Guyana News

(Jamaica Gleaner) The People’s National Party (PNP) has responded to reports that there is doubt over the staging of the political debates ahead of the next general election.

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Bharrat Jagdeo has acquiesced to a one- month bonus that will be made available after the officers go to the polls on November 21, the Government Information Agency reported this evening.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Kenneth Sloote, district coordinator and policy adviser of the Ministry of Public Works (OW), was relieved of his duties earlier this week.

Police say that at about 0820h today, ranks of the police Narcotics Branch arrested a Canadian citizen who was an outgoing passenger at the CJIA after a total of 903 grammes of cocaine in pellets were found in his baggage.

The police today defended their performance at Wednesday’s PPP meeting at Victoria on the East Coast of Demerara during which several PPP supporters said they were attacked by persons professing support for the APNU.

West Indies women’s international cricketer Tremayne Smartt was today found guilty of committing an anti-doping rule violation under Article 2.1 of the ICC Anti-Doping Code (the “ICC Code”) and has been suspended from all cricket and cricket-related activities for a period of five months.

Police today said that ranks on duty at an AFC political meeting that was held at School Street, Zeeburg, WCD, yesterday arrested two men who were disturbing the gathering and subsequently warned and sent them away.

Police today said that acting on information received CANU personnel conducted a search in the Le Repentir Cemetery yesterday during which two concussion grenades were found.

(Reuters) – Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has given birth to a girl, her father-in-law Amitabh Bachchan announced on Twitter on Wednesday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – Haitian President Michel  Martelly today launched a plan to restore the nation’s  armed forces, despite fears their revival could be divisive in  a country bloodied by past military coups and rights abuses.

(Reuters) – FIFA has imposed fines and bans  ranging from seven days to two years on six more officials from  the Caribbean Football Union for ethics violations in the run-up  to this year’s FIFA presidential election.

(Trinidad Express) Gita Sakal, former corporate secretary of the collapsed CL Financial empire, said yesterday she kept a US$5 million cheque tucked inside her desk drawer for almost two months because she received a “significant pay” and did not need to run to the bank to deposit money every month.

China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) says it has secured a contract for a modern terminal for the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, according to a report in today’s Jamaica Observer.

(Jamaica Observer) Caribbean, Canadian and Mexican travellers will now have to pay a US$5.50 tax if they enter the United States by air or sea.

(Barbados Nation) A local attorney is warning operators of exotic massage parlours that their establishments could be considered brothels if they are being used for any form of sexual activity, including intercourse or any other sexual act, in exchange for money.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – KB, a nephew of President Bouterse, has been arrested by police.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Yesterday, three helicopters made an emergency landing in Coronie.

CANBERRA, (Reuters) – Australia will impose  tough new penalties of up to 10 years in jail for match-fixing  and betting on fixed matches after a meeting of the country’s  national and state law ministers, Sports Minister Mark Arbib  said today.

MANILA, (Reuters) – A Phillipine court today issued an arrest warrant for former President Gloria  Macapagal Arroyo on charges of electoral fraud, which carry a  life sentence, just hours before she was planned to fly out of  the country for medical treatment.

The police force has announced an investigation into a report that PPP/C supporters were attacked and kerosene thrown on one of them after a party meeting at Victoria Village, East Coast Demerara on Wednesday.