Guyana News

(Jamaica Gleaner)  For the second time in Jamaica’s recent political history, a father and son team has been elected to serve together in the House of Representatives.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – Just one test into the  four-match series against Australia and India are confronting  the grim reality that they remain international cricket’s  slowest starters, especially on tour.

(Jamaica Observer) The People’s National Party (PNP) sent the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) back into Opposition after scoring a crushing 41-22-seat victory in yesterday’s 16th general election that pollsters and analysts had said was mostly too close to call.

Farmers of De Buff Village and Canal Number Two Polder North Section, West Bank Demerara, who are struggling to cope with the loss of millions of dollars in crops and livestock after more than 8 days of heavy rain and flooding, blame the authorities for poor drainage maintenance.

Small scale gold miners yesterday protested at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) for more time at the former Omai Gold Mines concession—but the regulatory agency says it is time for the miners to leave because several extensions have been granted and they are in breach of mining regulations.

APNU Leader David Granger says that his party remains committed to negotiating with the AFC over the position of Speaker in the National Assembly, but says that the opposition coalition does not feel that the AFC nominee Moses Nagamootoo would be the best person for the job.

The German government has come to the aid of Guyana’s Protected Areas Systems (GPAS) with an injection of US$6.5 million for Phase 2 of the project, which was initiated 15 years ago to protect some of the country’s richest biodiversity sites.

A bandit carted off in excess of $1M in jewellery from one of three houses he targeted early yesterday morning in Uitvlugt, West Coast Demerara.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) sees the building of trust among the three parliamentary parties as one of the keys in ensuring better governance of the country.

A man who admitted to physically abusing his partner was yesterday sentenced to three months in jail.

Hits and Jams Entertainment has been advertising an Old Year’s Night event to be hosted at the Promenade Gardens but Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday said the venue will not be available.

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton remanded 21-year-old Michael ‘Mikey’ Persaud who allegedly strangled the mother of his child at their Lot 8, North Sophia home.

Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment Robert Persaud says Guyana’s gold production for the year so far is 350,000 ounces and this has surpassed the year’s target by 30,000 ounces.

The Commonwealth Observer Group said that while accuracy in vote tabulation is critical, it is equally clear that the process is time sensitive and said the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) should consult stakeholders with a view to speeding up the process by streamlining it.

A man who threatened and assaulted a police officer was yesterday given a one-year suspended sentence along with a $15,000 fine by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

The case involving Presidential Advisor Odinga Lumumba and a polling day presiding officer is still being investigated by the police.

Re-evaluating properties to facilitate rates and taxes assessment for Neighbour-hood Democratic Councils (NDCs) and municipalities will be one of the main goals of the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development next year, Junior Minister Norman Whittaker says.

Government has leased a plot of land at Babu John to the Guyana Central Arya Samaj Humanitarian Mission for the construction of a benevolent home to meet the needs of vulnerable persons.

Turkish national Hasan Tuluy has been appointed the World Bank’s new Vice-President for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) effective from January 1.

Despite mounting the PPP/C platform for the recent general elections, Collin Croal, the former Permanent Secretary (PS) within the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs, has been appointed the new PS within the Ministry of Local Government.