Guyana News

 MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., (Reuters) – U.S. President  Barack Obama said today the debt crisis in Europe was  “scaring the world” and that leaders in the euro zone were not  dealing with the issue quickly enough.  

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – A market survey by Finabank shows that the salaries of most wage earners in Suriname are burdened by two or even three loans.

(Trinidad Guardian) Just back from New Orleans where she attended an international civilian protection conference, Chairman of the Police Complaints Authority Gillian Lucky has unveiled plans for new protocols to govern the conduct of police officers.

(Trinidad Guardian) Sport and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Roberts says Errol Ashby, former chief executive officer of the Sport Company of T&T (Sportt), was fired for purchasing a million-dollar car without the Board’s approval.

(Trinidad Guardian) Ignorance was detrimental. That’s the lesson former Clico directors learnt after the company collapsed in January 2009.

(Barbados Nation) Britain thinks the time has come for Barbados and other islands in the region to enact legislation that will punish those who bribe public officials or engage in any form of corruption.

(Jamaica Observer) Tough-talking attorney-at-law KD Knight is among those expressing happiness and joy at the shock announcement by Prime Minister Bruce Golding to step down as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) in November, and as head of Government soon thereafter.

Prime Minister Bruce Golding is obviously determined not to be remembered for the sordid Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke affair which mortally wounded his ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).

The coming days will determine whether, as his handlers insist it is, Mr Bruce Golding’s decision to step down as leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the country’s prime minister is irreversible.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Prime Minister Bruce Golding yesterday bowed to an avalanche of criticism over his stewardship of the country and appeared unmoved by a last-gasp attempt by Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) officials to rethink his intention to step aside as both head of government and party by November.

The 41 Mormons who were deported in September 2009 were removed at the behest of the Minister of Home Affairs, Clement  Rohee who could not be reached by President Bharrat Jagdeo during a meeting with the missionaries, and the US embassy was appalled that court orders issued in the matter were not being adhered to, according to cables released by WikiLeaks.

Four young men were hospitalized yesterday morning after the car they were in collided with a utility pole on Homestretch Avenue breaking it into two, and then continued another 100 feet before coming to a halt.

Police intercepted a boat yesterday with five crew members at Eversham, Corentyne after fishermen recognized that it had been used to carry out a piracy attack on them earlier this month.

A state of the art visitor arrival centre was commissioned in the Kaieteur National Park (KNP), Region 8 yesterday.

Government has unveiled another project to be funded through the Guyana REDD+ Investment Fund (GRIF) with a budget of US$10M over four years for the Micro and Small Enterprise Develop-ment project.

The Ministry of Home Affairs says that Guyana is not among the 22 countries worldwide that appear on the US Drug list which drives home the point that this country is not a narco-state.

A multi-million-dollar house of worship at Philippi Farm, Corentyne, which was commissioned three Saturdays ago, has heads turning with its grandeur.

The awarding of contracts for the commencement of works on the Providence-Grove extension of the East Bank Demerara (EBD) four-lane highway is expected to be completed within the next two weeks.

The body of a technician was fished out of a creek at St Cuthbert’s Mission yesterday after he reportedly drowned but family members have suspicions about the manner in which he met his death.

A Guyanese woman who formerly worked to organize the Linden Town week died in a hit-and-run in New York on Friday night.