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(Trinidad Guardian) Police have opened an investigation into who was responsible for the sexual abuse of a 12-year-old girl who recently gave birth to a baby boy at the San Fernando General Hospital.

Nearly a year after being ousted from office, a  clash has erupted in the PPP leadership with former President Bharrat Jagdeo at the centre of the maelstrom and a crucial party congress is likely to be deferred as  officials tussle to consolidate their positions.

Local distributor International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) Guyana Ltd’s refusal to comply with an order to withdraw Lailac Infant Milk from circulation should see the case being turned over to the police, Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton has said.

Several homes at Helena #2, Mahaica, were flooded on Friday after water overtopped the Mahaica Creek dam which has sunk over the years.

While many celebrated Mother’s Day yesterday, Champa Seenarine grieved, still wondering about the fate of her daughter Babita Sarjou who vanished without a trace almost six years ago but there is some hope as the police have reopened investigations into the matter.

The forensic audits commissioned into various state entities are guides for corrective action and preventing recurrences, according to President David Granger.

Region Nine’s business prospects will receive a boost with the completion of the Industrial Site in Lethem which is being redesigned by SRKN Engineering Company.

After a part of the Coldingen, East Coast Demerara road collapsed last week, residents filled it with sand as a temporary fix and are calling on the authorities to repair it.

Minibus operators and taxi drivers who were displaced from Stabroek Square as a result of the clean-up of the area say they are clueless about their future even as the city says it is looking at their situation.

Almost four months after Ann Mohammed was struck down and killed minutes from her work place at Coverden, East Bank Demerara, no one has been charged and her family is pleading with the authorities for swifter justice.

A shop owner was on Friday placed on bail after he denied charges that he had an illegal gun and ammo and had threatened a fellow trader with them.

Police in Berbice are hunting a gang of five bandits, said to be based in Rose Hall, which operates in twos and threes and Commander of ‘B’ Division Ian Amsterdam has asked citizens to be on the alert.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said yesterday he was open to raising taxes on the rich, backing off his prior proposal to reduce taxes on all Americans and breaking with one of his party’s core policies dating back to the 1990s.

The National Assembly on Wednesday night reflected on the life of the late Haslyn Parris who was lauded for his contributions to Guyana particularly in the areas of state planning and the development of the Bauxite Industry.

MANILA,  (Reuters) – Voting for a new Philippine president began last night local time after an acrimonious election campaign that revealed popular disgust with the country’s ruling elite for failing to tackle poverty and inequality despite years of robust economic growth.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – A former Brazilian finance minister and the current head of the nation’s state development bank allegedly pressured big construction firms into making campaign donations for President Dilma Rousseff, a newspaper reported yesterday.

HARARE, (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s tax authority, ZIMRA, has suspended its chief and five managers in connection with the purchase of luxury cars which were undervalued by a local dealer in order to pay lower import duty, it said yesterday.

LA PAZ/SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Bolivian President Evo Morales accused Chile yesterday of threatening the landlocked Andean nation by establishing a military base near their shared border, an accusation that Chile’s government said was false.

JOHANNESBURG, (Reuters) – South Africa’s top anti-corruption official fears for her life after learning from an informant that hit men are being contracted to kill her, her spokeswoman said yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) – Marvel-Disney’s “Captain America: Civil War” has opened the summer spectacularly with a dominant $181.8 million weekend at 4,266 U.S.