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Linden women in desperate need of jobs – mining organisation hears
Women in Linden are in dire need of jobs and those who have jobs mostly in the mining areas are complaining about the working conditions and being sexually harassed by employers.
PPP/C misrepresented budget cuts in Region 9 – APNU
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday said that the PPP/C has deliberately misled residents in several Region Nine communities about the 2012 Budget cuts and the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project and had failed to inform them that it has yet to receive foreign funds for the LCDS.
Prospect of Berbice oil refinery raised at Guyana, US meeting
The potential for the setting up of an oil refinery in Berbice was among several issues which were discussed when a delegation from the United States embassy engaged officials of the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment yesterday.
Market vendor on ganja trafficking charge
A 43-year-old Kiskadee Drive resident is now on remand after he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on a narcotics charge.
Committees to manage market tarmacs
Minister within the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development Norman Whittaker says committees will be set up countrywide to manage the market tarmacs built to curb roadside vending by June 1, after which all curb-side vendors must relocate.
Sophia ‘known character’ remanded over umbrellas larceny
A 35-year-old Sophia man wanted in connection with a previous offence was remanded yesterday in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on a simple larceny charge.
CARICOM SG urges regional firms to embrace innovation
CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque is calling on firms in this region to enhance their level of competitiveness through increased productivity and production and to embrace innovation.
Locals in Trini chutney finals collect prize money
The Coordinator of the Trinidad Soca Chutney Monarch contest on Monday presented prize money totalling US$13,950 to the top three performers in the local competition who participated in the recent Trinidadian Chutney finals.
GPHC midwives complete neonatal course
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in collaboration with the Guyana Burn and Healthcare Charitable Foundation Inc on Thursday presented certificates of participation to nine midwives who completed a three-day training course in Neonatal Resuscitation.
Ann’s Grove learner driver drowns in trench
A 31-year-old woman died this afternoon after the car she was learning to drive ran off the road into a trench, trapping her.
Man chopped to death at Big Creek Backdam, girl critical
A man was chopped to death and a teenaged girl was brutally hacked at Big Creek Backdam, North West District around midnight yesterday after her lover caught her with the other man.
Wife, alleged accomplice charged in scalp murder
Police have charged Hemwattie Abdulla and an alleged accomplice with the murder of overseas-based Guyanese Abdul Majid.
Broader probe underway of GRA duty-free scam
A scam at the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) now under wider investigation entailed the creation of bogus letters from government agencies requesting duty-free concessions on expensive vehicles and the subsequent forging of signatures of top GRA officials.
Phillip Moore’s body for viewing at the ‘Square’
Renowned sculptor Phillip Moore’s body will be brought to Georgetown for a viewing today at the Square of the Revolution after several cultural groups intervened on behalf of his family.
Widow of scalped US-based man held as prime murder suspect
The wife of murdered US-based Guyanese Abdul Majid was arrested on Sunday shortly after she arrived in the country and police are treating her as the prime suspect in his slaying.