Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) Sophisticated equipment, including an analog fuel pump, has been found aboard a third vessel seized, attempting a daylight transfer of fuel off Brick Field in Waterloo.

(Trinidad Express) The national treasury was losing up to TT$1.5 billion annually because of illegal diesel bunkering, says Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar.

(Jamaica Observer) The organising committee of the Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) has abandoned the result of the controversial night race held August during the Barbados leg of the series.

(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaica Medical Doctors Association (JMDA) yesterday pleaded for more resources for the health care system, citing instances of doctors keeling over from sheer exhaustion while performing surgery.

(Jamaica Observer) For one reason or another some of our entertainers have issues when it comes to staying on the right side of the law.

(Barbados Nation) The forensic audit into the operations of CLICO should include the directors and officers of the cash-strapped insurance company.

(Barbados Nation) The son of Wilfredo Perez Perez, pilot of the Cubana Airlines blown up off Barbados in a terrorist act 35 years ago, has made yet another impassioned call for the perpetrators to face justice.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s cricket board (SLC)  has been officially warned for the “poor” quality of the pitch  at Galle, which hosted the first test in their recent series  against Australia, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said  today.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) yesterday urged the opposition parties against participating in the upcoming polls unless “minimum standards” to guarantee free expression and equal access to media are in place.

Sharing one platform last evening, several groups called on President Bharrat Jagdeo to revoke the four-month suspension handed out to CNS Channel 6 owner CN Sharma before the elections date is announced.

Three men, believed to be part of the gang that raided Piari Landing, at Puruni at the start of the week, were arrested yesterday, even as police reported that the death toll of a boat mishap during the escape bid by robbers had risen to six.

Businessman Purushotam Nauth, who was shot and robbed of $8M by bandits, yesterday succumbed while recovering from a surgery to remove the bullet.

An American woman, who was found with cocaine hidden in 10 pairs of shoes at the Cheddi Jagan Airport, was yesterday sentenced to a four-year prison sentence.

PNCR Leader Robert Corbin yesterday called on the Guyana Elections Commis-sion (Gecom) to discharge its constitutional responsibility to ensure free and fair elections asking specifically that the commission respond favourably to public concerns regarding the suspension of CNS Channel 6 and the appointment of the Returning Officer for Region Four.

Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally has assured opposition parties that the body is examining opinions on whether it can intervene to defer the suspension of the broadcast licence of CNS Channel 6 to some time after the upcoming polls.

Guyanese Mignon Bowen and Simone Morris-Ramlall will be given an opportunity to further empower women in Guyana when they participate in a United States’ International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) starting next week.

The Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL) discussed with Guyana’s two trades union federations the importance of unifying the labour movement and possible steps that can be taken to achieve this, during a recent visit here.

Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy lauded companies for their active participation in the National Week of Testing for HIV saying they demonstrate the take charge attitude the country has adopted in its fight against the virus.

PNCR leader Robert Corbin said he was confident in the abilities of APNU presidential candidate Brigadier (rtd) David Granger to lead the nation, at a flag-raising ceremony held at Congress Place in honour of the party’s 54th anniversary.

A 23-year-old Sophia man who allegedly had 65.8 grammes of cannabis in his possession was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.