Guyana News

The lifeless body of an unidentified man was yesterday morning discovered on the pavement in the vicinity of Broad and Ketley streets, Charlestown.

Jennifer Young, accused of murdering a man in her backyard, on Thursday last led her case before Justice Winston Patterson, stating to the High Court that she had remained in her house throughout a frightening ordeal on the night in question.

Newly-approved EZjet Air Services plans to initially operate its charter along the Guyana-New York route up to March next year.

One person has since been arrested in connection with the Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara robbery during which an elderly couple was savagely beaten.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A Guyanese woman who was framed by her ex-boyfriend for armed robbery and spent more than six months in jail is suing New York City, Nassau County and a number of police detectives who she said ignored critical exonerating evidence and aided her ex-boyfriend’s “preposterous” conspiracy because of his ties to local law-enforcement agents.

CARICOM and Cuba last week renewed their commitment to  strengthen trade and economic cooperation and it is expected that efforts will be redoubled towards the full implementation of the CARICOM-Cuba Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement.

Acting on information received, at about 2155h on Saturday night, police ranks went to Melanie Damishana, ECD, where an unlicensed .22 pistol was found.

Acting on information received, at about 2155h last night, police ranks went to Melanie Damishana, ECD, where an unlicensed .22 pistol was found.

The PPP/C says it is shocked at the discovery today that three containers holding ballot boxes from the November 28 general elections were breached at Coldingen, East Coast Demerara.

(Jamaica Observer) Twenty-nine-year-old Therese Morrison, a mother of two, was last night shot dead and her two children shot and injured at their home in Greenvale, Deeside, Trelawny.

CHENNAI, (Reuters) – West Indian all-rounder  Kieron Pollard blasted 10 sixes but his power-packed maiden  century was not enough to avert a 34-run defeat against India in  the fifth and final one-dayer today.

(Barbados Nation) The Caribbean mecca of cricket could soon be powered by the sun.

(Barbados Nation) Eleven Government Members of parliament (MPs) – including seven senior Cabinet ministers – yesterday affixed their signatures to a formal letter and immediately dispatched it to Prime Minister Freundel Stuart requesting an “urgent” audience.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Commerce has called for more attention to good governance by business and government in 2012.

(Trinidad Express) Former Prime Minister Patrick Manning said yesterday the Government has offended one of its allies by not being able to allow Cuban President Raul Castro to stay at one of the nation’s leading hotels which he said was owned by the Government.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has apologised to Cuban President Raul Castro who was not allowed to stay at the Hilton Trinidad, St Ann’s, for the Caricom/Cuba Summit held last week in Port of Spain.

Guyanese and Queens, New York businessman Ed Ahmad charged with operating a US$50M mortgage fraud scheme in New York is negotiating a plea deal according to a US newspaper.

DURBAN, (Reuters) – Climate negotiators agreed  a pact today that would for the first time force all the  biggest polluters to take action on greenhouse gas emissions,  but critics said the action plan was not aggressive enough to  slow the pace of global warming.

Being the wife of the seventh executive President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana is something which has not yet quite sunk in for Deolatchmee Ramotar, and if she has her way she would be called Mrs Ramotar instead of First Lady Ramotar.

With the outcome of the recent general elections, former WPA executive member Eusi Kwayana believes Guyana has its best opportunity to end years of bitter rivalry between the major races and he says now is the ideal time for the political parties to work towards a national unity government.