Guyana News

Taking the stand yesterday to tell his story of how he was nearly killed, Deonarine Persaud recalled being chopped several times by his neighbour on the night of September 24th 2011.

A youth was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with the attempted murder of a man, who remains hospitalised in a critical condition.

Three men were yesterday apprehended by police not long after allegedly committing a robbery on an Anna Catherina, West Coast Demerara businessman.

In separate attacks, burglars robbed the Bedford Methodist Church and the nearby clergy house in Georgetown over the weekend.

A man was yesterday remanded to prison by a city court on a breaking and entering and larceny charge.

A porter was yesterday charged with using a forged cheque to purchase seven TV sets.

A young plumber accused of stealing a woman’s gold chain was granted his release on $50,000 bail last Friday after denying the charge.

Several Canadian gold mining companies operating here have underlined plans to invest tens of millions of US dollars in expansion projects here.

Yesterday,  Nicolette Henry, Minister of Education and  Antoine Joly, Ambassador of the French Republic discussed what could be done to improve and expand the teaching of French in schools with a view to exchanges for students and teachers between the two nations.

President David Granger on Wednesday called for the protection of the Americas’ natural capital by the development of a concerted approach to the environment.

The 2015 fire at the Guyana Forensic Science Laboratory (GFSL) destroyed an office, Director Delon France says.

BOSTON/GENEVA – In an age of rapid technological innovation, it is shameful that almost two million people will die from tuberculosis this year because they are too poor to afford treatment.

Some American citizens will see a fee increase the next time they apply for their American passports, a release from the US Embassy said today.

A man who said he was on the roof of a Carifesta Avenue building on March 15 at the time that three men were shot by the police along the seawall has given an account of the events that differs from the version provided by law enforcers.

Former Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday said the Ministry of the Presidency’s intervention with the post office over stamps to commemorate the centennial birth anniversary of former President Cheddi Jagan was unlawful.

More than two decades after the Colombian Embassy was closed here, Georgetown and Bogota over the weekend discussed having one re-established and the prospects look favourable.

Several homeowners from the upscale Windsor Estates on the East Bank of Demerara say they are disappointed with the quality of homes constructed by developer of the gated community, Navigant Builders Inc.

Commanding Officer of the 6th Construction Engineering Battalion of the Brazilian Army, Lieutenant Colonel Vandir Pereira Soares Junior and Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig yesterday wrapped up a three-day visit to the identified locations to finalise the preparations for drilling of eight water wells in the Rupununi in October this year.

President David Granger yesterday commissioned a community radio station at Orealla, Region Six – the latest in a series across the country.

The Camp Groomes soldiers who were injured in a deadly explosion in December 2000 are expected to have a meeting with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on  Wednesday to discuss the matter of their compensation.