Guyana News

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – ‘It is certain that military conscription will be reintroduced,’ assures Defense Minister Lamoure Latour.

(Barbados Nation) Two Barbadian writers have emerged winners in the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Competition for 2011.

(Barbados Nation) The Globe Cinema, which started operating in 1956, is now a mere memory.

The police say that investigations are being conducted into the circumstances surrounding the death of pensioner Bebe Jahooral Banu, 66 years, of DeWillem, WCD.

(Barbados Nation) United States investigators want to seize an expensive condo in Barbados that is owned by an Indiana investment advisor who is pleading guilty to a Ponzi scheme bilking clients of more than US$7 million.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni  has warned Australia not to get too carried away with their  victory in the first test and backed his team to battle back in  the second in Sydney this week.

SYDNEY,  (Reuters) – The green shoots of Australian  recovery will be exposed to the full glare of India’s  determination to level the series in the 100th test match to be  played at the Sydney Cricket Ground starting tonight.

(Barbados Nation) Lengthy delays in the trials of accused drug traffickers are a major headache for police.

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.

The Alliance for Change (AFC) is holding fast to its choice of Moses Nagamootoo for Speaker of the National Assembly despite a volley of criticisms from David Granger of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) who said that the former PPP/C member is unsuited for the job.

People’s Progressive Party stalwarts Reepu Daman Persaud and Gail Teixeira have been retained as advisors to President Donald Ramotar.

(de Ware Tijd)PARAMARIBO – Surinam Airways (SLM), Suriname’s national airline was close to having a year without losses.

(Trinidad Guardian) In what is likely to be taken as a significant plus for Trinidad’s tourism, the island has been described as the next possible “it” island in the Caribbean by the New York Times.

(Trinidad Guardian) A leading Indian newspaper is reporting that Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will pay a visit to the village in India where her ancestors lived during her official trip to the country, which starts this week.

(Trinidad Guardian) A night of fun at a neighbourhood party ended in tragedy yesterday, when an early morning accident in Chaguanas claimed the lives of two friends, leaving one in a critical condition at hospital.

(Jamaica Observer) Dr Christopher Tufton lost his St Elizabeth South West seat by 13 votes to the People’s National Party’s (PNP’s) Hugh Buchanan in the recount completed yesterday by electoral officials.

(Jamaica Gleaner) A man was held for questioning by the Mandeville police yesterday as they intensified their probe into Friday night’s double murder of a man and woman in a house on Perthland Drive, Mandeville, Manchester.

(Barbados Nation) Say what you will, there have been no Barbadian personalities whose names have flavoured the conversations of anyone on these shores – or beyond – the way Bajan pop queen Rihanna has.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Staatsolie will achieve an estimated record US$ 796 million turnover for the 2011 financial year; this is 41% more that in 2010, when turnover was US$ 566 million.

(Trinidad Express) Port workers may walk off the job again in early January if the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) does not put an offer on the table by next Thursday.