Guyana News

KARACHI, (Reuters) – Pakistan’s former World  Cup-winning captain Imran Khan has called for a radical overhaul  of the country’s cricket infrastructure to try to avoid more  corruption.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cubans will be able to buy and  sell houses for the first time in more than five decades in a  long-awaited reform that legalizes what many have done for  years but also restricts how much property they can own,  state-run press said today.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt,  Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were jailed today for  their roles in a spot-fixing scandal which the judge said had  damaged the integrity of a game renowned for its fairness.

(Barbados Nation) Many of Rihanna’s fans were disappointed after the artist was forced to cancel her concert in Malmo, Sweden on Monday after being hospitalized due to flu.

(Barbados Nation) A Barbadian dubbed the ringleader of a sophisticated drug enterprise that transported illegal drugs between Barbados, other countries and New York faces a 20-year minimum sentence in the United States.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados will not be dictated to by Britain or any other when it comes to homosexuality laws, says Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite.

AFC presidential candidate Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday called on the government to compute and disclose the pension and benefits that President Bharrat Jagdeo will earn on demitting office, if it wants to dispute the $3.2M figure being put forward by the party.

Parika roadside vendors yesterday vowed to “put up a fight” against their removal from the area, as plans for a major expansion of the ferry stelling begin to take shape.

The three Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) employees implicated in the theft of a quantity of fuel markers are to face charges today.

Businessman Ronald Bulkan is among the new candidates onboard opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU).

A 22-year-old labourer from Blankenburg, West Coast Demerara is now dead, after he fell off a scaffold while at work in Mahaica.

Ex-policeman Otis Grant, who was wanted for questioning about the murder of 72-year Clementine Fiedtkou-Parris, on Tuesday turned himself over to police, who later found two rifles near his home.

Corriverton painter Clifford Carter, also known as ‘Chino’ who had set himself ablaze following a domestic dispute with his wife died at the New Amsterdam Hospital less than two days  after he was admitted there.

Businessman Robert Badal yesterday endorsed the Alliance For Change (AFC) to lead the next government, calling the party “the most credible option” to take the country forward.

Guyana is now ranked at 117 on the United Nations Development Programme Human Development index; having moved up two points from last year, a report issued yesterday said.

Oma Devi Persaud who was struck down by a speeding car at Annandale, East Coast Demerara last Wednesday is showing signs of improvement but remains in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Hospital.

A murder accused who was discovered lying motionless in his cell at the Camp Street prison early yesterday morning, hours after complaining of feeling unwell was later pronounced dead on arrival at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

A driver who allegedly struck down and killed a 20-year-old woman on the Annandale Public Road appeared at the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court on Monday charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

Despite his statement to police, accused Keith Doris was never placed by the main witness at the scene of the murder of Rambarran Singh, his lawyer told a jury yesterday.

A 33-year-old Tucville resident who allegedly had 61.1 grammes of cocaine in his possession in the Cuyuni for the purpose of trafficking was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ court.