Guyana News

A man, who said he beat his 14-year-old daughter for sleeping out and continually having sexual relations with adult men, was yesterday sentenced to six weeks imprisonment by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

A mother is alleging that her eight-year-old son, a student of St Angela’s Primary School, has been abused by teachers and students on numerous occasions with no action being taken by the authorities.

Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman yesterday said that the President Donald Ramotar’s line in the sand over bills passed by the opposition without government input is a sign of frustration.

Opposition party AFC has urged that steps be taken to appoint a substantive Auditor General, while also warning that a conflict of interest would result from the promotion of Gitanjanli Singh—wife of Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh—to a key post in the Auditor General’s office.

Former Finance Minister Carl Greenidge yesterday said that it is important that the National Assembly be poised to intelligently examine and effectively debate matters surrounding the accountability of the use of public resources and allegations of corruption in the procurement process.

President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Clinton Urling has suggested that civil society be involved as observers to the tripartite talks between government and the parliamentary opposition parties.

Even as protesting workers called for him to step down citing weak leadership, the University of Guyana (UG) administration yesterday announced that Professor Compton Bourne has been re-elected as Chancellor for a period of three years.

A committee to select the University of Guyana’s new Vice-Chancellor (VC) has been established and four candidates have since been shortlisted; they are expected to soon be interviewed before one is chosen to take up the office vacated by Professor Lawrence Carrington.

The Youth Coalition for Transformation (YCT) is calling for the general public to support a boycott of the Hits and Jams (H&J) Production’s Jamzone Summer Break 2012, while accusing the promoters of taking a backseat in recent promotions to avoid scrutiny.

The production of laptops at Haier Electrical Appliances Ltd’s plant at Industrial Site, Ruimveldt is imminent as critical components of the assembly line are currently being installed at the site.

Quoting reggae legend Bob Marley, an upbeat Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee yesterday re-commissioned three police stations on the East Coast Demerara as part of the Citizens Security Programme (CSP).

The Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) received 35,055 applications during its latest continuous registration exercise, which ended on Monday.

A father of five, accused of hitting his wife with a rolling-pin in a fight over his missing pigeon, was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The sea defence structure at Maryville, Leguan is almost complete. Enterprise, Leguan resident Cheddi Dhanraj told Stabroek News on Tuesday that the work on the sea defence wall,

The West Demerara Chamber of Commerce has been resuscitated and is being led by a seven-member steering committee headed by Ramesh Sugrim.

MEXICO CITY,  (Reuters) – Mexico on Friday admitted it had mistakenly claimed to have captured a son of Mexico’s most wanted drug lord, Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman, which the ruling party had hailed as a major victory in its war on cartels.

(Trinidad Guardian) Republic Bank yesterday issued a statement in which it “categorically” denied that it has had any banking relationship with Oscar Sanchez, the Cuban-American man who is due to appear in a Miami court today to answer charges of money laundering and attempting to defraud the US national health insurance programme, Medicare of US$373 million.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chief executive officer of First Citizens Group, Larry Howai, is T&T’s new Finance Minister.

BELLEFONTE, Pa., (Reuters) – A jury found former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky guilty on 45 of 48 child sex abuse charges on Friday, ending a trial that rocked U.S.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar tonight announced her administration’s second reshuffle, firing two Ministers, demoting others, and creating several new ministries.