Guyana News

(Trinidad Guardian) Former Finance Minister Karen Tesheira yesterday described as “highly improper and highly irregular,” the conduct of the Integrity Commission in its pursuit of a conflict of interest probe against her.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaica police seized over 200 pounds of cocaine and arrested seven men – including two Colombians – in a drug bust off the coast of St Mary yesterday morning.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – The political party VHP (Vooruitstrevende Hervormings Partij) wants to help develop a national diaspora policy, which could be beneficial to people in Suriname as well as Surinamese in the Netherlands, for example.

OTTAWA, ONTARIO, (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney recognized the efforts of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) on Friday in tackling residence fraud in the citizenship and immigration program.

Following last month’s national and regional elections which saw the PPP/Civic returned to government, but without a majority, the opportunity is now ripe for the combined opposition to make the University of Guyana (UG) into an institution which produces leaders and which functions on a par with universities in the region and further afield.

ATLANTA, (Reuters) – Rapper Slim Dunkin  has been shot to death in Atlanta, police said on  Saturday.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – A drilling rig with 67 crew  on board capsized and sank off Russia’s far eastern island of  Sakhalin yesterday while being towed through a winter storm,  leaving more than 50 dead or missing in the icy Sea of Okhotsk.

PRAGUE, (Reuters) – Vaclav Havel, a dissident  playwright who was jailed by Communists and then went on to lead  the bloodless “Velvet Revolution” and become Czech president,  died at 75 today.

The home of former army Chief of Staff Norman McLean and former Registrar of the High Court, Sita Ramlal was destroyed this morning after a fire of electrical origin started in the upper flat.

(Barbados Nation) Police have arrested a Guyanese woman who allegedly tried to smuggle a kilo of cocaine – hidden in her hair, bra, underwear and private parts – into Barbados.

(Barbados Nation) Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs Chris Sinckler has come clean on a NATION report that he and ten of his Government colleagues were seeking an “urgent audience” with Prime Minister Freundel Stuart to discuss matters of “grave” concern and to chart a path forward for the retention of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) in Government.

(Jamaica Observer) Erica Atkinson and Shauntell Ferguson sat on a bench outside the arrival area at the Norman Manley International Airport depressed, tired, and infuriated by the treatment they said they received from Antiguan immigration authorities last Thursday evening.

(Barbados Nation) If there was an attempted palace coup against Prime Minister Freundel Stuart of the ruling Democratic Labour Party, heads will roll.

Commissioner of Police Henry Greene is to go on leave in the light of investigations into an allegation of sexual assault against him.

The parliamentary opposition intends to use its majority to review the benefits package for former presidents, to bring it in line with what is received by other former heads of state in the region.

What is striking about the mixed community of Kortberaad, East Bank Berbice (EBB) is the hard work residents are engaged in for survival and their pride in keeping their surroundings spic and span.

A 26-year-old cane-harvester of Manchester, Corentyne died after sustaining a single stab wound to the region of his heart around 11.30 pm on Friday; his assailant is still on the run.

While describing the hung parliament as presenting a “great opportunity” for Guyana, constitutional expert Haslyn Parris believes that the parties must address long-standing systemic deficiencies in the electoral laws or the country will remain in a quagmire as it relates to proper governance.

A 24-year-old miner was stabbed to death at Issano Landing, Mazaruni River last Wednesday during a drunken row and the suspect is in police custody assisting with investigations.

President Donald Ramotar has appointed three persons to a panel he has set up to review the tax system.