Guyana News

KINSHASA,  (Reuters) – Fifty-three people were feared  dead today after a plane crashed as it tried to land in bad  weather at Kisangani airport in eastern Democratic Republic of  Congo, the Congolese airline operating the flight said.

Father Linus Wall, 92, is gravely ill in a Scarborough, Canada hospital, according to today’s edition of the Catholic Standard.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has two weeks to remove the five per cent wage offer if her Government wants to avoid the possibility of national strike.

GMV Minerals Inc has announced that former Head of the GGMC, William Woolford has joined the Board of Directors of GMV Guyana Resources Inc.,

(Trinidad Express) Lisa McKenzie, widow of deceased popular bar owner, Ricardo McKenzie, yesterday confirmed she will be taking legal action against the Brian Lara Cancer Treatment Centre (BLCTC), where she claimed her late husband was a victim of over-radiation during treatment.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Andy Coulson, the British prime  minister’s former communications chief, has been arrested by  detectives investigating allegations of phone hacking at the  News of the World newspaper, police said today.

(BBC) A Jamaican lesbian has won the right to stay in the UK after immigration judges ruled she risks persecution if she returns to her home country.

(Barbados Nation) There are not enough cows in Barbados and there is a definite need for more, says president of the Barbados Dairy and Beef Producers Association, Paul Davis.

(Barbados Nation) Cuban-trained doctors  are just not up to scratch for Barbados’ medical requirements, says the Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners (BAMP).

(De Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Between 8000 and 10,000 abortions are performed in Suriname each year.

The lifeless body of a physically-challenged Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara man was yesterday pulled from his septic tank, hours after he was discovered missing from his home where several pieces of furniture had been set afire.

The government yesterday used its majority in the National Assembly to pass the Protected Areas Bill with minor amendments, even as concerns were raised by the opposition about it being a mechanism to access funding to implement the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).

General Secretary of the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Noel Adonis says that local officials met with investigators in the FIFA cash-for-votes probe in The Bahamas but he was not at liberty to disclose what was discussed.

A 44-year-old man was killed on the Corentyne Highway on Wednesday night by a hit and run driver.

Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara rice farmers say a recently-constructed koker was built with a defect, making life difficult for them.

Three persons were injured yesterday morning, following an early morning accident on Mandela Avenue.

Rawl Campbell was yesterday accused of using personal violence while robbing his sister of her gold chain and pendant.

Two men accused of stealing $1M from their employer, after initially reporting that they had been robbed, were yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $250,000 by  acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities has started implementing a voter education project with a Needs Assessment Workshop aimed at empowering the differently-abled to exercise their franchise.

Heavy rains could hit Guyana within the next two days as the HydroMet Department of the Ministry of Agriculture monitors the development of a tropical wave located northwest of Guyana in the Caribbean Sea.