Guyana News

The Guyana Police Force says an investigation is underway into the alleged sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl by a policeman at the Beterverwagting Police Station lockups where the child was being held as a remand prisoner.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has admitted the People’s Partnership Government made a mistake in appointing Reshmi Usha Ramnarine to head the Strategic Services Agency (SSA).

The licence of Chaitram Moonsammy, the man who was charged following the deaths of 12 persons in a horrific accident in October last year has been suspended.

The police today said that five persons were attacked and robbed by bandits on the seawall last night.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – The Swiss government announced today it would start legal proceedings to confiscate former  Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier’s assets,  frozen in Switzerland since 1986.

A Guyanese man accused of assaulting his wife with a hammer in May of last year in the British Virgin Islands, pleaded guilty to the offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia pulled off a spectacular  run-chase to win the sixth one-day international against England  by two wickets today, racking up a record 334 for eight  to take a 5-1 lead in the series.

(BBC) The Dominican Republic has been accused of using the cholera outbreak as a pretext for a crackdown on Haitians.

(De Ware Tijd)  — Leaked diplomatic correspondence of the American Embassy shows that actions by Venezuela to get greater influence in Suriname were closely watched by diplomats stationed in Suriname.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Guyana’s captain Assad Fudadin says while most of the players in his team are young and inexperienced, he is still looking forward to them pulling off an upset win against defending champions Jamaica in this weekend’s opening round of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Regional Four-day Tournament.

A Puran Brothers garbage truck was the first to unload at the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill yesterday, marking the official opening of the site as well as the long-awaited closure of the Le Repentir Landfill.

A Grove, East Bank Demerara family was held captive early yesterday morning during an hour-long rampage by bandits, who later fled with a motor car and more than one million dollars worth of money, jewellery and electronics.

A 47-year-old man was remanded to prison yesterday after appearing at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court charged with the murder of his stepfather.

The government is looking to deploy automatic weather stations around  the country and has budgeted $10.5M to this end but says this falls way short of what is required to meet the existing needs.

A man was on Monday found guilty of executing a Guyanese, whose body was dumped in Salem County, New Jersey, according to a report in the News Journal.

hile speeding along the East Bank Demerara (EBD) Public Road just after midnight yesterday, a minibus driver lost control of his vehicle, slammed into a light pole and toppled into a trench, resulting in the death of a passenger.

A man died yesterday morning after a car slammed into him as he was walking along the Plaisance Public Road, East Coast Demerara.

Minister of Human Services and Social Security Priya Manickchand yesterday hailed the first paper committal completed last week in relation to a sex offence case in the court.

A young woman was yesterday ordered by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry  to pay $25,000 court costs  after she declined to give evidence against her reputed husband who was accused of biting  and slapping her.

The design for the specialty hospital which will be staffed with medical experts from India is slated to commence this year and government will pump some $150M into the project for the “design and initial stage,” Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy said yesterday.