Guyana News

The main opposition, A Partnership For National Unity (APNU) has agreed to support Alliance For Change leader, Raphael Trotman as the Speaker for the 10th Parliament, a source confirmed this morning.

(Barbados Nation) Almost 500 pounds of cannabis have been seized in a drug exercise which took place yesterday at the Crane in St Philip.

Police at the Central Police Station at New Amsterdam,  Berbice, are probing  a report that US$4,900 (around $1M) was stolen from a bag which was left in the office of the officer-in-charge of the  station.

(Reuters) – Senior batsman Rahul Dravid has  batted down suggestions of a rift in India’s struggling test  team and said he was working hard to correct flaws in his  defence which has been repeatedly breached in the series against  Australia.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC), though still locked in negotiation over a candidate for Speaker of the National Assembly, said that they are both ready for the first sitting of the 10th Parliament scheduled for tomorrow.

The bloated bodies of fisherman, Pooran Mathoor, 39, of Cromarty Farm and his worker, Fernando ‘Rakesh’ Singh, 17, of Bush Lot, Corentyne were found on Monday and yesterday respectively; the fishing boat remains missing.

Dr Moti Lall, a stalwart of the PPP and a former Member of Parliament died on Monday night of a suspected heart attack at his Republic Park, East Bank Demerara home surrounded by his family.

The cancellation of several flights are being seen as signs that Barbados-based REDjet may be facing financing trouble, but the airline yesterday said that changes in its flight schedules are part of a planned expansion of its services.

Businessman Roger Hinds was last evening shot two times and robbed of an estimated $10 million, inclusive of gold and diamond jewellery.

By Frances Abraham and Shabna Ullah The Subhan family of Bel Air, West Coast Berbice was yesterday attacked by four bandits who invaded their home and business and stole almost $800,000 before abducting a male family member and escaping in the family car.

Four masked gunmen invaded the Fung-Fook Supermarket at Vryheid Village, West Canje, Berbice on Monday evening and stole an undisclosed sum of cash and a quantity of jewellery.

A New York-based Guyanese has lost his kidney after he was shot in a late night robbery on Monday at Savage Street, North Ruimveldt.

Story by Lakeram Bhagirat and photos by Brenon Sookram The death of a Norton Street, Lodge man, who was hit near his home by a bus that was reportedly swerving from a pothole, yesterday triggered a protest by residents who blocked the road and set garbage on fire to press authorities for repairs.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday committed Balram Singh to be tried in the High Court for the murder of taxi driver Bomeshwar Sukhdeo, while the case against his co-accused, Bharrat Narine, was discharged.

Two charges against attorney at law James Bond following a fracas in East Ruimveldt on January 7 were dismissed yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

Vreed–en-Hoop roadside vendors yesterday bemoaned the dismantling of their stalls and complained that the action by the authorities had threatened their livelihood.

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton sentenced a man to three years jail and imposed a fine of $10,000 on him after he admitted that he had unlawful possession of a .32 pistol and five matching rounds.

Guyana is named among 61 low or middle income countries that depend on minerals for more than 25 percent of their tangible exports and is also identified among 20 which might be especially vulnerable to the “resource curse,” where substantial changes in commodity prices could severely affect their development.

While identifying the time it takes to have pending cases heard and determined as the most fundamental problem facing the system, new Attorney General Anil Nandlall has said that the appointment of part-time judges, lay magistrates and the setting up of a night court are among the possible solutions.

U.S. President Barack Obama has sent a congratulatory message to President Donald Ramotar on his victory at Guyana’s general and regional elections on November 28, 2011.