Guyana News

 Citizens are advised that the La Nina phenomenon still persists over Guyana.

(Jamaica Observer) Legendary Jamaican vocalist King Stitt is dead. King Stitt, whose real name is Winston Sparkes,  passed away at his home in Nannyville, Kingston minutes after 1 this afternoon.

(Barbados Nation) Mia Mottley is taking her latest rejection by party leader Owen Arthur in stride.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 1155h.

The residents of the Mahaica Creek will face a flooding risk again as the government this afternoon announced that it will have to release water from the swollen East Demerara Water Conservancy into the Creek.

Lecturers at the University of Guyana stayed away from classes today in protest over the sacking of lecturer Freddie Kissoon.

(Jamaica Gleaner) WESTERN BUREAU: Less than two months after returning to Miami, Florida, Air Jamaica is pulling out of that gateway again.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Popular dancehall entertainer Elephant Man has been charged with grievous sexual assault and rape.

(Barbados Nation) Job and route cuts are on the horizon as LIAT charts a course to keep its planes in the sky and return to profitability.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall this morning said that the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack has completely withdrawn herself from giving advice in the sexual molestation scandal involving a Muslim scholar and that a senior member of her chambers will now be handling the matter.

(Barbados Nation) Canada has pointed a finger at Barbados, Jamaica, Grenada and their Commonwealth Caribbean neighbours, accusing them of being behind the times by keeping anti-homosexual laws on their statute books.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Police arrested the head of the customs’ Special Laws department last Saturday for aiding and abetting fuel fraud.

(Trinidad Express) San Fernando East Member of Parliament Patrick Manning continues to show signs of improvement, as he recovers from a stroke at the San Fernando General Hospital.

(Trinidad Express) Yesterday morning, at his Abercromby Street office, Minister of Sport Anil Roberts and Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) president Azim Bassarath put their recent clashes behind them and began a new partnership.

(Trinidad Express) Even as a Guyana team was trying to settle in Dominica in preparation for their rescheduled Regional four-day opening fixture against the Leeward Islands, the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) was again airing its concerns about the “rock and a hard place” between which Guyanese players find themselves.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Brigadier John Sandy has asked top cop Dwayne Gibbs to provide a report on the TT$900,000 contract between the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service and Trinidad and Tobago Air Support Company for the use of a light aircraft for police surveillance.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni would readily step aside as India captain if there was a suitable replacement available, the under-fire skipper said today.

The European Union (EU) is expected to plug €24.9 million into the local sugar sector this year as it continues to assist the government in reforming and improving the competitiveness of the sector.

Deputy Mayor of Georgetown Robert Williams died yesterday morning at the Caribbean Heart Institute, where he had been a patient for several weeks.

By Alva Solomon with photos by Anjuli Persaud Buxton was one of several communities along the East Coast Demerara (ECD) that remained under inches of water following prolonged rainfall over the weekend.