hollywood.
(Reuters) – CBS Corp filed a lawsuit yesterday to reduce the voting power of controlling shareholder National Amusements Inc, the movie theater company owned by Sumner and Shari Redstone, in an act of defiance aimed at thwarting the Redstones’ plan to merge CBS with Viacom Inc .
President David Granger has charged Guyanese to become more resourceful and to make the necessary provisions for their future generations as their fore parents had done for them.
(Trinidad Express) A 16 year old Carenage boy has been charged with the murder of pensioner Narine Surijlal, who was shot and robbed while on a fishing trip.
The Ministry of Public Security today said it is aware of the recent Facebook Post made by an inmate, of himself and others consuming alcohol yesterday at the New Amsterdam Prisons.
GAZA/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli troops shot dead dozens of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border today when the high-profile opening of the U.S.
The Police today said that they are investigating the circumstances surrounding the murder of 34-year-old vendor, Farcey Yassen, of 25 Belmont, Mahaica, ECD.
Another Berbice boat owner remains under arrest here for alleged links to the recent deadly pirate attacks off neighbouring Suriname even as law enforcement from that country is probing the shooting death of one of its cops for a possible link.
Former Head of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), Winston Brassington has defended the decision to bring Russian bauxite company Rusal to Guyana saying it was done to save the local industry and Rusal was the only company to show investment interest at the time.
(Barbados Nation) John and Larissa Jackson have never been able to pick up the pieces of their lives after the gruesome death of their 16-year-old daughter Anna Druzhinina ten years ago.
The evaluation of bids for the new Demerara River crossing is expected to be completed by the end of this month and the process will be moved into the next phase, Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson says.
Four laureates including Guyanese entrepreneur Andrew Boyle were inducted by the Anthony N Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence, at its first awards ceremony to be staged in Jamaica on Saturday night.