Guyana News

Former police commissioner, Henry Greene has been hospitalized after he took ill earlier this morning, his lawyer Neil Boston confirmed this afternoon.

Following the gruelling budget tussle, Parliament is to reconvene on Thursday May 10th when a series of opposition motions will come up for debate including one in the name of APNU MP Carl Greenidge to have the Former President’s (Benefits and Other Facilities) Act 2009 repealed.

(Jamaica Observer) Opposition spokesperson on foreign affairs, foreign trade and investment, Senator Christopher Tufton says the Government must justify its reasons for recalling several foreign mission heads in the four months since it took office in January this year, some of them ahead of their contracts expiring.

(Jamaica Observer) Parliament yesterday sanctioned amendments to the 11-year-old Telecoms Act, signalling the end to any possibility of monopoly in the telecoms market and paving the way for “a massive decline in rates locally and internationally”, according to Technology Minister Phillip Paulwell.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – President Desi Bouterse will swear in five new Ministers and two deputy Ministers tomorrow at noon.

The body of a missing Guyanese woman and her stillborn baby were discovered in the bathtub of a Pennsylvania home, the Pocono Record reported on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) Republic Bank temporarily closed a number of branches yesterday after staff members stayed away from work.

(Trinidad Express) More than 300 relatives, friends and schoolmates of Nikita Ramischand took cover below tents amid pouring rain yesterday to say their goodbyes to the 18-year-old who was killed almost a week ago.

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar,  (Reuters) – Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi took a historic oath today to join a parliamentary system crafted by the generals who locked her away for much of her long struggle against dictatorship, ushering in a dramatic new political era.

(Trinidad Express) Calder Hart says he’s not guilty of accusations made against him in the face of a multi-million dollar lawsuit.

Opposition Leader David Granger yesterday said that pressure would be kept on government to ensure a good life for all citizens, while defending the recent budget cuts as a move to end executive lawlessness and reduce the cost of living.

Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) President Komal Chand yesterday said this can still be a turnaround year for the sugar industry once major defects at GuySuCo’s Skeldon factory are fixed, and while he welcomed government’s intervention in the sector, he accused opposition party, the AFC of trying to undermine the union.

Brazilian miners, who want government to reform the protracted immigration process, yesterday formed an association to support their countrymen in obtaining legal residence and understanding mining in Guyana.

A man was last evening shot two times to his leg after he attempted to give chase behind a gang of four men who moments before had robbed and terrorized a family at Berbice.

Patrick Thomas has been elected Toshao of Tobago Hill, in the North West District of Region One, following recent village council elections.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand recently met with members of ‘Operation Rescue UG’ to discuss the issues that are affecting the development of the Univer-sity of Guyana (UG) and it was revealed that a key World Bank loan for US$10 million is expected to be signed in May.

General Secretary of the Guyana Trades Union Congress Lincoln Lewis is calling on the opposition to take the matter of the government’s removal  of the subvention and grants to the Critchlow Labour College (CLC), the Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) and the Women Advisory Com-mittee (WAC) to the National Assembly.

A prisoner from the Timehri lockups was last night rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital  after being stabbed by another inmate with a fluorescent tube.

A 12-year-old Craig Primary School student sustained head injuries among others after he was yesterday afternoon struck down by a Linden-Soesdyke minibus along the East Bank while he was crossing the road.

The Agricola family, which lost its fence and front stairway on Sunday afternoon after a car  careened off road and slammed into it, is asking who will pay for the damages since the driver has signalled reluctance.