Guyana News

(Barbados Nation) Bridgetown, Barbados — The West Indies Cricket Board’s Selection Panel has called up allrounder Narsingh Deonarine to the 13-man squad to face Australia in the First Digicel Test at Kensington Oval, starting Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Attorney Veera Bhajan, who was born without arms, walked away from her job at the Office of the Attorney General last November after just five days.

(Trinidad Express) Visitor arrivals to Tobago continue to rise and are expected to cross the one-million mark this year for the first time in history, the Tobago House of Assembly Airlift Committee headed by former tourism and transportation secretary Neil Wilson has said.

(Trinidad Express) Government Minister Verna St Rose Greaves yesterday said she was sorry an employee from her ministry was forcibly taken to the St Ann’s Hospital.

(Jamaica Observer) Jamaica has, for nearly six years, sat on a US$100-million ($8.6 billion) credit line aimed at boosting the domestic sugar industry without using any of the funds made available by the Brazilian government.

As a result of the high interest in the decision of Chief Justice Ian Chang with respect to the advice tendered by the Director of Public Prosecutions to charge the Commissioner of Police Henry Greene with rape, Stabroek News is publishing the entire decision.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Brazilian Ambassador Antonio Francisco da Costa e Silva Neto urged ethanol manufacturers on Tuesday to negotiate with Brazilian companies in an attempt to re-energise the biofuel trade with the United States.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – In spite of all the arguments used by the supporters of amending the 1989 Amnesty Act in recent days, the proposal’s only goal is to prevent President Desi Bouterse from being convicted by the court-martial, A Combinatie leader Ronnie Brunswijk said plainly in an interview yesterday.

(de Ware Tijd) THE HAGUE – Amnesty International’s Secretariat in London has started a worldwide ‘Urgent Action’ campaign against passage of the Amnesty Act.

Judith Seymour, a Guyanese woman, was among seven persons killed when an enraged former student opened fire at an Oakland, California nursing school on Monday morning.

(Barbados Nation) Employees and shareholders yesterday reacted with shock to news of the impending closure of Almond Beach Village at monthend, which puts more than 500 workers out of work.

(Barbados Nation) REDjet Boss Ian Burns is expecting the low-cost carrier to be flying again soon.

Former Human Services Minister Priya Manickchand says Police Commissioner Henry Greene should go because of his improper behaviour in a case that has put him on the brink of a rape charge and she also expressed disquiet at the ruling of Chief Justice Ian Chang in the matter.

Surinam’s national carrier yesterday made its inaugural flight from Paramaribo to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri in transit to Miami, Florida with President Dési Bouterse among the passengers.

Barbers who operate around the city bus parks and the Stabroek Market area were yesterday ordered to immediately cease operations or face prosecution, but the men are calling this move “irrational” and “vindictive”.

Attorney at law Nigel Hughes is considering filing private criminal charges against embattled Police Commissioner Henry Greene who was accused of raping a mother of two but he said that this would depend on him gaining access to all statements and reports in relation to the case.

Amid robust demand for mortgages, the New Building Society (NBS) rattled up a record surplus of $772M for 2011, 34% higher than in 2010.

Relatives of the teen who died in childbirth while  in the care of the Linden Hospital Complex (LHC) have expressed shock at receiving information that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr.

The German Government and KfW are supporting Guyana’s efforts at protecting biodiversity through the continuation of the Guyana Protected Areas System as the Board of the Protected Areas Commission gets its work started following passage of legislation in the National Assembly last year.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) says though it is “satisfied and very encouraged by many aspects” of the National Budget it still expects to see comprehensive tax reform incorporated into it.