Guyana News

Some progress was made by government and APNU members of the parliamentary select committee examining the Anti-Money Laundering/ Combating the Financing of Terrorism  (Amendment) Bill during a six-hour meeting yesterday, but the talks will continue today to iron out two outstanding issues, Attorney General Anil Nandlall said last evening.

Police on the West Demerara are investigating the sexual molestation of a five-year-old girl and up to late yesterday afternoon, three persons were being questioned.

GPL’s Chinese-funded US$45 million Transmission Upgrade programme will not put an end to the company’s technical losses says Prime Minister Samuel Hinds who adds that about US$100 million more will be needed to work on secondary distribution circuits and feeders.

A 33-year-old Berbice man was taken into police custody for reportedly abducting a schoolgirl and sexually assaulting her on Thursday morning.

Following a three-day ‘awareness’ trip to the Cuyuni area, Region 7, the Guyana Women Miners Organisation (GWMO) said it remains concerned about the conditions under which women in the interior are forced to work and about the number of young girls who are still being trafficked.

Political parties should be included under the ambit of new anti-money laundering laws, Accountant Christopher Ram has urged a parliamentary committee.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall has rejected a charge by Opposition Leader David Granger that the anti-money laundering amendment bill gives excessive powers to the Executive, saying that it is no different from similar legislation around the world.

The opposition has brought about real change, according to Opposition Leader David Granger, who says there has been a strengthened National Assembly and greater scrutiny of the executive despite constraints.

No clear government policy has yet been articulated as it relates to possible activities at the New River Triangle in southern Guyana.

Damaged fuel injectors for a generator that supplies electricity to Port Kaituma residents have resulted in a series of outages in the area over the past two weeks, but Regional Vice Chairman Fermin Singh said power will be restored by Wednesday the latest.

The city and several communities on the outskirts were yesterday afternoon hit by blackout and the electricity for most areas was not fully restored until almost four hours later.

Relatives of an Anna Catherina man who was found floating face-down in the Cornelia Ida koker around 6 am on Friday say that they do not suspect foul play in his death.

The police say that at about 2100h on Friday evening, police ranks conducted a search on a residence at YY, North East La Penitence, Georgetown, during which an unlicensed 9mm pistol with five rounds was found.

A KFC delivery man was yesterday afternoon rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was involved in an accident with a minibus on Mandela Avenue.

An overall increase of 7% in serious crimes has been recorded at the end of January 2014 in comparison to January 2013, the police said yesterday.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall today denied a charge by Opposition Leader David Granger that the anti-laundering bill being discussed confers excessive powers on the Executive.

(Reuters) – The International Cricket Council (ICC) board passed key structural and financial reforms today, effectively placing India, England and Australia in charge of the game.

Western missions yesterday urged cooperation by all parties to finalise the anti-money laundering amendment bill, while warning that serious consequences would result from the country being black-listed by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

APNU leader Brigadier (Ret’d) David Granger will be moving for the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry (COI) into police torture.

A logger was found dead yesterday at Kwakwani and his wife is believed to be the person responsible.