Guyana News

Special prosecutor Nigel Hughes yesterday told a court that he has supplied enough evidence to convict the five accused in the robbery and wounding of land court judge Nicola Pierre and her husband, Mohammed Chan.

While Guyana is on track to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and AIDS in another year, Minister of Public Health Dr.

Guyana has been urged to take the lead in the fight against stigma and discrimination in the Caribbean region by amending its Prevention of Discrimination Act to include sexual orientation, gender identity and health status.

Fearing an outbreak of gastroenteritis following the death of two babies, a couple, whose seven-month-old contracted vomiting and diarrhoea, wasted no time in air-dashing her out of Wax Creek, Upper Mazaruni in Region Seven.

Minister within the Ministry of Education Nicolette Henry has issued an apology for any “inconvenience, embarrassment or distress” caused by the opposition PPP/C’s walk out of the jubilee flag-raising event on Wednesday night over what it said was inadequate seating for its members.

A Cumberland, East Canje businessman was pounced on during the wee hours of Friday morning and robbed of approximately $1 million in phone cards.

As the investigation into Monday’s alleged staged robbery outside the Demerara Bank branch at Le Ressouvenir, East Coast Demerara continues, the police were yesterday granted more time by the High Court to keep the three suspects in custody.

In the absence of his national plan to create jobs, the Minister of Finance Winston Jordan on Monday encouraged persons to create their own businesses.

Studies have revealed that more than half of the economy was previously controlled by illegal activity, according to Finance Minister Winston Jordan.

The government on Tuesday tabled two bills signalling renewed efforts to liberalise the telecommunications sector.

Two men, Jermaine Edwards and Keno Lampkin, were yesterday accused of assaulting a woman in order to rob her.

A pensioner was on Thursday found hanging from a rope in an Alness Village, Corentyne mandir, for which he had been the caretaker.

A two-day expo at the Pegasus Hotel, which followed the launch of Guyana Fashion Week last weekend, also facilitated the local presentation of Selwyn Collins’s spiritual well-being book, The eartHeart Knows.

A man was yesterday ordered to post $160,000 for bail after he was charged with forging a deed in a bid to claim land in the city.

President David Granger, today, received a sword that once belonged to the late Rupert Berchmans Craig, one of the country’s earliest engineers in whose honour the ‘Rupert Craig Highway’ was named, a statement from the Ministry of the Presidency said.

The Ministry of Public Security today lauded what it said was the “generally incident free” jubilee celebrations.

Minister within the Ministry of Education Nicolette Henry today apologised for any inconvenience or distress  caused by the incident where the opposition PPP/C walked out of the jubilee flag-raising event on Wednesday night because seats could not be found.

The United States has again pledged support for government’s plans to lay the groundwork for the oil sector as well as the transparent management of potential revenues and to ensure that the people benefit.

President David Granger,  Chancellor of the Orders of Guyana, yesterday conferred Prime Minister of Barbados, Freundel Stuart with the insignia of the Order of Roraima, Guyana’s second highest National Award.

A Farm, East Bank Essequibo woman was killed around 2:15 am yesterday when the Route 32 minibus she was travelling in collided with another minibus close to the Demerara Harbour Bridge (DBH).