Guyana News

Senior doctors at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday said signs of the alleged rape were not seen at any time since Colwyn Harding’s hospitalisation last month and that he did not tell any of the medical staff attending to him that he had been sexually assaulted with a baton by police.

A man who had threatened to kill the mother of his two children was wounded when he broke into her Number 4 Village, West Coast Berbice home yesterday, while he in turn wounded another man who managed to overpower him.

An overseas-based Guy-anese man and his adult son died yesterday after they were struck down by a car on the Public Road at Land of Plenty, Essequibo Coast.

The investigation into the death of four-year-old Jaden Mars at the Georgetown Public Hospi-tal in December has not found anyone culpable, according to Chief Executive Officer Michael Khan.

An amendment to the Evidence Act, passed on Thursday in Parliament, will now make it easier for mothers in paternity disputes to prove their case in a court of law as well as speed up the presentation of evidence in other matters.

A bill was passed on Thursday evening that paves the way for persons ticketed for traffic offences to pay their fines in any jurisdiction.

Local judges and magistrates are closer to being able to electronically record court proceedings under a new law that has been proposed.

A suspected robber was shot dead early yesterday morning after he invaded the home of an Annandale, East Coast Demerara family.

The newly-built Leonora Magistrate’s Court was yesterday commissioned in a simple ceremony at its location on the West Coast Demerara.

President Donald Ramotar, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, has approved the promotion of 348 members of the Guyana Defence Force in accordance with the Defence Act Chapter 15:01, of 1977.

The Tourism and Hospita-lity Association of Guyana (THAG) expects to launch Guyana’s first boatyard in 2015, THAG President Kit Nascimento says.

A Guyanese who was originally destined for Canada is now in custody of local authorities after becoming the latest person to be caught trying to smuggle cocaine out of the country.

Three employees of Muneshwers Limited were yesterday charged with embezzling over half a million dollars from the company.

A man, who told a city magistrate that he sells weed for a living, was remanded to prison on Wednesday after being charged with sticking up a doctor on the Agricola Public Road.

A Sophia man was remanded to prison yesterday after being charged in a city court with robbing a woman in her home using a cutlass.

Four hospitals around Guyana are now the beneficiaries of a quantity of medical equipment and over the counter medication following donations from local organisation, Food for the Poor (Guyana) Inc.

Guyana has signed an Agreement on Political Consultations with Guatemala that would provide a mechanism for both countries to develop coordinated positions on several matters and allow regular exchanges on areas of common interest on the regional and international agendas.

In yesterday’s edition of Stabroek News on the centre pages under the headline  `Questions on fibre optic cable project solely on its poor execution – Harmon’, a quote attributed to Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh contained several errors.

Police say that at about 1400h today, Muntaz Baksh, 72 years, and his son Rasmat Baksh, 44 years, of Land of Plenty, Essequibo Coast, were walking along the Land of Plenty main road, when it is alleged that they strayed into the path of a motor car that was proceeding in the same direction and were struck down.

(Trinidad Express) An estimated U.S $100 million worth in cocaine concealed in fruit juice cans originating in Trinidad and Tobago was seized by United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers in Virginia, United States in December.