Guyana News

The National Public Health Reference Laboratory is expected to have the capacity to conduct testing for the Zika virus and  similar viruses before the end of the week, according to  Minister of Public Health Dr.

The mother of 26-year-old Levan Chanderpaul of Lot 116 Number 68 Village who was found bound and with chop wounds about his body, at the backlands in the village in August is calling for justice.

Guyana has been cleared for the issuing of the Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) and this has been hailed by Minister of Education, Dr Rupert Roopnaraine.

The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) benefitted from the handing over of an All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) worth $3M at Shulinab on Friday.

The government of Guyana met yesterday with stakeholders to discuss the revision of the National Occupational Safety and Health (OS&H) Policy and to create an action plan for the OS&H Council, GINA said.

A 31-year-old woman will spend time in prison after she admitted to stealing $280,000 from a friend.

A 33-year-old Jamaican claiming Guyanese parentage was yesterday granted bail after he was accused of overstaying his time.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC — The West Indies Cricket Board said Wednesday it planned to pump more than half-million United States dollars into the women’s game, in a move that will see an increase in player retainer contracts and fees starting next month.

Heavily criticised over the way it recently handled matters with two female employees, state TV NCN today issued a statement in which it said Communications practitioner Abraham Poole had found no covert or overt gender bias.

President David Granger yesterday accused Venezuela of thwarting all attempts by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon  to find a way forward in settling its longstanding border controversy with Guyana and made an impassioned plea to the UN for protection against threats to this country’s security.

Kevin Stephens, the MMC Security Force guard who allegedly shot and killed his colleague during an argument on Saturday, was yesterday charged with murder and remanded to prison.

As the city moves towards implementing a paid parking system, concerns have been renewed about the company contracted for the project and the new face leading the initiative.

Mark Joseph, the driver of a pick-up that collided with a car along the Unity Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD), resulting in two deaths last Friday, was yesterday charged with two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and was remanded to prison.

Several days after reports surfaced about female students of the Santa Rosa Secondary School being strip-searched over accusations of stolen money, acting Chief Education Officer Marcel Hutson yesterday said that he was unaware of the incident but promised an investigation and appropriate action.

A mother of eight was accidentally shot in the vicinity of the Stabroek Market during a shootout between a policeman and a fleeing bandit yesterday afternoon.

Slain Guyanese educator Marisha Bowen had no apparent connection to the man who attacked her, according to The Nassau Guardian.

The police have wrapped up their investigation of the fatal collision on Sheriff Street, Georgetown, which claimed the life of four-year-old Abeka Trotman, and they are now awaiting legal advice on charges.

Delay in the judicial system is like a cancer, according to Trinidad & Tobago President Anthony Carmona, who yesterday also underscored the importance of restorative justice to help reduce crime.

Front desk staff at the Sleep-In Guest House on Church Street were left traumatized last evening when armed bandits swooped on them and relieved the receptionist of $100,000 in cash before escaping in a waiting car.

The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday claimed that Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Dr.