Guyana News

(Trinidad Guardian) An invasion of Guyanese farmers in the food basket of Aranguez is stirring up a hornet’s nest among local farmers who claim they are forced to pay exorbitant rent for agricultural lands and are being denied a livelihood, the result of the outsiders’ presence.

(Trinidad Express) The murder toll for the year so far has climbed to 20, with the shooting deaths of two men and the stabbing of a Chinese national between Friday night and early yesterday.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados now faces a major environmental risk that has been eight years in the making.

(Barbados Nation) police have launched a manhunt for two bandits believed to be responsible for at least four armed robberies in St George and Christ Church.

PERTH, (Reuters) – A rampant Australia blitzed  India’s tail to crush the hapless tourists by an innings and 37  runs with more than two days to spare in the third test today and take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series.

PERTH, (Reuters) – Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s casual  approach to the art of test captaincy caught up with him today when he was banned for India’s fourth test against  Australia.

With a population of around 2000 people of different racial backgrounds, the community of Blankenburg is found on the West Coast of Demerara some 12 km west of the capital city.

Residents of Lethem are planning to protest recent house lot allocations in the community, with most claiming that corrupt practices resulted in more lots being awarded to persons living outside the area.

Karen Livan, who had been acting as Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) has been confirmed in the post as the regulatory body is being reorganized to respond to challenges and opportunities in the natural resources sector.

Given his recent election as Speaker of the National Assembly, Raphael Trotman said, his days as leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC) will soon be over.

New Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman hopes to revitalize the National Assembly by bringing the proceedings and parliamentarians to the people and he believes that the new “unorthodox” configuration will foster cooperation since the parties will need each other to get things done.

The United Kingdom (UK) has passed far-reaching anti-bribery legislation that could see Guyanese companies and individuals with business links there being prosecuted for corruption acts committed after July 1, 2011 in Guyana or any other place.

Owner of the Celina Atlantic Resort, Bernard Yhun, has denied that the business changed ownership or that there was any expansion work.

The government is optimistic that the two recently-acquired ferries from China will be plying the Parika–Supenaam route by mid-February as works to retrofit the Parika and Supenaam stellings continue apace and the training of a contingent of Guyanese sailors is ongoing.

The Organisation of American States (OAS) is now receiving applications for its regular academic scholarships programme which is available to students from the member states of the organisation.

The Dramatic Arts Academy (DAA) will stage two plays written by India’s renowned poet and Nobel laureate, the late Rabindranath Tagore, on Saturday, January 28 at the National Cultural Centre starting at 19:00 hrs.

New Minister of Education Priya Manickchand has said that she has heard enough grumbling about the ‘No child left behind’ policy to persuade her that there should be a countrywide consultation about the policy and whether it should remain in the school system.

Annette Ferguson APNU Providing a voice for the voiceless is the motivation behind Annette Ferguson’s huge step into the world of politics and as a new parliamentarian she hopes that she would be speaking for the many who are unable do so for themselves.

Dr Vindhya Persaud PPP/C Politics is not new to Vindhya Persaud since she grew up in politics, and as a result when she campaigned for the PPP/C in the run-up to the last elections it felt like the natural route for her life to take.

Amid criticism new Minister of Education Priya Manickchand is sticking to her guns in implementing the four-month long pilot project in 36 secondary schools throughout the country to reverse dismal performances in Mathematics and English at CXC.