Guyana News

BEIJING, (Reuters) – Ambitious Chinese Communist Party leadership contender Bo Xilai has been sacked from his post as head of the city of Chongqing in a dramatic move that exposes growing ideological divisions just as a new generation readies to take power.

A second batch of solar panels for the government’s hinterland electrification programme is expected to be delivered today.

Several dozen persons were last evening stranded on board the North West ferry MV Kimbia, which broke down soon after departing Port Georgetown for the hinterland.

The AFC is requesting an audit of some $29M spent by government for “mobilization payment” on infrastructural works for the specialty hospital being constructed at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday decided to continue with the case of Luis Hopkinson, a convict accused of armed robbery, after he had earlier claimed that he was incarcerated at the time the offence was committed.

A Guyanese woman is among three persons who are to appear in a South African court next week after she allegedly attempted to smuggle cocaine into that country concealed in three laptops  on a flight out of Brazil.

The Tobago Hill community will soon reap the first harvest of hassar reared under the National Secure Livelihood Project (NSLP) in Region One, where other projects are also thriving.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon yesterday at his weekly post-Cabinet media briefing said that Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the One Laptop per Family (OLPF) Sesh Sukhdeo resigned after tensions surfaced.

Laparkan Shipping has moved its Miami warehouse operations to a new state-of-the-art facility, which started working on Monday.

Relatives of an 18-year-old mother of two, who died almost three months ago as a result of injuries she sustained during a botched abortion, are calling on the Medical Council of Guyana to conduct a speedy investigation and have the doctor  implicated brought to justice.

Software is expected to be introduced which will improve the collection of rates and taxes by $18 million, councillors heard yesterday as Acting Chairman of the Mayor and City Council’s Finance Committee, Junior Garrett, continued his presentation of the 2012 budget.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID/Guyana) has hosted several workshops in preparation for the launch of a two-year Skills and Knowledge for Youth Employment (SKYE) Project in April to equip young adults for the job market and entrepreneurship.

Ramon Gaskin has been appointed head of the Implementation Com-mittee for the reform of the Georgetown Municipality and will be moving to breathe life into the recommendations of the Commis-sioner of Inquiry headed by Keith Burrowes more than two years ago.

An eight-year-old girl was yesterday struck down by a motorcyclist on the pedestrian crossing, a few metres away from her school.

The National Insurance Scheme yesterday assured that it is catering for persons who are not internet and IT savvy and who cannot download and complete forms electronically.

The government and the opposition parties last evening began tripartite talks on the Amaila Falls hydropower project.

Acting Auditor General Deodat Sharma says that the furore over the $90 million allocation for the Guyana Police Force is a matter over which he is empowered to initiate an investigation, once it is in the interest of the public to do so.

Relatives of a teenager missing since March 7 are appealing to the public for help in locating the girl.

The AFC says it is outraged at what it said is the continued arrogance and disregard being exhibited by RUSAL’s subsidiary, the Bauxite Company of Guyana Limited which didn’t attend yesterday’s arbitration meeting ordered by the Minister of Labour into a longstanding dispute with the union GB&GWU.

Acting Chief Justice Ian Chang on Monday discharged a Conservatory Order granted to Synergy Inc, allowing the government to take possession of the equipment which was being used to build the road to the Amaila Falls Hydro Project.