Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) With Barbados and the Windward Islands recording victories today, T&T will want to enhance their third place standing by taking an outright win off Guyana.

(Jamaica Observer) A group of 10 United States Congress members wants to find out whether the Antigua & Barbuda Government breached international treaties in the entire saga that led to the fraud conviction of Texan billionaire R Allen Stanford.

(Barbados Nation) A day after low-cost carrier REDjet announced the immediate suspension of its flights, one of its primary regional competitors moved hastily to pick up the slack – as Caribbean officials expressed strong disappointment over its seeming demise.

The search continues for varieties of potatoes and onions that can be grown commercially and at a competitive cost here.

(de Ware Tijd) NIEUW NICKERIE – The purchasing price of a 79 kilo bale of paddy plunged yesterday to SRD 72, the advisory price of the Rice Organ.

(Barbados Nation) I understand there is some interim report of a forensic nature on CLICO.

(Barbados Nation) Stranded REDjet passengers yesterday demanded their money back as two competing regional airlines immediately moved to pick up the slack caused by the sudden suspension of services by the Barbadian-based low-cost carrier.

(Jamaica Observer) A young, reformed gangster who said he committed his first murder when he was 14 years old confessed that during his days as a member of the Fatherless Crew he was contracted to kill Parliamentarian Dr Omar Davies.

(Trinidad Express) Transport Minister Devant Maharaj was yesterday sympathetic to the employees and customers of low-fares carrier REDjet but was unsympathetic to the airline’s plea for financial assistance from regional governments.

(Trinidad Express) National carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has not paid its promised US$5 million (TT$30 million) to the Prime Minister’s pet project, the Children’s Life Fund.

Masked gunmen walked into a bar at Old Road Eccles, East Bank Demerara on Friday night and riddled a businessman with bullets.

Uitvlugt is a West Coast Demerara village located in Region Three about 20 minutes away from Vreed-en-Hoop.

Geotechnical engineer and groundwater hydrologist Charles Ceres says that Guyana’s Olympic-size swimming pool could have been built for one third of the money spent.

The lifeless body of a 20-year-old woman was yesterday morning pulled out of a trench, a short distance from her Nismes, West Bank Demerara home.

While many businesses are searching for space to set up shop or expand in or around the capital city, at least one prominent Georgetown-based business is shifting its operations to an area on the East Bank Essequibo as part of a planned modern community and commercial development venture.

Asking women to forgive the church for the times when it failed or moved too slowly to address their plight, Roman Catholic Bishop Francis Alleyne said yesterday that the church needs to do more to address the scourge of domestic violence and he admonished men not to misuse the scriptures as a justification of violence towards women.

The National Assembly on Thursday passed a motion approving the government policy outlined in President Donald Ramotar’s inaugural parliamentary address, despite claims by the opposition that he failed to address the most important national issues.

Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh said government welcomed and was pleased at Thursday’s rulings by Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman in Parliament.

Eight years after he was found floating in a trench at Fyrish backdam, Corentyne, relatives of cattle rearer Fitzroy Cort are far from satisfied with police investigations into the matter as there are still more questions than answers.

The National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed the Local Authorities (Elections) (Amendment) Bill 2012, with Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud saying that the PPP/C administration remains committed to holding local government polls as soon as possible.