Guyana News

 President of the Republic of Suriname Desire Delano Bouterse today received the credentials accrediting Keith Linden George as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Guyana to the Republic of Suriname.

(WICB) KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent – Adrian Barath was chosen to replace fellow opener Kieran Powell in the West Indies 13-member squad for the last two Digicel One Day Internationals against Australia in St.

A 45-year-old woman was brutally stabbed to death in her Canefield, East Canje home last night and the prime suspect, her reputed husband is on the run.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO/THE HAGUE – The state of Suriname risks being brought before an international tribunal in case Parliament approves a statutory change granting amnesty for the so-called December murders of 1982.

(Jamaica Observer) International recording artiste Sean Kingston is again in hot water.

(Jamaica Observer) Multinational oil giant Chevron is challenging the validity of Jamaica’s Customs user fee, calling it a tax and contending, in a J$600-million lawsuit, that it is unconstitutional and therefore not binding.

(Jamaica Observer) The failure of the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing to provide the Office of the Contractor General with relevant information related to the Jamaica Emergency Employment Programme (JEEP) resulted yesterday in a raid by the OCG on the ministry’s premises, which houses the secretariat.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The country’s newest carrier, FlyJamaica, is now sitting on the ramp at the Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, after several months at the Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida.

(Barbados Nation) Almond Resorts Inc. was warned about its high debt but did not heed the caution, a former director disclosed yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) President of the Barbados Hotel& Tourism Association, Colin Jordan, is predicting higher fares for intra-regional Caribbean travel with the grounding of the Barbadian-based low-cost carrier REDjet.

(Barbados Nation) Government has been issued with an official copy of the controversial forensic audit report into the operations of CLICO International Life (CIL).

A mother is in custody as the police search for her partner to assist in the investigation of the death of their two-month old son, who died as a result of injuries sustained during a fight between his parents.

Leonaka Natasha Johnson’s fiancé was yesterday charged with murdering her and dumping her body in a canal near her Nismes, West Bank Demerara home.

The police say that Lawrence Leroy Semple, 33 years of West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, was yesterday charged with the murder of Venezuelan national Jose Lamon Valenzuela whose body was

The alleged kidnapper of a 16-year-old girl and the taxi driver that transported her to the homes where she was kept were yesterday arrested and taken into custody at the Whim Police Station.

A clerk attached to H. Nauth and Sons Construction Company was up to press time being questioned by police after he was reportedly abducted and robbed on Monday of $4 million in cash.

The two men held in relation to last Friday’s execution of businessman Leonard Mahadeo have been released from custody and according to Crime Chief Seelall Persaud a third man is still being questioned by investigators.

President Donald Ramotar said that the new configuration of the parliamentary committees where the Opposition is in the majority as a reflection of the House is a reversal of all that Cheddi Jagan struggled for all his life.

President Donald Ramotar and Leader of the Opposition David Granger are still to agree on methods to settle constitutional and statutory appointments.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday argued that the Supreme Court’s role as the guardian of the constitution gives it automatic jurisdiction to hear his motion challenging the numerical composition of several key parliamentary committees.