Guyana News

LILLE, France,  (Reuters) – French prosecutors said today they had opened an inquiry into allegations of group rape by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and three friends, as part of an investigation into his ties to a suspected prostitution ring in the northern city of Lille.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Alastair Cook and Ian Bell made composed fifties to guide England to a comfortable five-wicket win over West Indies in the first test at Lord’s today.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — ‘We don’t have the tools to prove it, but it is common knowledge that phones are tapped and people are tailed.

 (Jamaica Gleaner) Criminals lurking in legitimate business places are swindling huge chunks of money from unsuspecting Jamaicans and Jamaican companies by way of wire fraud, according to information coming from the police’s Cybercrime Unit.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO — With over US$ 260 million (112 million in 2010 and 154 million in 2011) direct foreign investments in Suriname have crossed the US$ 2 billion line.

(Barbados Nation) You are robbing yourself! That is what Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar is telling Barbados and other territories that are making it difficult for non-nationals who are educated in their countries to access jobs.

SANAA,  (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed 63 soldiers at a military parade rehearsal in the Yemeni capital Sanaa today, a police source said.

(Barbados Nation) Don’t just help REDjet; help it spread its wings too, advises Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM Robert “Bobby” Morris.

Government will this week appeal the ruling of Chief Justice Ian Chang in the action brought by the administration challenging the numerical make- up of the National Assembly’s Com-mittee of Selection, but the move is not likely to affect the work of the parliamentary committees.

Members of parliament were last evening urged to place their respective political positions behind them as they engage in a training seminar over the next two days aimed at building on the unique circumstances which now exist in the National Assembly.

A 46-year old miner was yesterday afternoon discovered with a gunshot wound to the right side of his abdomen in his bathroom by family members after they returned home from church.

The Ministry of Home Affairs says that from June 1 it will be undertaking a campaign to rid the public spaces of stray animals, noting that the exercise is being undertaken as a result of the danger these animals pose to road users.

A second attempt to torch the home of 72-year old Compton Burton was foiled early yesterday morning by an observant passer-by who quickly raised an alarm.

The Vice-Chairman of Region Six was yesterday accused by a resident of the crime-hit No 19 Village, Corentyne of breaching a promise on street lights and this prompted Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee to say that unfulfilled promises by officials give government a bad name.

The scalped corpse that was found on the Corentyne late last month has been identified as a US- based Guyanese who had returned to Guyana on holiday after being awarded a huge insurance settlement.

Education Minister Priya Manickchand says she is confident that the pilot project which was implemented earlier this year will have a positive impact on the performance of Math students who are sitting the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination.

A new project that will cost US$150,000 is aiming at capacity building for the development of Guyana’s young people and will focus on training potential youth leaders.

The U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) Economic Crimes is working with Guyana’s financial institutions to build capacity to combat and prosecute money laundering and procedures to better monitor non-bank financial institutions will also be on the radar, according to a US Embassy source.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai says Guyana’s model for Amer-indian development offers good practices and lessons.

US Sub Sandwich chain Quiznos is coming to Guyana. In an advertisement in yesterday’s Sunday Stabroek, Camex Restaurants Inc advertised for staff for the enterprise.