Guyana News

(Jamaica Observer) The second murder case against caged deejay Vybz Kartel, was stood down this morning in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court because a co-accused was not brought to court by the police.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago last week signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the establishment of a trade-facilitation office in Trinidad.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Earthquake Unit has confirmed that a minor quake was felt at 7.49 this morning near Wakefield in St.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – “Within two or three minutes, the police units present at the scene were suddenly faced with two to three hundred people and the average policeman is not prepared for that.

(Barbados Nation) There is a new option on the table as it relates to the beleaguered CLICO International Life.

PARIS (Reuters) – The United Nations’ cultural agency decided today to give the Palestinians full membership of the body, a vote that will boost their bid for recognition as a state at the United Nations.

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Darren Bravo hit his first international  century while Kirk Edwards missed his second of the match as  West Indies tightened their grip over Bangladesh in the second  test today.

(Trinidad Newsday) A NEW champion was crowned in the Perfection Services-sponsored Leslie King Memorial Cycle Classic yesterday.

Former PPP veteran, Moses Nagamootoo who recently joined the Alliance For Change (AFC) told supporters at a rally held in his honour at Whim, Corentyne yesterday that presidential candidate Khemraj Ramjattan is a man of ideas who wanted to root out corruption

A five-year-old girl died yesterday morning after an Ite palm tree fell on her family’s home at North East La Penitence.

One man is dead and another seriously injured after an industrial accident yesterday at RUSAL’s Aroaima bauxite operations in Region 10 (Upper Berbice/Upper Demerara).

The authorities are investigating the death of a 34-year-old Charity, Essequibo Coast mother and her newborn at the Suddie Hospital.

Cheddi ‘Joey’ Jagan Jr., who has joined the civic component of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), says the PPP is the only party that can bring real change.

The PPP/C, APNU, AFC and TUF have so far qualified to contest the upcoming national elections, while the Guyana Elections Commis-sion (GECOM) was last evening awaiting corrections to the lists of candidates submitted by the Fundamental Structure Group (FSG).

PPP/C campaign spokesman, Robert Persaud says that the party on Saturday night “suffered terribly” at the hands of a gang that damaged their billboards.

Wife of kidney recipient Seolall Budhram has refuted statements made by the sister of his donor, who was also his aunt, about the circumstances surrounding her death after the surgery in India earlier this year.

Mahaicony Rice Mill (MRM) continues to owe farmers and the Ministry of Agriculture will be moving to pursue payments for those affected and they should be able to access some funds by next week.

Funding has been made available for the setting up of the Inter-Religious Television (IRTV) channel dedicated to broadcasting religious programmes on a 24-hour basis and it is expected to begin operation within weeks, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported on Friday.

Indian author Rahul Bhattacharya has won a prize awarded by The Hindu newspaper for Best Fiction of 2011.

Police are investigating the circumstances under which a man sustained a gunshot wound to his leg early Saturday morning.