Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) The Congress of the People (COP) is outraged that with San Fernando Mayor Marlene Coudray being elected UNC deputy political leader she has in effect taken the COP mayorship with her to that party.

(Reuters) – Shane Watson and Mike Hussey smashed half centuries to lead Australia to a convincing eight-wicket win over West Indies in the first Twenty20 international at St Lucia on Tuesday.

(Barbados Nation) One Caribbean Media Limited (OCM) has entered into an agreement to acquire the Citadel Group, owners and operators of three radio stations in Trinidad and Tobago – I95 FM,  Red 96.7 FM and Hitz 107.1 FM.

(Barbados Nation) Former Barbados cricket captain and West Indies Test player Ryan O’Neale Hinds appeared in the District “B” Magistrate’s Court today on a rape charge.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Both supporters and opponents of the controversial Amnesty Act are holding consultations with civil society this week.

Colin Jones and four other men accused in the 2009 Supreme Court arson matter were today committed to stand trial in the High Court by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Amnesty International has declared the Caribbean an execution-free area, with the number of countries imposing new death sentences appearing to be in decline.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The St. Ann police say a suspect is now in police custody in connection with the beheading of 55-year-old Burnett Thomas in Brown’s Town, St.

(Trinidad Express) Seven soldiers accused of robbery and assault in Tobago are under investigation, according to the Regiment’s public affairs officer Sgt Joachim Hernandez.

(Trinidad Express) The tremendous bill of the CL Financial collapse is “still accumulating” and could cost between 10 and 15 per cent of regional GDP, Central Bank Governor Ewart Williams has said.

After studying documents released by the government on the proposed hotel for Kingston, AFC MP Khemraj Ramjattan today likened it to a grand Ponzi scheme which he said will leave taxpayers in the lurch.

The Associated Press is reporting that prosecutors in the Dominican Republic say they have detained six suspected members of the loose-knit Anonymous hacker movement.

(de Ware Tijd) BROWNSBERG – Empty plains, polluted streams, cabarets or improvised brothels and temporary camps are among the silent witnesses to the destruction of the Brownsberg Nature Park that now resembles a moonscape.

(Jamaica Gleaner) After being kept in the local government wilderness for nine years, the People’s National Party (PNP) yesterday made a triumphant return, winning 13 of the 14 local authorities.

The results of last year’s elections appear to reflect the will of the people, according to local observer group the Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB), which has found “incidents, irregularities and discrepancies” that still need an explanation but says they did not occur on a significant scale to alter the outcome of the vote.

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday ruled that the High Court has jurisdiction to investigate the internal proceedings of the National Assembly on grounds that a constitutional breach has occurred.

Owner of the Kaieteur News Glenn Lall and Attorney-at-Law Christopher Ram went to town on the Guyana Power and Light (GPL), accusing that company of not providing straight answers regarding the rental of Caterpillar generators, loss reduction and the infrastructure development loan from China.

Former New Building Society (NBS) Chief Executive Officer (CEO)/Secretary Maurice Arjoon has sued the government for over $2 million for damages he says he suffered as a result of being charged with a $69 million fraud committed at the institution in 2007.

Banking was yesterday made much easier for East Coast Demerara residents when the Bank of Baroda commissioned it Mon Repos branch which will also be opened on Saturdays to serve the needs of its customers.

Police Commissioner Henry Greene will know on Thursday whether or not his High Court applications to block a rape charge being instituted against him were successful, when acting Chief Justice Ian Chang makes his ruling.