Guyana News

Mark Hillman, the 17-year-old who was found guilty of selling ganja, was yesterday ordered to enroll in the USAID Skills and Knowledge for Youth Employment (SKYE) programme for the next two years.

DaSilva’s Optical opened its newest location yesterday, at the LENS building on the Parika Highway, East Bank Essequibo.

The village of Aishalton, in South Rupununi, Region Nine, received a boost to its health sector after receiving two All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs), a motorcycle and a quantity of medical supplies last weekend.

Residents of Palmer Street, La Grange, West Bank Demerara have voiced concern over the damage being done by a private business that is utilising heavy-duty trucks on a street that was repaired last year.

The “E” Field Sophia ‘mud dam’ is to be replaced with a concrete road to give residents better access to their homes.

The family of a missing woman, who has not been seen for just over three weeks, is appealing for help to find her.

Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, on Monday attended the final Clinton Global Initiative’s (CGI) Annual Meeting in New York.

Food for the Poor, in collaboration with the Regional Administration, has distributed a quantity of supplies to several Region 9 villages.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC — Favourites West Indies take on an unpredictable Pakistan in the opening Twenty20 International of their three-match series here Friday, hoping to make a bold statement and enhance their status as reigning World champions.

Following a visit by its officers, the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) said that passenger and cargo vessels can traverse the part of the Mazaruni River where a sunken dredge is located.

While the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is seeking developers to fund new real estate projects it is to take back lands from errant developers such as the Baishanlin-owned Sunset Lakes for failing to meet contractual obligations.

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) is investigating allegations made against two of its Board members by Essequibo cable broadcaster, Kenwin Charles, Board Chairman Lennox Craig says.

A young couple of Cumberland Village, East Canje, Berbice was robbed of a total of $500,000 in cash, jewellery and items around 02:00 am yesterday.

An East Canje, Berbice, mother of four, who pleaded guilty yesterday to attempting to traffic cocaine concealed in fake compartments of her suitcases, will be spending the next three years in prison.

Hosting the 17th Summit of the Heads of state and government of the Non-Aligned Movement last week, Venezuela got an earful on its territorial claim to Guyana which has seen increasingly tense relations between the two countries over the last 15 months.

Feasibility studies for aquaculture were conducted at the Wales Sugar Estate as part of its diversification plan  but a source said the conditions were unsuitable causing GuySuCo to proceed with rice cultivation instead.

The alleged bandit who was fleeing from the police on Tuesday afternoon during which a woman was accidentally shot was turned in at the Brickdam Station by his mother yesterday.

The mother of the baby who fell on the Georgetown Public Hospital’s (GPH) floor during delivery a month ago said that Neurosurgeon Dr Amarnauth Dukhi has told her that his fractured skull needs at least six weeks to heal.

Onika Luke, the 16-year-old student who was shot while working as a waitress at a Chinese restaurant, has been discharged from the hospital but is now faced with respiratory complications.

A New Amsterdam businessman was yesterday robbed of his gold chain costing $700,000.