Guyana News

The Guyana Water Incor-porated (GWI) says it found over 10 illegal water service connections at Sarah Johanna some of which were submerged in a trench that contained sewage from a leaking latrine.

Cyon Collier, called ‘Picture Boy,’ was identified by the wife of murdered Non Pareil resident Chandrapaul Persaud as one of the bandits who carried out the fatal attack, a retired detective yesterday testified.

(Trinidad Express) The Corporation Tax Act should be adjusted to make incomes and dividends gained from investments in the CLICO Trust Fund exempt from taxation.

(Barbados Nation) The Barbados economy continues to falter, according to the latest analysis by the Central Bank of Barbados.

(Barbados Nation) For the first time, Barbadians who own family heirlooms or items considered important historical relics may face the possibility of these items being compulsorily acquired by Government.

(Trinidad Guardian) For yet another year, citizens of T&T will not have to pay any property taxes as the Finance Minister said it was unlikely the Government would be able to collect in the 2012 fiscal year.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. State Department  late yesterday issued a worldwide travel alert for U.S. 

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – U.S. authorities  broke up a plot by two men linked to the Iranian government to  assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the United States, U.S. 

Several dredge operations, blamed for polluting the Kaituma Creek, in the North West District, were operating in a “prohibited” zone, according to Region One Chairman Fermin Singh.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Disruptions to BlackBerry  services spread to Latin America today, more than a day  after users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India  suffered extended outages.

DHAKA, (Reuters)- Mushfiqur Rahim led Bangladesh from  the front with 41 not out as the home side ended their 12-match  losing streak in Twenty20 internationals with a three-wicket win  over West Indies today.

Police say that at about 1130h yesterday they received a report of an armed robbery that had occurred on Sunday at Haimara Creek, Mowasie Backdam, Mahdia, during which mining dredge operator Chandradat Bahadur was attacked and robbed by a man armed with a firearm.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – At the end of June of this year, the total national debt, including guarantees and non-drawn loans amounted to some US$1.17 million.

(Trinidad Guardian) Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine is describing the illegal bunkering of diesel fuel valued at over TT$1.5 billion as economic genocide.

(Jamaica Observer) A female St Andrew minister of religion who was recently caught trying to leave the island with 113 pellets of ganja in her stomach was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in prison when she appeared in the Corporate Area Resident Magistrate’s Court.

(Jamaica Observer) Andrew Holness yesterday issued a strong rejection of donmanship and garrison politics, saying he has never embraced either, and will not veer from that position regardless of which constituency he will seek to represent in the next general election.

(Barbados Nation) Rihanna has been named The Sexiest Woman Alive 2011 by Esquire Magazine.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Formal recognition of the rights of gays, lesbians and others of a different sexual orientation is no priority of the government’s, which would rather deal with “serious” development issues.

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Kaloti Jewellery Group, which is headquartered in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, will assist Suriname in setting up an own mint house.

(Barbados Nation) REDjet was not originally intended to be a carrier into the smaller islands of the Caribbean, says Minister of International Transport George Hutson.