HAVANA, (Reuters) – U.S. supporters of improved relations with Cuba joined the top leadership of the Caribbean country today to inaugurate a replica of a New York statue of its independence hero Jose Marti.
The body of a male who about 6 last evening left his Cummings Lodge home in the company of some female friends to attend an entertainment show at the Ogle Community Centre, ECD , was later discovered in a pool of blood on the northern half of the Oleander Garden Public Road, ECD, the police said today.
Two East Coast Demerara residents are currently hospitalised at the Mahaicony Cottage Hospital in stable condition nursing several gunshots wounds while investigators are making efforts to apprehend the alleged shooter who is known by the victims, the police said today.
Former president Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday voiced his willingness to testify if a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) is set up to investigate the deaths of hundreds of persons during the unprecedented crime wave that began his tenure.
The Caribbean Agricultural Research Development Institute (CARDI) plans to roll out a mega stock feed project this year using some 5,000 acres of land that it has been granted by government to set up a farm and factory, sources say.
Cognisant of the impact that diabetes is having on the local population, the Banks DIH Ltd Group is working assiduously to ensure that no linkages are drawn between its products and the disease so that it can continue to avoid any possibility of a “sugar tax.”
Although stressing that there is “no rift” between the PPP and the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers’ Union (GAWU), Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday criticised the cooperative stance taken by union leader Komal Chand following a recent meeting with government on restructuring the sugar industry and managing the impact on workers.
Social Cohesion Minister Dr. George Norton says he authorised the rehabilitation of State House in the absence of a constituted board of the National Trust and that despite the public outcry, he sees no problem with the green colour it was repainted in.
President David Granger on Friday evening said that Guyana is heartened by the support from the Indian government for the reformation of the sugar industry in Guyana and the development of the country’s renewable energy resources in accord with the country’s ‘Green State Develop-ment Strategy.’
With over 4,000 ex-sugar workers now without a job, the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) is hoping to complete the training of 2,000 of them by the end of the year.
Medic Lorlene Ramsundar is on a mission to ensure that every woman she meets knows the importance of having a Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) or a pap test done, both of these reveal whether cancerous cells are present on the woman’s cervix.
Works for the rehabilitation and expansion of the Shelter belt Water Supply Facility, at the Guyana Water Incorporated, are expected to be executed soon following the award of a contract, which will be funded through an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) programme, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced on Friday.
Although noting that his recent appointment prevents him from speaking definitively, Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman Justice (retired) James Patterson says that he does not see the entity’s procurement practices as a major issue.
Relatives and friends of those who lost their lives during the Lusignan Massacre were on Friday afternoon encouraged to remain resilient and strive for continued unity as a community.
A Clifton, Corentyne businessman says he is now counting over $80 million in losses after a fire of unknown origin destroyed his home and business during the wee hours of Friday morning.
A security guard on duty at the Department of Culture, Youth and Sport’s Training Centre at Vrymen’s Erven, New Amsterdam, Berbice was robbed by armed bandits in an early morning attack yesterday.
An autopsy has confirmed that Irvin Rodriguez, who was found dead at Conservancy Dam, Canal Number Two, West Bank Demerara, died as a result of injuries he sustained during a fall and two men who were arrested in connection with his death have since been released.
President David Granger has extended an invitation to the UN Heads of Programmes in Guyana to a roundtable discussion which would allow for them to interface directly with Cabinet members.