Guyana News

(BBC) Leicestershire have signed West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan as their overseas player for the 2012 season.

President Donald Ramotar this afternoon warned that his administration will not be held to ransom by any “intractable posture” by members of the opposition as he seeks to govern the country.

Former president Bharrat Jagdeo from all indications will not be appearing as a witness in the $10 million libel suit that he filed against columnist Freddie Kissoon and Kaieteur News.

(Jamaica Observer) The United States Government has pledged to provide the Ministry of National Security with non-lethal weapons to assist the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) in its efforts to reduce the number of police-related fatalities.

(Jamaica Observer) Thick plumes of smoke covered large sections of the Jamaican capital yesterday as a fire at the Riverton City Landfill raged for a fourth day, posing a health risk to tens of thousands of residents.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Days before Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke is to be sentenced in a New York court, reports are surfacing that while he was Jamaica’s most wanted, he found a safe haven at a government house in the hills of St Ann.

GENEVA, (Reuters) – La Nina, a weather phenomenon usually linked to heavy rains and flooding in Asia-Pacific and South America and drought in Africa, seems to have reached its peak and is expected to fade between March and May, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said today.

President Donald Ramotar has proposed that a team of technical specialists make a presentation on the Amaila Falls Hydro Project to the plenary of the tripartite talks in response to proposals from the Alliance For Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) for scrutiny of major projects.

With Repsol’s Atwood Beacon commencing drilling at the Jaguar – 1 site on Tuesday, CGX Energy Inc.’s

The Muslim scholar charged with sexually molesting three boys was granted $750,000 bail in the High Court on Wednesday but his freedom was short lived as he was rearrested yesterday while leaving the Sparendaam Magistrate’s Court, where he had made his second appearance.

As lecturers and students of the University of Guyana continue to fight for better conditions at the Turkeyen campus, Opposition Leader, David Granger has indicated his support of these efforts and proposed a 10-point plan to them.

Musician and legendary pannist, Roy Geddes, was yesterday attacked by a lone gunman who carted off two gold chains after beating the 72-year-old in front of his home.

The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) says it is concerned about the sloth of rehabilitation works on the building that houses the labour and human services ministry and it called for a probe of the High Street building which has been stalled for sometime now.

Battered by years of piracy, Meadowbank Wharf fishermen yesterday picketed the Office of the President and were moments later summoned to a meeting with President Donald Ramotar who they said listened to their pleas for coast guard patrolling and the overall security of Guyana’s fishing zone.

Councillors of the Region 10 Democratic Council were told yesterday that several of the 16 incomplete projects for which monies were paid in full were abandoned, while others were halted because of inclement weather.

A man was yesterday found dead in a trench situated behind his Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara home and relatives have ruled out foul play.

Students of the Kuru Kuru Training Centre (KKTC) on Wednesday received a vehicle and a number of computer systems from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and Food for the Poor Guyana.

By Gino Peter Persaud LL.M Attorney-at-Law I am confident that the existing parliamentary mechanisms that allow for the finding of common ground and the meeting of minds will, where necessary, be fully utilized.

By Janette Bulkan In three earlier articles in this series on distortions in the rule of law in the forest sector in Guyana (Stabroek News, 12 and 30 January, and 06 February 2012), non-application or selective application of laws, policies and administrative procedures were shown to make it possible for timber log traders to maximize personal incomes by avoiding national policies for in-country processing and value addition. 

The police say that they conducted searches yesterday in Tucville and West Ruimveldt, Georgetown, during which a