Guyana News

-ethnic relations body report An Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) investigation has found that there is no proof that a doctor at the Georgetown Public Hospital physically abused or used racial slurs to Charmain De Mendonca, an accident victim as she had alleged.

-says crumbling infrastructure also to be addressed New University of Guyana (UG) Vice-Chancellor Pro-fessor Lawrence Carrington says the institution needs an overhaul of its academic structure and administrative framework, in order for it to be fully compatible with contemporary patterns of administration.

By Cathy Richards The Linden Legal Aid Centre is calling for extensive support for abused and exploited children as it seeks to establish a child-friendly space while counting also on the commitment from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to provide appropriate furniture and computers.

Kwame Rumel Jobronewet, the 66-year old United States-based Guyanese who disappeared  following a visit to a family home in Buxton is still missing and relatives want the police to work harder on the case.

Three suspected bandits, who robbed a ‘B’ Field Sophia minibus conductor and his passenger on Wednesday night, have been arrested.

A 21-year-old man, who allegedly threatened to stab a young woman with a pair of scissors if she didn’t allow him to rob her, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A 32-year-old man yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charges of resisting a police officer, using indecent language and expectorating.

A 21-year-old horse cart operator yesterday appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to answer the charge of unlawful and malicious damage to property.

The UK Department for International Development (DfID) has established a Trust Fund for 5 million pounds at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to assist Caricom and Cariforum states to boost growth and reduce poverty through trade and regional integration.

Child Protection Services has rescued Mary Sandy’s two-month-old baby following her death by accident on Wednesday, and is currently monitoring her other three children who are temporarily in the custody of a neighbour.

The National Blood Transfusion Service has set its target for this year at 8,000 units of blood, which is 1,000 more than the level set and attained last year, as 70% of the units collected by the department came voluntarily from the public.

The Georgetown City Council recently received two new vehicles valued $3m.

Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon has announced that Guyana will host the 18th Meeting of the Council of the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) in June.

MIAMI, (Reuters) – Days before Allen Stanford’s  business empire came crashing down in February, the top  regulator in the Texas billionaire’s Caribbean banking base of  Antigua and Barbuda blithely declared that his flagship bank there  had passed a “satisfactory” test.

A 27-year-old minibus operator on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to two counts of conspiracy to commit a felony when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court, accused of tendering a forged driver’s licence.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is to sign a contract on Tuesday with a team from Brazil for the maintenance of the army’s flagship GDFS Essequibo.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – The final vote on a bill aimed  at letting popular Colombian President Alvaro Uribe seek a  third term next year was postponed yesterday, decreasing  chances it will pass in time to allow him to run.

The Guyana Defence Force has confirmed that Second Lieutenant Duane Rigby was dishonourably discharged from the force for being out of barracks beyond 18:00 hrs on the day two soldiers died following a boat mishap in the Cuyuni River.

VIENNA, (Reuters) – Colombia’s cocaine production  fell to its lowest in a decade last year as demand declined and  crackdowns reaped rewards, but rose in Bolivia and Peru, the  U.N.

OSLO, (Reuters) – A 13-year-old Norwegian girl is in  hospital with serious injuries after a bizarre road accident in  which she was dragged 4 km (2.5 miles) under a car before being  discovered, still conscious, and rescued, police said yesterday.