Guyana News

(Reuters) – Dwayne Smith smashed a half-century before Fidel Edwards and Marlon Samuels bowled superbly to lead West Indies to a 14-run win over Australia in their second Twenty20 international today.

Presenting a $192.8 billion budget in the National Assembly this afternoon, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh announced, among other things, that old age pension will be increased to $8,100 per month,up from $7,500 and public assistance would increase to $5,500, up from $5,100.

Police say that the body of a man identified as Rakeshwar Narinepersaud was found at about 1730h on March 23, 2012, on the roadway at Light and Fourth Streets, Alberttown, Georgetown.

ZURICH, (Reuters) – FIFA, stung by a string of corruption cases, approved plans to give its ethics committee more bite today although further reforms suggested by a independent governance expert were put on hold.

President’s College defeated Mae’s Secondary School yesterday in the final of the GT&T `Know your stuff’ quiz.

(Jamaica Gleaner) The Court of Appeal has sentenced convicted killer Jeffrey Perry to life imprisonment for the 2005 murders of three children in Killancholly, St Mary.

The University of Guyana Library, Turkeyen Campus says it will be launching its online library services on April 2, 2012 at 11:00 h in the Education Lecture Theatre.

LONDON, (Reuters) – Workers on French energy company Total’s North Sea Elgin platform repeatedly raised safety concerns about rising gas pressure but were told a leak “could not happen” only hours before one took place, a trade union leader said today.

A section of the Paradise/Foulis  road, East Coast Demerara sank sometime last night.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Pertjajah Luhur (PL) will vote for amendment of the Amnesty Act.

(de Ware Tijd) PARAMARIBO – Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the international press freedom watchdog, is strongly against the proposed amendment to the 1989 Amnesty Act.

Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit says Dominica will join the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as its final court of appeal, the Caribbean Media Corporation reported yesterday.

The New York Police Department (NYPD) said that St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ Ambassador to the United Nations, Camillo Gonsalves, was arrested and placed in handcuffs yesterday after he refused to identify himself, according to the Caribbean Media Corporation.

(Barbados Nation) Barbados’ next generation of cricketing stars have been told that they have wonderful opportunities which should not be wasted but which should be fully exploited to better themselves and the region.

(Trinidad Express) The people of this country can expect better times ahead as State- owned Petrotrin has struck “black gold” with the discovery of 48 million barrels of crude oil, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday.

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang yesterday ruled against the advice by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to charge Police Commissioner Henry Greene with rape, finding that it was irrational as the circumstantial evidence did not present a realistic prospect of a conviction.

The woman who accused Police Commissioner Henry Greene of raping her is standing by the allegation, while saying she went public to set a good example to her young daughters.

Mortgage charges brought by authorities in New York against US cricket captain and former Guyanese player Steve Massiah were dropped last week Monday following a motion by the prosecutor before Judge Joan M.

Desiree Jeffers, accused of murdering her reputed husband and dumping his body in the septic tank aback their 622 Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara home between January 19 and 20 of last year was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court when she appeared at the Wales Magistrate’s Court.

Attorney Nigel Hughes has written Chief of Staff Commodore Best requesting an immediate investigation of an allegation that the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) was involved in “setting up” three persons who  were charged with treason.