Guyana News

APNU candidate at the recently concluded general elections Desmond Trotman has moved to the courts challenging the constitutionality of the controversial benefits package for former presidents.

A man was killed on Friday night after he lost control of the motor cycle he was riding along the Walton Hall, Essequibo Coast roadway.

Ten persons sustained cuts and bruises after a Route 44 minibus and a car collided on the Turkeyen Public Road, on the East Coast of Demerara yesterday morning.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) said it has finalized its list of Members of Parliament for the Tenth Parliament but up to last night, no official list had been released to the media.

Keith Burrowes, Chairman of the Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL), has resigned from this position and some others as he seeks to give President Donald Ramotar a chance to review his tenure and decide on the way forward.

Will the police ever catch the suspect in the brutal murder of 84 year old pharmacist Harold Rachpaul?

This is the first in a series introducing some of the new faces in Parliament to readers.

Caribbean Airlines on Friday started a service in which it will be flying non-stop from Guyana and Barbados, three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.

The organizers of the Circus of Dreams show have issued an apology to those patrons who were affected by rain during the performance on Friday night at the Guyana National Stadium.

Commissioner of Police Henry Greene is to go on leave in the light of investigations into allegations of rape against him.

The police say they are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 2130h last night at Walton Hall, Essequibo Coast, and which resulted in the death of Seemangal Singh, 24 years of Devonshire Castle, Essequibo Coast.

Police are probing two murders that occurred at Issano Landing, Mazaruni River and Liverpool, Corentyne.

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines, (Reuters) – More then  400 people have been killed and hundreds more were missing after  a typhoon hit the southern Philippines, National Red Cross  Secretary-General Gwendolyn Pang said today.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Gerrit Breinburg, Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fisheries (LVV) says that tampering with fishery licenses has not let up.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – President Desi Bouterse does not want the war on drugs to relapse.

(Jamaica Observer) Mavado fans in Zimbabwe who were anticipating his performance yesterday at the Harare International Conference Centre, have been let down as the gig was postponed.

(Jamaica Observer) Low-cost Caribbean airline carrier REDjet, which last month began flying from Barbados to Jamaica, Trinidad, Guyana and Antigua, is looking to add new routes as it begins to fine-tune its operations.

(Jamaica Observer) The lives of 17 Jamaican children in the United States may today be in danger after they were adopted and shipped off to that country by a woman the local police believe may be part of a major human trafficking ring operating between both countries.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Popular deejay Vybz Kartel, who is facing two murder charges, has been ordered by the Supreme Court to pay J$15 million in damages to Jamaican promoter Alton Salmon for his failure to perform at a concert in the Turks and Caicos Islands in August 2009.

The European Union (EU) has called for the speeding up of sea-defence works here, while warning that Guyana can lose funding for projects it has been supporting.