Guyana News

NAIROBI, (Reuters) – A former Kenyan player is under investigation by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for interfering with matches, Tom Sears, the outgoing Cricket Kenya chief executive officer has said.

LONDON, (Reuters) – When London marathon medical director Sanjay Sharma was called to attend someone who had collapsed with suspected cardiac arrest a mile from the finish line last month, he expected to find a man in his seventies.

(Jamaica Observer) A Jamaican who was convicted in the UK, who said he was illegally detained before being deported, has won £1 in damages from the Home Office, the Telegraph reports today.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The St. Catherine Police have now charged the man accused of fatally stabbing his common-law wife.

A two-car smash up at Rosignol has left a man dead and several other people injured.

LIMA/SANTIAGO  (Reuters) – A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook the border area straddling southern Peru and northern Chile early today, but there were no reports of damage, the Andean neighbors’ national emergency offices said.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The agricultural sector in general is declining at an alarming rate.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The meeting between Suriname and the European Union (EU) scheduled for 17 and 18 May will now be held in Paramaribo on 30 May.

Renowned artist and sculptor Phillip Moore, famous for the towering 1763 monument at the Square of the Revolution, died yesterday at his Lancaster, Berbice home in his sleep.

A “deep-seated problem” exists of police abusing law-abiding citizens and this creates hostility towards the law enforcement agents and thus substantially reduces the possibility of co-operation from citizens, which is critical to solving crime, former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran says.

A team of officials from the Public Works Ministry is assessing the Kumaka Waterfront area as additional works to save the North West business hub may be in the pipeline.

Under new management, Shanklands Rain Forest Nature Resort, the once-popular Essequibo Island resort is being renovated for an official reopening by August, when it will be marketed as a destination for tourists and locals alike looking for a nature retreat.

Agreement between the two opposition parties in Parliament is crucial if they are to succeed in their legislative agenda and they are working together but the limited number of draftspersons in Guyana could hobble their progress.

Relatives of the man accused of murdering a Trinidad teen say they are still being terrorized by a caller from the island and they again appealed to the suspect to turn himself in.

A Guyanese man died in a hit-and-run accident in Queens, New York yesterday.|

The court challenge to the controversial Former President’s (Benefits and Other Facilities) Act was withdrawn on Friday and the way is now cleared for an APNU motion calling for the repeal of the legislation to proceed in the National Assembly.

New Amsterdam Mayor Claude Henry has criticized a statement made by PPP/C parliamentarian Faizal Jafarally who had accused the municipality  of not submitting financial statements for over fifteen years to the citizenry.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) appears to be overwhelmed by the scale of the turmoil that is reigning in the mining sector, according to the Guyana Human Rights Association (GHRA).

Following protest action by several dozen residents of Mahdia last week, the water woes and other issues facing the Region 8 community are being addressed by the authorities.

The lawyers for Elmo Benedict  and Dave Banwarie who were convicted for the unlawful killing of Rakesh Rajaram at Sandhills, Berbice River in March 2008  have filed separate appeals on their behalf, arguing  that the trial judge’s summation was  unbalanced and in favour of the  prosecution.