Guyana News

CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez said today he had started radiation treatment in Cuba, where he could also meet Pope Benedict in the latest high profile development as the president tries to fight off cancer and win re-election.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Seven months after New York prosecutors dropped criminal charges against former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, his lawyers will fight a civil lawsuit brought against him in a Bronx courtroom this week.

While the opposition cannot add to the National Budget set to be delivered by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh on Friday, Leader of the Opposition David Granger says with the new dispensation in Parliament an avenue for real debate had been created.

(Trinidad Guardian) United National Congress (UNC) members came out in full support of incumbent chairman Jack Warner and resoundingly voted in his favour.

(Trinidad Express) Two middle-aged men were shot dead in separate incidents between Friday night and yesterday morning, bringing the murder toll for the year so far to 86.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Pan Caribbean Sugar Company (PCSC) is to be conferred with ‘agent’ status, effectively ending the monopoly on the marketing of Jamaicans sugar crystals held by Jamaica Cane Product Sales, but sugar regulators say the status quo will remain for the current crop.

(Barbados Nation) Prime Minister Freundel Stuart says he is prepared to meet with top officials of Barbadian-based REDjet to discuss the way forward for the grounded low-cost carrier.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia captain Michael Clarke left for the Caribbean yesterday confident he would be fit to play in the test series against West Indies.

(Barbados Nation) The Freundel Stuart administration is still seeking a settlement of the near half-billion-dollar CLICO International Life Insurance debacle, which should be announced by June.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was recovering on Saturday after undergoing heart transplant surgery, a once risky procedure whose survival rates have improved over the years.

(Barbados Nation) In less than 24 hours, three men were brutally stabbed to death in three separate incidents.

(Trinidad Express) An elevator has been installed at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s to give Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar easier access to her accommodations at her official residence.

Weed-filled ponds make up the hassar-rearing project at Tobago Hill, in the North West District of Region One, where a community is dwindling as residents struggle to adapt.

Story and photos by Shabna Ullah Although Number 12 Village or Romefield is one of the smallest villages on the West Coast Berbice with a population of just 200, it is well developed in terms of businesses.

Former Speaker of the National Assembly Ralph Ramkarran is calling the attempt by APNU and the AFC to change the composition of the Parliamentary Management Committee (PMC) is a backwards step and is asking for them to reconsider the move since it threatens consensus building.

James Hunte, the father of the infant who died after being used as a shield during a violent confrontation between his parents was on Friday charged with murder.

Seven years after he left this country secretly, fearing for his life and under “tremendous stress”, former auditor general Anand Goolsarran has returned; he has no plans to return to his former position but wants to contribute to Guyana employing better accounting practices when dealing with taxpayers’ money.

Head of State Donald Ramotar has said that while problems exist in Caricom, there is no crisis in the movement as was being sensationalised.

Three months after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) recommended that President Advisor on Empowerment Odinga Lumumba, be charged over a polling day incident during which a presiding officer was injured, he is yet to make a court appearance.

The Guyana Revenue Authority will this year vigorously pursue professionals who evade taxes Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur, has said.