Guyana News

(Jamaica Observer) Shanique Myrie, the Jamaican woman who claimed she was finger-raped by Barbados immigration and security officials and then thrown out of the Caribbean country, was yesterday granted leave by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to take her case to a full sitting of the court in a landmark case against Barbados.

(Jamaica Gleaner) Minister of Youth and Culture Lisa Hanna on Tuesday proposed that any parliamentary deliberation of reparation from Britain be delayed.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Government has revealed it has no intention of continuing to bring in senior police officers from the United Kingdom (UK), as it has done in recent years, to assist their Jamaican counterparts in crime-fighting and other law-enforcement endeavours.

(Barbados Nation) A medical practitioner and his wife were each granted bail when they appeared in court yesterday charged with the theft of over Bds$1/2 million.

NEW DELHI, (Reuters) – India test-fired a long range missile capable of reaching deep inside China and Europe today, television stations showed, thrusting the emerging Asian power into an elite club of nations with intercontinental nuclear defence capabilities.

APNU has signalled that it would work with the government for the approval of the national budget and joint talks yesterday produced an increase in the old age pension to $10,000 along with the opposition coalition’s decision to withhold support for the AFC’s move to cut public spending.

Photos by Anjuli Persaud Hundreds of public servants took to the streets yesterday to protest budget cuts proposed by the AFC, after being told by government that it would result in many of them losing their jobs.

In a protest over the planned increase in power tariffs, the mining town of Linden shut down for the day yesterday and hundreds of protesters poured into the streets to condemn the  government plan announced in this year’s budget.

Truck driver Jadesh Dass, whose body was found with what appeared to be a huge gash to the head, suffered two gunshot wounds at close range to the right side of his temple and his forehead, a post-mortem examination has revealed.

A post-mortem examination performed on the remains of taxi driver Balram Jadoonauth by Dr Nehaul Singh revealed that he succumbed to a perforated lung and liver due to gunshot wounds.

Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkette on Tuesday said that Guyana is hoping to increase cooperation with Brazil to a level on par with what has been achieved with Suriname.

Canadian High Commissioner David Devine on Tuesday commissioned a guest house and boardwalk at Lake Capoey Village, which are aimed at providing employment through the promotion of eco-tourism.

The British High Commission yesterday donated 50 assessment kits, comprising supplies and equipment for physiotherapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy, to the Ministry of Health’s Rehabilitation Division.

A post-mortem examination which was performed on Mahaica toddler Rebekah Seetaram who was bitten about her body by rats some three weeks ago revealed that several brain abscesses contributed to her death.

Despite assurances that there would have been significant participation on the final day of the Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Conference being held here just a handful of hurriedly mobilized University of Guyana students were present yesterday and they did not actively participate in the session.

The Linden branch of the National Library hosted its second annual Regional Authors’ Fair awards ceremony, which is the realisation of a collaborative project between a Peace Corps Volunteer and the Region 10 Department of Education.

The 62-year-old man who was accused by neighbours of committing a sexual act with a 13-year-old girl remains in police custody, four days after the incident allegedly occurred.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack is still to reveal how she intends to proceed on the decision by Chief Justice Ian Chang (ag) to quash her advice to charge Police Com-missioner Henry Greene with rape.

The Linden Mayor and Town Council plans to install overhead barriers across several roads to the limit access of heavy-duty vehicles to heavily-populated areas, in an attempt to boost road safety and preserve the longevity of the roads.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports said preparations for the second Inter-Guiana Cultural Festival (IGCF), which runs from August 23 to August 26, 2012, are on schedule and publicity for the event will be increased after a theme and logo is approved at an upcoming meeting.