Guyana News

A 29-year-old mother of two died at the Georgetown Public Hospital last Thursday and her relatives are accusing doctors of taking too long to remove the dead foetus that was inside her.

The opposition will utilize the Economic Services Committee of Parliament as well as other means to scrutinize government spending and ensure that cuts are implemented and not funded through extra-budget sources, AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan said.

In Lethem the lights go on and off, six hours at a time.

Two years ago 54-year-old Lata Inderdeo witnessed the brutal murder of her only daughter, a tragedy that not only left her emotionally scarred for life but with physical scars as well, since the man who snuffed out her daughter’s life also severely chopped both her arms.

President Donald Ramotar’s reaction to the budget cuts was “reprehensible” in the light of his “hard and callous” response to the opposition’s arguments during two days of engagements with administration officials prior to the passage of the reduced budget, AFC Chairman Khemraj Ramjattan said.

Some commuters are now ensuring they enter Route 40 (Kitty/Campbellville) minibuses with $60 in change for the fare as some operators continue to charge more.

The University of Guyana Library has announced in a press release that it will be open to all users from 10:00hrs to 17:00hrs  on the following Sundays: May 13, May 20, May 27, June 3 and June 10.

The executive of the Guyana Women Miners’ Organisation is very concerned about being perceived as “the enemy” by officials and is calling for the organisation to be recognized as working to improve the lives of women and young girls in need of protection in the country’s interior.

This is the Sixteenth in our series on new parliamentarians After twenty-three years in the Guyana Defence Force and another 15 years as a lawyer in private practice, Joseph Harmon is now an “active politician” and a new face in the 10th sitting of the National Assembly, a sitting he hopes would be the turning point in the country’s history.

PPP leaders said on Friday that the governing party is prepared for fresh elections, but noted that the decision lies with President Donald Ramotar.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A man accused of being a rapist was beaten and stabbed to death by an angry mob in Half-Way Tree, St Andrew, yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) The quiet of the Ferniehurst, Black Rock, St Michael district was shattered just after midday today when neighbours learnt of the unnatural death of one of their own.

(Trinidad Guardian) CL Financial chairman Gerald Yetming said yesterday that the Government will soon be making a claim to the conglomerate for the cost of the January 2009 intervention and will request an extension of the three-year Shareholders’ Agreement to allow the negotiations for the claim, expected to be more than TT$10 billion, to be concluded.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Contractors Association has objected to the proposed award to build the new UWI South Campus project at Debe to foreign firm China Jiangsu International Economic Technical Corp.

(Trinidad Express) Government may decide to give jurisdiction to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) for constitutional appeals on criminal matters, particularly murder cases.

(Trinidad Express) Relatives of three teenage sisters who disappeared from their Laventille home on Thursday afternoon are seeking the public’s assistance in locating them.

(Trinidad Express) Members of one of the most dangerous gangs in the world, MS-13, are currently in this country working on construction sites, says Opposition MP Dr Amery Browne.

Police say that at about 0740h yesterday, the body of a so far unidentified man was found at the foreshore at No.56 Village, Corentyne, with the scalp missing and other injuries to the body.

(Jamaica Observer) Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies Prof E Nigel Harris has dismissed suggestions that Jamaica or any other country in the region should pull out of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) and pursue its development on its own.

(Jamaica Observer) Contractor General Greg Christie has labelled the Administration’s establishment of an Independent Oversight Panel (IOP) to oversee three major projects “as a brazen but futile attempt to usurp, undermine and circumvent the lawful government contract monitoring authority and mandate” of his office.