Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) State-owned airline Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has fired back at Tobago House of Assembly (THA) chief secretary Orville London who has claimed that the airline is not doing enough for Tobago.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago cannot turn a blind eye and allow the economy of Grenada to collapse, Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley stated yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) New uniforms which were purchased for the Police Service are water resistant and stain proof, according to secretary of the Police Service Social and Welfare Association, Sgt Michael Seales.

(Trinidad Express)  A man who allegedly used his seven month-old son to swindle TT$5,000 from the San Fernando Rotary Club, appeared in the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged with extortion.

(Jamaica Information Service) Jamaica could soon benefit from significant new investment in a number of sectors, coming out of the just concluded Jamaica Investment Forum.

(Barbados Nation) The Democratic Labour Party (DLP) may have used integrity and accountability as part of its pathway to success in the 2008 general election, but according to former Prime Minister Owen Arthur, it doesn’t practice what it preaches.

(Barbados Nation) The controversial Bds$10 million the Central Bank of Barbados placed at the disposal of former CLICO subsidiary CLICO Mortgage and Finance Corporation (CMFC) in 2009 has been repaid in full and with interest.

(Reuters) – Tillakaratne Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene shared an opening partnership of 179 as Sri Lanka hammered Australia by eight wickets today to take the one- day international Tri-series final to a third and deciding match.

(Trinidad Express) The procurement rules apply both to the leasing or purchasing of items by Commissioner of Police Dwayne Gibbs, including the TT$900,000 light aircraft to monitor criminal activity.

A woman was instantly killed yesterday morning when her head was crushed by a sand truck, after she fell from a motorcycle on Lombard Street, in Georgetown.

A 13-year-old boy, who was reportedly repeatedly abused by another boy his age, is nursing third degree burns, to his face, eyes, chest and neck after being set a blaze on February 27, allegedly by the same boy.

Search parties yesterday recovered a door from the sunken MV Crissan-V as they scoured the Waini Coast, in the North West District (NWD), for two crewmen who are still missing.

Residents of Block 22 and Amelia’s Ward, in Linden say moss has been flowing through their taps and they are calling for an urgent intervention by the Guyana Water Inc (GWI).

With a possible cement shortage looming owing to continued industrial action at the Trinidad Cement Limited (TCL) Trinidad factory, the Ministry of Public Works is concerned about the possible impact on its projects, such as sea defence and road works, which would need cement to be completed.

By Zoisa Fraser In Barbados Officials at the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) are looking to implement a common regional primary assessment programme, which would be a modified and enhanced version of the Common Entrance exam.

As reports of violence across Syria continue, China is lobbying the government and opposition forces to begin an inclusive political dialogue to resolve the current crisis.

After a seven-week trial for the murder of 34-year-old dental technician Vishnu Santie, one of the accused has been released while the second one was returned to prison after the 12-member jury failed to deliver a verdict.

GAWU President Komal Chand has warned that some persons and groups are using the name of the late former president Cheddi Jagan in their bid to undermine the working class.

Hubert Thomas of Catherina’s Lust and Deochand Kurhair of Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice are worried that leaning and rotting electricity poles close to their homes would fall and cause damage.

President Donald Ramotar encouraged the Albouystown community to participate in the services and programmes offered in the newly opened $44 million Masjid an-Najm and social centre.