Guyana News

The Speaker of the National Assembly cannot, without any justification, wear the hats of List Representative and Speaker at the same time, former Speaker, Ralph Ramkarran has said.

JAIPUR, India, (Reuters) – Amid raucous cheers from thousands of admirers, television superstar Oprah Winfrey praised the contrast of calm and chaos in India at the region’s largest literature festival fast becoming a global cultural gala.

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., (Reuters) – Legendary former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, fired in November after 46 years as head coach in the wake of a child sex abuse scandal involving an assistant, died today, his family said in a statement.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The upcoming Jamaica Jazz & Blues weekend may find patrons scrambling for accommodation, as most hotels are either already fully booked or close to being booked out ahead of the festival.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says Government will work to implement the death penalty as part of a serious crime reduction tool.

(Trinidad Express) Questions have been raised about how Magistrate Avason Quinlan could continue to sit on the Bench and dispense justice when she is before a disciplinary tribunal on four charges of judicial misconduct in a bail-fixing incident involving two men accused of drug trafficking.

(Barbados Nation) The totals haven’t been big, but the same certainly can’t be said of the crowds at Kensington Oval.

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – India have five days at the Adelaide Oval to show some fighting spirit, restore a modicum of pride and avoid a whitewash in the fourth and final test against Australia this week.

KANO, (Reuters) – The death toll from gun and bomb attacks in the northern Nigerian city of Kano has risen to at least 178, a doctor in its main hospital said today, making this by far the deadliest attack claimed by the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram.

Chairman of Banks DIH Clifford Reis announced that the group has big plans for the expansion of its operations with new products and the purchase of new equipment as part of the company’s modernization, despite increasing competition.

The predominately African-Guyanese village of Lovely Lass, West Coast Berbice, seemed quiet during a midday visit with most of the residents busy trying to get chores done.

Almost four years after being doused with acid by an unknown assailant, attorney and politician Gaumattie Singh puts up a brave face for the world while trying to regain normalcy in her life.

It was only after the PPP/C said it would not support Deborah Backer’s nomination as Speaker in the hours leading up to the vote that opposition coalition APNU decided that it would support Raphael Trotman as the compromise candidate, party leader David Granger has admitted.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the chopping to death of 39-year-old Rojin Basdeo of Number 0 Village, Corentyne at a cattle ranch in the Backdam at Number 56 Village, Corentyne  around 11.30 pm on Friday.

An armed gang last Friday morning invaded a Tucville, Georgetown house and after tying up the occupants and pointing guns at two young children, escaped with millions in jewellery and other valuables.

By supporting Raphael Trotman for the Speakership of the National Assembly A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is first out of the blocks in demonstrating that it is prepared to give and yield in the new dispensation in parliament, new Deputy Speaker Deborah Backer has said.

In addition to the missing three-man crew of the cargo vessel the MV Oliver L for whom the search continues, some 23 seamen have been reported missing at sea within the past decade.

The Alliance For Change is concerned about the way the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the treason charge against Bruce Munroe, Carol Munroe and Leonard Wharton is being handled and supports the protest action against the incarceration of the accused.

A replacement engine for one that failed two years ago at the Garden of Eden power station arrived in the country yesterday and is expected to be operational by mid-February.

A fire of unknown origin charred the Lethem Multipurpose building yesterday morning destroying several pieces of office equipment and important documents since the building housed several offices including the Lethem Immigration Office which sustained the most damage.