Guyana News

(Barbados Nation) Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) staff are seeing red after the popular Socaholics launch scheduled for yesterday evening was cancelled because of a colour choice.

(Barbados Nation) Owen Arthur has re-emerged as the “preferred” leader of Barbados, and despite lingering concerns about infighting at the helm of his Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP), the current political wind seems to be briskly blowing in the party’s favour.

US Sub Sandwich chain Quiznos is coming to Guyana. In an advertisement in today’s Sunday Stabroek, Camex Restaurants Inc advertised for staff for the enterprise.

(Barbados Nation) Banks have been alerted to an apparent islandwide debit card racket.

(Trinidad Express) A single mother was stabbed to death early yesterday evening.

(Trinidad Express) After five years of business and in the face of mounting debt, national carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) faces “operational risk”.

(Trinidad Express) Finance Minister Winston Dookeran says the Government is seeking to claim some TT$20 billion from CL Financial (CLF).

Residents of Lethem yesterday strongly opposed the installation of an Interim-Management Committee (IMC) to replace the Ireng/Sawariwau Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) but had mixed views about whether the current body is capable of effectively carrying out its duties.

While the opposition parties are calling for the reform of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) in the light of serious shortcomings in the conduct of the November 28, 2011 polls, they are not calling for the immediate removal of Chief Elections Officer Gocool Boodoo since they believe that the reforms needed should be wider ranging than the removal of the CEO.

Alliance for Change Chair-man Khemraj Ramjattan commended top PPP member Ralph Ramkarran for speaking up against police abuse of law-abiding citizens and noted that this could open the door for the constructive criticism of other matters of national importance.

Two Lindeners are hospitalized following a collision—between the car they were in and another driven by former government minister Dr Henry Jeffrey—which occurred yesterday at the intersection of the University of Guyana Road and the Rupert Craig Highway.

Twenty-four-year-old Susanna Jamal is a young woman full of life who is never lost for an encouraging word for others, even though the experiences of her own life would have caused the fittest of stalwarts to falter.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry said the recently dismissed treason case was based solely on conversations between the accused and the prosecution’s main witness and more so the charge was defective as the substance of the overt acts allegedly committed was not expressly laid out.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) is reporting that it had a cordial dinner meeting with the Private Sector Commission (PSC) on the 2012 budget and the cuts made therein, while A Partnership for National Unity prefers to meet with a wider cross section of the society and not just the PSC.

Double amputee Rickford McKenzie has received monetary assistance to offset the transportation expenses from his Grove, East Bank Demerara home to the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre in the city for therapy.

Police said a woman is currently assisting with investigations into a recent discovery of an improvised shotgun in Aruka Village, North West District.

International Museum Day which was held under the theme ‘Museums in a Changing World’ was observed on Friday and a media tour was organized by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport

The relatives of Colin Jones, who was committed to stand trial in the High Court for the 2009 attempted Supreme Court arson, yesterday complained bitterly that he was being treated inhumanely by prison and police personnel.

Police are still on the hunt for the prime suspect in the murder of GTM manager Lionel Bert Whyte, who has vanished without a trace.

The Keen Dance Theater (KDT) is visiting from New York to share in a cultural exchange with its artistic counterpart, the Classique Dance Company (CDC).