Guyana News

DUBAI, (Reuters) – Saeed Ajmal and Umar Gul were the chief destroyers as Pakistan won the third and final test by 71 runs on the fourth day today, recording their first clean sweep in a series against England.

Opposition Leader David Granger today called on President Donald Ramotar to halt the People’s Progressive Party/Civic administration’s plan to re-deploy overseers of several Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDC).

(Jamaica Observer) Today, Bob Marley would have turned 67 years old.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Mission Catwalk reality series has expanded its reach and returns to television for a second season with contestants from several Caribbean countries.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Foreign Minister A.J. Nicholson has said Jamaica and the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago should mark their jubilee year by taking steps to break away from the United Kingdom-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

(Jamaica Gleaner) St Lucia Prime Minister Dr Kenny Anthony has lauded former Jamaican Prime Minister P.J.

PARIS, (Reuters) – Spain’s Alberto Contador has been given a two-year ban by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) for failing a dope test during the 2010 Tour de France, the International Cycling Union (UCI) said today.

Fifteen more fishermen, who suffered at the hands of pirates between Friday and Saturday on the  Pomeroon coast, were rescued by police and the Coast Guard on Saturday night, according to the  Maritime Search and Rescue Centre.

A nine-month-old baby died yesterday morning following a boat accident in the Cuyuni River while her mother is being treated at the Georgetown Public Hospital for severe head injuries.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has forecast an $11B shortfall for 2012, with an escalation in fuel prices being the key factor and the utility has presented a calculation for a 19.5% tariff hike which the government says it will work to avoid.

An auto dealer and his wife were robbed of jewellery and money outside a popular night club and were later attacked and robbed again by the same perpetrators at their home.

Security contracts totalling $1.1B were signed on Friday with Home Safe Security and Domestic Services for Regions One, Seven, Eight and Nine, and RK Security Services for Regions Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Ten, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) on Thursday urged University of Guyana Chancellor, Professor Compton Bourne, to intervene in the present Turkeyen Campus shutdown protest, which followed the dismissal of lecturer Freddie Kissoon.

Flood-weary farmers of Canal No. 2 were yesterday assured that the main drain in their area will be cleaned six times yearly to ease flooding and they were also told that a series of blocked drains have been found and they will be cleared.

In rice fields along the Mahaica River, the pumps are working overtime.

The Canadian High Commission formally handed over flood-resistant flush toilet latrines to 10 households that were deemed most at risk in the Tabatinga Housing Scheme, Rupununi, following floods last June.

A 15-year-old girl, who was injured by a vehicle contracted to the Ministry of Public Works, has been refused compensation as the ministry said the driver was not at fault.

Whether Police Commissioner Henry Greene returns to his office at Police Headquarters Eve Leary is partly in the hands of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), who is currently advising the police on rape allegations levelled against him.

Children living in the Farm/Herstelling River Dam area recently benefited from school supplies, food hampers and toys among other items when the Dharmic Naujawaan, the youth arm of the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha visited the area.

Thirty-two Peace Corps trainees arrived here on January 31 to complement their 52 colleagues who are already in service.