Guyana News

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – The board of Cricket South Africa (CSA) suspended chief executive Gerald Majola today, pending an independent disciplinary inquiry.

(Trinidad Express) Today was indeed a very intriguing day. We look forward to having you with us tomorrow for what is expected to be another exciting day of cricket.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Bolton Wanderers midfielder Fabrice Muamba was critically ill in hospital after collapsing on the pitch during the FA Cup quarter-final at Tottenham Hotspur today.

Police say that a Leguan man and three of his sons have been charged with piracy after they were found in possession of an engine stolen during a recent pirate attack near the mouth of the Pomeroon River.

(Trinidad Express) A number of companies in Tobago are going into receivership because of lack of business, Trade Minister Stephen Cadiz said yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Using a skeleton staff of strike breakers and managers, Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) has restarted the factory and resumed the production of cement.

(Trinidad Express) State bank First Citizens is expanding into Central America, with plans to open an office in Costa Rica soon.

(Reuters) – The director of a video gone viral that calls for the arrest of Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony has been hospitalized in California following an “unfortunate incident” that his group said yesterday stemmed from the emotional toll of recent weeks.

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

(Jamaica Gleaner) Blood and pieces of flesh still stained the yard and steps of Dianne Gordon’s Cassava Piece home.

TRIPOLI,  (Reuters) – Libya confirmed today that Muammar Gaddafi’s intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi was arrested in Mauritania, government spokesman Nasser al-Manee said.

(Barbados Nation) Incidents of fraud in the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams are on the increase and the council has taken a zero tolerance approach to the deceit.

Masked gunmen walked into an Eccles, East Bank Demerara bar just before midnight yesterday and riddled a businessman with bullets.

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman yesterday went ahead with a Committee of Selection meeting to elect the chairpersons for several parliamentary committees despite an appeal from Prime Minister Sam Hinds for it to be suspended until the court rules on their composition.

A battery of lawyers yesterday challenged the court’s authority to weigh in on the internal affairs of parliament as arguments began on government’s constitutional motion for a ruling to sway the numerical composition of several key parliamentary committees.

Government and opposition representatives met on Thursday at the Ministry of Finance to further discuss national economic issues as part of the ongoing but strained tripartite talks.

Just weeks after announcing new routes, low cost carrier REDjet has abruptly left the skies, announcing last evening that all flights are suspended until further notice.

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation has been refurbished with the aid of a Canada-based charitable organisation to enhance the care for premature babies.

Workers at the Enmore sugar packaging plant briefly protested last night after the bearings on the sifter that separates the sugar crystals broke–the fourth time this has happened.

West Coast Berbician Rayon Eastman was yesterday sentenced to five years imprisonment after he fondled a fellow villager without her consent.