Guyana News

PNCR Leader Robert Corbin has filed a $1M libel suit against Guyana Publications Inc, the publisher of the Stabroek News, and PNCR executive Aubrey Norton over allegations pertaining to the party’s Georgetown District Conference elections.

The services sector is the future of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and governments have the responsibility to provide the enabling environment and other incentives for its development,  Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer said yesterday.

-robbery ruled outPolice have applied for an extension of the 72-hour period they are allowed to keep persons in custody so that they can further question the two suspects in the Ramzan Alli murder probe.

– contractor The engineering company overseeing the construction of the drainage sluice at De Willem, West Coast Demerara in Region 3, said that the project has been “substantially completed” and that it can be operated if necessary.

Three stalls in the Vendors Arcade, Water Street were last night dismantled by the Mayor and City Council.

– Carrington Caricom Secretary-General Edwin Carrington says the public service is critical to advancing regional integration arrangements, in his address at the Caribbean Centre of Development Administration (CARICAD) meeting last Wednesday.

An Oronoque, Port Kaituma man was refused bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged with rape.

The police have been unable to ascertain ownership of the single round of ammunition which was found aboard one of the three trawlers intercepted by the Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard last Saturday and advice has been sought from the DPP.

-police investigating Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 22- year-old man at the Georgetown Public Hospital around 12:30 am yesterday from poisoning.

A 19-year-old soldier was on Tuesday stabbed during an altercation with another.

– PPP questions ‘extraordinary’ departure from norm Magistrate Yohhannseh Cave on Monday ruled an oral statement purportedly made by murder accused David Leander inadmissible in the Satyadeow ‘Sash’ Sawh preliminary inquiry (PI).

The preliminary inquiry (PI) in the murder charge against ex-police officer Kevin Waterman recommenced on Tuesday at the Christianburg Magistrate’s court in Linden.

Magistrate Fazil Azeez yesterday issued an arrest warrant for Kendall Skeete, who is wanted for the October 2008 murder of Kenneth Allen.

A 33-year-old man, who was shot in the region of the neck early yesterday morning, is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital where he is recovering from the injury.

A 74-year-old woman on Tuesday died after sustaining injuries due to a fall.

Discussions are ongoing between the University of Guyana and the Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) to foster a greater partnership and the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution has stressed the need for a major injection of funds.

The Quix Promotion 2009, Quix me Some Quix Cash, was launched by Bryden and Fernandes Inc on Tuesday at the Bounty Supermarket on Water Street.

Benn says did not send officer home Minister of Transport and Hydraulics Robeson Benn said that his recent visit to the Bee Hive North access bridge, about which residents have raised concerns, did not result in a senior Region Four officer being sent on leave.

Regions seven and eight residents on Monday asked for more time to study the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, (Reuters) – The world needs  a financial system that is fairer to developing states which  have suffered most in a crisis caused by rich countries, leaders  from a group of developing states said yesterday.