Guyana News

A teenaged sailor who had been missing for over three days after a barge disaster on Wednesday night in the northwest was this morning found and taken to hospital.

The Ministry of Labour has ordered arbitration in a long-running dispute between RUSAL subsidiary Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc and the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers union.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – President Hugo Chavez said he will need radiation treatment for cancer in the run-up to Venezuela’s October presidential poll, though he insisted there was no metastasis after the removal of another tumor.

Following a brouhaha over the cancellation of a meeting of the Committee of Selection last Friday, the Committee will now meet on Wednesday for the political parties to identify their nominees to sit on the various parliamentary committees.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former Strategic Services Agency (SSA) head Reshmi Ramnarine yesterday confessed to changing her name legally to Shashi Rehka in May last year for security reasons but she denied being employed by the Government.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Coming face-to-face with death is an occupational hazard for members of the police force.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller got solid support from former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Lester Bird, who was scorching as he blasted the West Indies Cricket Board’s treatment of Jamaica in the ongoing Chris Gayle impasse.

(Barbados Nation) Police are investigating another murder. According to reports, an 18-year-old teenager died early this morning following a stabbing incident at the courtyard at St Lawrence Gap, Christ Church.

(Reuters) – David Warner smacked a swashbuckling 163 before Australia weathered a fierce fightback to secure a 15-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first final of the one-day international Tri-series in Brisbane today.

(Barbados Nation) Two more regional governments have reacted to the CLICO International Life (CIL) forensic audit report.

(Trinidad Express) Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh has described as a “malicious lie” a report in yesterday’s Express that former head of the Strategic Services Agency, Reshmi Ramnarine, who has changed her name to Shashi Rehka, was working in his ministry.

(Trinidad Express) The longest debate in the history of Parliament concluded yesterday with House Speaker Wade Mark announcing there will be an investigation into an alleged altercation between the Prime Minister’s National Security Adviser Gary Griffith and Laventille East Morvant MP Donna Cox.

(Trinidad Express) Contrary to the statements of Government spokespeople over the past week that Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley did not have the support of all his Parliamentarians, and that some of them would vote with the Government, all Opposition members expressed no confidence in Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, voting solidly in support yesterday of their leader’s motion.

(Trinidad Express) Yet another nail has been driven in the coffin of Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs.

Elbert Jack Jnr, one of four crewmen missing after the MV Crisann-V sank on Wednesday, was found alive yesterday, while the reports of a sighting of another saw a search and rescue team deployed to Tiger Beach, an area off of the Pomeroon.

A 35-mile stretch of fair-weather road from which many trails branch off, and a 1½- 2 hour journey will take you from Linden to Ituni in Region 10.

Over two years after a 15-year-old boy was locked-up and fire set to his genitals in a police station, the government has indicated that it is considering settling the matter but only if the youth comes forward.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) would need an additional US$35 million to address growing technical losses as more power is lost in the delivery to the consumer in the lower voltage network.

After almost a month, Shadow Finance Minister Carl Greenidge is yet to receive a response from Minister of Finance Dr.

Many police investigations are being stalled because telephone records are not being provided on request and according to a source this will continue unless the court hands down harsh penalties in keeping with the amended Telecommunications Act.