Guyana News

(Reuters) – The National Basketball Association (NBA) said today it had canceled  another two weeks of its regular season with no end in sight to a bitter labor dispute that has  locked out players for nearly four months.

Police today said that the body of Ronaldo Henry, 13 years of Regent Road, Bourda, was found at about 1400h.

The Ministry of Education today said that Guyana has secured 16 of the 28 awards that will be given out to top performers in the region at the recent Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC).

Police say that at about 1010h today fisherman Parmanand Bacchus, 45 years of Non Pariel, ECD, was at the Strathspey Seawall, ECD, when he was confronted by two men, one of whom shot him to his head after which they escaped.

PERTH, Australia,  (Reuters) – Leaders of the  Commonwealth group of mostly former British colonies today  took tentative steps to tighten up on human rights abuses by  members, but have still to address tougher measures some warn  the group must take to remain relevant.

(Trinidad Express) Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard has instructed that six police officers be charged with crimes linked to the arrest and beating of three men who were also repeatedly shocked with Taser guns at the Chaguanas Police station last year.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago’s Anya Ayoung-Chee has won Project Runway.

(Trinidad Express) Six police officers involved in the shooting deaths of three people in Moruga three months ago have been arrested by their colleagues in connection with the incident.

(De Ware Tijd) PARIS – By 2015 at the latest, the State wants to dispose of twelve state-owned companies.

(De Ware Tijd) PARIS – The Tapajai Hydro-project which Staatsolie wants to carry out together with the government will cost some US$240 million.

(Barbados Nation) A new multimillion-dollar general hospital will be constructed to replace the 47-year-old Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH).

(Barbados Nation) Break-ins have reached “worrying” proportions, with a burglary committed every four and a half hours, according to Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin.

ERCIS, Turkey, (Reuters) – Rescue workers pulled a  13-year-old boy alive out of the rubble of an apartment block today, five days after a powerful earthquake that killed at  least 570 people in eastern Turkey.

Seven political parties yesterday handed over their lists of candidates to contest the November 28 elections.

Newly-minted AFC member, Moses Nagamootoo yesterday charged that the PPP leaders have betrayed their supporters and he accused a “cabal” of rigging the party’s elections and “manufacturing” the presidential candidate, Donald Ramotar.

Digicel’s network has been encountering problems since Wednesday midday and technicians are working around the clock to rectify the situation.

Outgoing President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said Moses Nagamootoo “jumped ship” after losing his bid to lead the PPP/C to the polls and he told supporters that the former ruling party member did not deserve their respect.

The PPP/C’s list of candidates for the general and regional elections includes party stalwart Hari Narayen Ramkarran.

A 20-year-old woman died last evening hours after she was struck down by a speeding motor car on the Annandale Public Road, on the East Coast of Demerara.

Outspoken Bartician miner, Frederick McWilfred is onboard for the PPP. His name was on the party’s list of candidates for upcoming national elections submitted yesterday to the Guyana Elections Commission.