Guyana News

Mahendra ‘Sunil’ Persaud who lost his daughter; Varshanie after she was misdiagnosed and treated for “suspected” sickle cell and leptospirosis was eager to uplift a report from the public hospital to put her death to rest.

As people make Christmas wishes and New Year’s resolutions,  one family is praying for a miracle to wash away the memory of their 16-year-old son hanging in his bedroom a few days after this year started.

West Coast Berbice women who participated in a health and fitness programme organized by the Guyanese Families Unite in Service and Education (GuyFuse) have expressed satisfaction at the experience gained.

Residents of Wakenaam were thrilled on Saturday to have a ‘Santa Claus Parade’ for the first time on the island, compliments of a former resident and the Aditya Kids Trust Fund Foundation (AKTFF).

In spreading the goodwill of the Christmas season, the Region Five Probation and Social Services department feted 160 children.

Cabinet has given its no-objection to a contract for the emergency docking of the MV Bonasika to the value of $49.9m.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The government of the Turks and Caicos Islands has confirmed that 18 people, suspected to be illegal migrants, died this morning at sea.

(Jamaica Gleaner) St Vincent’s Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves is to cut short a visit to Europe and is expected back home tomorrow as the death toll from the rains over the past 48 hours continues to go up.

A police officer was among five reportedly killed as heavy rains caused widespread damage throughout St Lucia, CMC reported today.

By Dacia Whaul A Leguan woman was slashed to death yesterday morning by her husband who was later found hanging on the foreshore.

The Chief Librarian at the National Library, Gillian Thompson, succumbed following an accident yesterday at the corner of New Garden Street and North Road.

A miner was yesterday found dead with a wound to his neck along the Five Star Trail, Port Kaituma, North West District.

Having sent a diplomatic note to the US State Department, the government yesterday challenged American Ambassador Brendt Hardt to prove that USAID has a right to go ahead with a $300 million democracy project here despite government’s objections on grounds of a lack of consultation.

The management and board of the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Incorporated yesterday assured  Cabinet that every possible step will be taken to address promptly, the transmission and distribution difficulties that have caused a spate of power outages, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon reported.

Neville Chandrawattie, one of the alleged masterminds of November’s multi-million dollar gold heist in Port Kaituma, was yesterday remanded to prison for involvement in the death of Dharam Chanmangra in 2007.

A Kitty man who is alleging that he had only been doing a friend a favour, was yesterday brought before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court after live ammunition was found inside the sneakers he had carried to a prison inmate.

Attorney-General Anil Nandlall said yesterday that the conditions under which the police can stop and search citizens is one that must be reviewed and this has been his longstanding position even before a recent High Court judgment addressing the matter.

An accident that occurred around 11 am yesterday on the public road at La Belle Alliance, took the life of yet an Essequibo Coast man.

At about 0005h yesterday, businessman Rex Holder, 45 years, of Wisroc, Linden, was attacked and robbed by a man armed with a shotgun in front of his home.

In the early 1990s, my family moved to Canada. When my parents decided to move, they were in their 40s, petrified, with two kids, two suitcases and just Cdn$80 in their pockets.