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Child Protective and Family Services Agency CEO Rosalee Gage- Gray speaking at the Diaspora Day of Service Protect the Children Symposium at the University of Technology, Jamaica yesterday. (Michael Gordon)
Child Protective and Family Services Agency CEO Rosalee Gage- Gray speaking at the Diaspora Day of Service Protect the Children Symposium at the University of Technology, Jamaica yesterday. (Michael Gordon)

Jamaica: 11-year-old girl told to choose between being knocked out or killed after being abducted and raped

(Jamaica Observer) A report that an 11-year-old schoolgirl had been given the choice of either being knocked out or killed after she was abducted and raped in Manchester, allegedly by a 15-year old boy on Wednesday this week, shocked participants at a child protection symposium yesterday.

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third right), engages with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), at the opening ceremony for the Eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Sunday
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third right), engages with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator the Hon. Kamina Johnson Smith (centre), at the opening ceremony for the Eighth Biennial Jamaica Diaspora Conference at The Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston on Sunday

Jamaica nationals who overstay in the US at risk of being kicked out

(Jamaica Gleaner) Jamaicans who have overstayed their visas for long periods have been warned by immigration attorneys to regularise their status in the face of threats by the Trump administration to kick out millions of migrants living illegally in the United States.

David Granger
David Granger

Jagdeo ready to nominate new GECOM Chairman

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday called retired judge James Patterson’s continued occupation of the post of Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) Chair-man “untenable,” while saying that he could have a new list of nominees ready within hours for President David Granger’s consideration.

President David Granger (right) makes an inquiry during a tour of the Centre for Excellence in Information Technology, yesterday morning.  (Ministry of the Presidency photo)

Centre for Excellence in IT formally launched

The Centre for Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT), which will facilitate advanced level classroom training for public sector Information and communications technology (ICT) professionals, was yesterday commissioned at the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus.

From left are Kian Jabour, Ralph Ramkarran, Timothy Jonas and Jonathan Yearwood

ANUG pledges new deal for Guyana

A New and United Guyana (ANUG) says that whenever general elections are called, it will be ready to bring to Guyanese fresh and sincere policies in a concise manifesto document and not “glossy but empty promises” that the two main parties have given over the decades since independence.

FITUG calls for unconditional acceptance of CCJ edicts

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) has urged the unconditional acceptance of the rulings of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) regarding the validity of the December 21 no-confidence motion against the government and the appointment of the elections commission chairman and has urged leaders to find a consensual way forward.

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