Guyana News

Women’s rights activists are disappointed at the decision to overturn a recommendation that Police Commission-er Henry Greene be charged with rape, and a call was made for him to answer for professional misconduct over the admission that he had sex with his accuser.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) at the behest of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment has initiated an investigation involving the Audit Office and Police into the fraudulent conversion of funds related to prospecting and mining permits for an overseas mining company.

University of Guyana (UG) staffers and students will be lobbying all Members of Parliament (MPs) to support a petition to replace the current university council, which they blame for presiding over the institution’s deterioration.

The Electoral Assistance Bureau (EAB) wants voter education to be taught in schools, saying that Guyanese are largely unprepared for elections because of the absence of a sustained civic education programme.

Residents of the Whim/ Bloomfield Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC), Corentyne complained bitterly about the deplorable condition of the cemetery road at Whim and called for it to be fixed immediately.

The APNU has rebuffed statements coming from Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr.

APNU front bencher Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine is defending the move by the opposition for a majority on the Parliamentary Management Committee (PMC), while dismissing criticism that it would harm cooperation with government.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) said that there was never any agreement among the Opposition groups to exclude the Parliamentary Management Committee from those whose composition they are attempting to change through motions seeking to amend the Standing Orders.

The Guyana Revenue Authority yesterday said that on March 23, 2012 its enforcement arm seized $15M of uncustomed alcohol at Mahaica and five persons were arrested.

The  attorney representing a D’urban Street taxi driver who is on charges of discharging a loaded firearm, illegally entering Guyana and committing a common assault told the court that this may be a case of mistaken identity.

General Manager of the Transport and Harbours Department Marclene Merchant says the Lady Northcote is back in operation and sailed to the North West District event free.

A vendor who admitted to damaging the front windscreen of his half brother’s bus was ordered to pay a fine of $30,000 or serve six weeks imprisonment by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

A taxi driver on a charge of fraudulent misappropriation was placed on $75,000 bail  yesterday by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A US Army veteran who is accused of assaulting a peace officer, disorderly behaviour and resisting arrest by a peace officer during an incident at the US Embassy was placed on $50,000 bail  by Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

CARICOM Secretary-General, Irwin LaRocque, said yesterday that the impatience of the region’s citizens to enjoy the benefits of integration should serve as an impetus to ensure the urgent resolution of  outstanding issues that hinder Community nationals, including the private sector, from taking full advantage of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). 

A woman and her young male neighbour were placed on $15,000 and $12,000 bail respectively when they appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer charges of unlawful wounding, common assault and malicious damage to property.

An Alliance For Change (AFC) team in a recent outreach to Region Five was told by residents about problems they are encountering with the National Insurance Scheme, Guyana Water Inc.

The International Qaseeda Competition 2012 will be held on April 6 and 8 at the Anna Catherina Islamic Complex (ACIC).

Professional Guard Service will be hosting a special award ceremony for several members of its staff who served with distinction during the last quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of this year.

A Camp Street prisoner was yesterday wounded during an early morning fight and after being treated at the Georgetown Hospital was returned to the correctional facility.