Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) Attorney General Anand Ramlogan says he is using his own resources, rather than the resources of the State, to litigate his cases against Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley.

(Jamaica Observer) Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding has emerged from the shadows with a lawsuit against embattled Florida-based Jamaican law professor, David Rowe.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A senior member of the Government has declared the administration will not allow the Office of the Contractor General (OCG) to be a stumbling block in the engagement of private entities as the state moves to take advantage of investment opportunities.

(Jamaica Gleaner) At least 12 American Airlines passengers who were scheduled to depart the Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston to Miami, last evening refused to board the aircraft which had mechanical and electrical problems earlier today.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – “After a somewhat false start, we’ve debated the bill seriously,” a visibly pleased Speaker of Parliament Jennifer Geerlings-Simons said immediately after the passing of the Stalking bill with 32 unanimous votes.

Despite two separate meetings, the government and the opposition yesterday struggled to reach consensus on proposed budget measures, including lower taxes, and APNU and the AFC warned that they would proceed with planned cuts in the administration’s spending if there is no resolution.

Photos by Anjuli Persaud Staffers of government agencies that face budget cuts proposed by APNU and AFC yesterday took to the streets to protest the move, while the state-run National Communications Network (NCN) warned that it would have to scale back its operations to save on costs.

Police accidently shot a Corriverton businessman around 11:15 am yesterday at No 77 Village while trying to arrest a man who was beating and trying to attack persons with a cutlass.

With the retirement of Henry Greene, acting Police Com-missioner Leroy Brumell is now the most senior rank in the Guyana Police Force (GPF), but an informed source says he may not be confirmed in the post, for which Crime Chief Seelall Persaud is believed to be the favoured choice.

The Office of Climate Change (OCC) yesterday warned against opposition-proposed cuts of its 2012 allocation saying important projects like the installation of solar panels in the hinterland would be at risk along with the country’s leadership position on green growth.

Lethem and neighbouring villages in Region Nine were last evening without power after the two main generators operated by the power company malfunctioned.

Former national footballer Collin Mickle who appeared yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court accused of stealing a Mercedes Benz worth $2 million was  remanded by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine–Beharry.

CEO of Cara Lodge and Suites and Head of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) Paul Stephenson is recovering at a private hospital in Trinidad after suffering a heart attack.

Former PNCR General Secretary Aubrey Norton yesterday said he has not been approached to fill the vacancy among the opposition-nominated commissioners on the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom).

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) will launch an internal investigation into how a young man died from oral hemorrhaging and a blood clot to his brain at the institution, days after extracting a tooth at a private dentist.

GAWU says that sugar workers from GuySuCo’s seven estates yesterday  staged protests in response to the tabling of motions by APNU and the AFC  in the National Assembly to debar the government from providing, among other things, $6B in subsidies to GPL.

Estimated spending for the regional administrations was last evening approved in the National Assembly, where opposition MPs urged the Local Government Ministry to consider key interventions to issues affecting the regions.

A Bosai Mining Company security guard was up to press time last evening in police custody after he allegedly shot a man who was acting suspiciously at the Coomacka Mines, Linden location, during a scuffle.

Merle Jordan who was found dead with wounds to the head at Dalgin, Linden Highway last Friday died as a result of multiple injuries according to a post-mortem examination which was performed yesterday by Pathologist Dr.

The Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) has scheduled rehabilitation works on the Vreed-en-Hoop, Region Three and Stabroek, Georgetown stellings for this week.