Guyana News

(Jamaica Gleaner) Bill Express, the vehicle used by conglomerate GraceKennedy and Company Limited to collect utility and other bills for third parties in Jamaica and other Caribbean islands, has pioneered a new insurance service for its customers called Bill Protect.

Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has delayed his trip to Qatar after complaining of feeling unwell during his stopover in Barbados on Wednesday, the Caribbean Media Corporation reported.

(de ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – Many member states of the European Union (EU) are not that much concerned about Suriname, Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Uri Rosenthal told the Lower House on Thursday during a short debate on Suriname’s Amnesty Act.

Attorney at law Nigel Hughes on Wednesday offered to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) his services free of charge to file and argue an appeal of the quashed Henry Greene rape charge advice at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Leader of the Opposition David Granger yesterday said APNU has not sold out Linden in brokering an agreement on a number of measures, including electricity subsidies and liberalising the airwaves, as tempers run high in the mining town.

APNU MP and Shadow Finance Minister Carl Greenidge yesterday questioned the propriety of a $29.1 million Ministry of Health allocation in the 2012 estimates appearing as money already spent, since it had been voted down by the opposition earlier in the year.

Although she was allegedly beaten unconscious with a hammer by her partner, Eurika Garraway yesterday said that she still loves him, still believes he will change and that she will stand by his side.

The 62-year-old man implicated in the rape of a 13-year-old girl was yesterday released from custody on $20,000 station bail even after reports surfaced that he had been involved in similar encounters with the child since last year.

Since 2005, more than $4.1B has been spent on drainage and irrigation in Region Five to control flooding of the Mahaicony and Mahaica Creek areas caused by the controlled release of water from the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC).

The Alliance for Change (AFC) has said that its proposed budget cuts, which were blocked in the National Assembly on Wednesday, were meant to weed out the “fat cats” in government and not bring distress to the lives of ordinary workers.

The police are on the hunt for a man who shot a female Brazilian national on Wednesday after a row over money.

Caricom Auto Sales manager Ramwattie Ramlochan appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday on additional embezzlement charges and was placed on $150,000 bail by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Some participants have left the 13th Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC) with perplexing reactions about the contrasting conditions of Guyana’s environment- a garbage strewn capital and a pristine rainforest.

Sixteen bishops and archbishops who head the Roman Catholic Church in the English, French and Dutch-speaking Caribbean countries will be in Guyana from April 21 to April 27, for their Annual General Meeting.

The diocese of the Anglican Church of Guyana will be hosting the biennial provincial clergy gathering from Sunday, April 22 to Friday, April 27 at the Regency Suites Hotel under the theme “Pursuing the Call”.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall has been given a week to file a written response to arguments against his Constitutional Motion challenging the composition of the National Assembly’s Committee of Selection, after which Chief Justice Ian Chang will hand down his ruling.

Two Guyanese were among the top achievers at the International Qaseeda Competition held last weekend at the Anna Catherina Islamic complex.

The government and employers and workers representatives have signed on to the International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Decent Work Country Programmes (DWCP), aimed at creating decent work and sustainable enterprises.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry after he pleaded not guilty to robbery with violence allegedly committed at the virtual complainant’s gateway.

Guyana clinched three of the five top tourism awards as the curtains came down on the 13th Sustainable Tourism Conference on Wednesday evening.