Guyana News

PPP/C press officer Romel Roopnarine this morning announced at a party press conference that President Donald Ramotar will address the nation live at 8 tonight.

(WICB) ST. JOHN’S, Antigua – The Selection Panel of the West Indies Cricket Board today announced the 15-member West Indies squad for the three-Test series on the tour of England, starting next month.

(Trinidad Guardian) Death-penalty appeals will still go before the Privy Council in London, not the Caribbean Court of Justice.

(Trinidad Express) Petrotrin engineer Derek Salandy yesterday appeared before the first sitting of the Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC).

(Trinidad Express) There was ample precedent within the Commonwealth for a phased withdrawal from the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, Attorney General Anand Ramlogan said yesterday.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Cellphone provider Digicel and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) are currently negotiating the renewal of a US$20-million (J$1.76 billion) sponsorship contract which ends September.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The first 1,000 government houses that the Bouterse Administration plans to build with a Chinese loan have been “safeguarded.”

(Trinidad Newsday) Police yesterday launched a manhunt for a 25-year-old Guyanese construction worker who is being sought in connection with the murder of Nikita Ramischand, the 18-year-old daughter of prominent attorney, Odai Ramischand.

(Barbados Nation) Telecoms operator Digicel is outperforming its major rival and other utility companies in customer satisfaction and reliability.

ROSEAU, Dominica, (Reuters) – Shivnarine Chanderpaul followed Brian Lara in becoming the second West Indies batsman to pass 10,000 test runs yesterday and team-mate Darren Bravo said he is the example to follow for the new generation of cricketers in the Caribbean.

MADRID,  (Reuters) – Spain’s sickly economy faces a “crisis of huge proportions”, a minister said today, as unemployment hit its highest level in almost two decades and Standard and Poor’s weighed in with a two-notch downgrade of the government’s debt.

(Barbados Nation) Some Barbadians have responded angrily to comments Shanique Myrie made about this country in an interview published on the Jamaica Observer’s website yesterday.

Budget 2012 was approved yesterday in the Committee of Supply of the Parliament minus a sum of $20.8 billion cut by the one-seat majority Opposition comprising the Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), both of whom signalled their willingness to approve at a later date the funds now being withheld once Government addresses concerns over the allocations.

Although accusing APNU and the AFC of “political bullyism” for reducing this year’s budget, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh last night said that government remains open to dialogue with the opposition.

A building contractor lost his life last evening after he collided with a car while motorcycling along Vlissengen Road in the city.

The discovery of a quantity of drugs in passenger luggage on an outgoing flight resulted in the arrest of several baggage handlers attached to a ground handling company at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri (CJIA) yesterday morning.

The Government Information Agency (GINA) yesterday evening condemned the opposition APNU and AFC for what it termed a “wanton attack” on its staff, after they voted to reduce its 2012 budget to $1.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday said that it has no apologies to make for the staff cuts at the Government Information Agency (GINA) and tasked the government to find jobs for the 30-plus persons who have now been placed on the breadline.

One week after the Region 10 Regional Democratic Council (RDC) publicised its concerns about the stockpiling of used sharps at the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) and the burning of waste in the open air, the Ministry of Health has resolved these issues and has taken steps to correct other abnormalities at the institution.

A network technician of Hampshire, Corentyne was terrorised and robbed of a small amount of cash, cell phones and jewellery when armed, masked bandits struck at his home on Tuesday.