Guyana News

In light of the acrimony surrounding the choice of Speaker of the National Assembly, the elections for the regional council for Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) could further test ties between APNU and the AFC.

A 23-year-old goldsmith of Bush Lot, West Coast Berbice lost his life when he was struck down by a speeding car, PKK 252 around 10.30 pm on Saturday.

Officials of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) and heavily-armed police evicted miners from the former Omai Gold Mines concession over the holiday weekend, sparking accusations of damage to property.

School reopens today and finds the huge fish pond in front of the Nismes Primary School still to be filled in with the piles of mud that were taken and dumped in front of the schoolyard after an intervention by Minister of Education Priya Manickchand last term.

Following complaints to the President that they were being affected by dust pollution, residents of Strathavon and Cane Grove, Mahaica met a ministerial team yesterday to discuss the issue and managed to come to a solution.

The farmers of the north and south sections of Canal Number 2 Polder and also De Buff Village, on the West Bank Demerara are still awaiting word on compensation for losses suffered as a result of recent flooding.

Relatives of three Guyanese sailors who have been missing since last Wednesday after leaving Trinidad remain optimistic that the men will turn up alive as efforts to locate them and the cargo vessel, the MV Oliver L intensify.

Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) General Secretary Lincoln Lewis yesterday appealed to APNU and the AFC to end their sabre-rattling on the selection of a Speaker and to focus on principles and not personalities to reach consensus on a nominee.

APNU leader David Granger has said the new year will challenge the opposition to deliver real change to the people through the parliamentary process.

A ministerial team today met with residents of Strathavon and Cane Grove on the East Coast of Demerara over a longstanding paddy dust nuisance and is to present a progress report in two weeks.

(Barbados Nation) Police were last night investigating the fatal shooting of a man in St Michael.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Andrew Holness’ legal entitlement to the same amount of pension as prime ministers who served before him is raising concern.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The incoming People’s National Party (PNP) administration says it will be moving to have the Caribbean Court of Justice, CCJ, established in both the original and appellate jurisdictions in time for the nation’s 50th Independence on August 6.

In light of the acrimony surrounding the choice of Speaker of the National Assembly, the elections for the regional council for Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni) could further test ties between APNU and the AFC.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – This month, the government will establish an ‘Interim Sovereign Wealth Fund’ with a starting capital of US$ 20 million.

(Jamaica Observer) There was a bloody start to the new year in St James where two middle-aged men were yesterday shot dead execution-style in that parish’s second double murder in as many days.

(Trinidad Express) Although much of Trinidad and Tobago’s Caribbean Twenty20 preparations were hampered by rain, national coach Kelvin Williams still expects his charges to be ready for their title defence.

(Trinidad Express) Last month Lloyd Baptiste escaped death after his house was firebombed.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Export of drinking water will be a government priority this year, President Desi Bouterse said in his New Year’s address yesterday.

The Civil Aviation Authority has made a call for all marine vessels and low flying aircraft to be on the lookout for a 56-foot marine cargo vessel, the MV Oliver L that reportedly went missing after leaving Trinidad and Tobago recently en-route to Guyana.