Guyana News

A 22-year-old accused of murdering another man during the course of a robbery yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The USAID-funded $300m Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project to be implemented by the International Republican Institute (IRI) will be of great value, according to Opposition Leader David Granger Granger, also leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) was speaking  to reporters yesterday on the government’s rejection of the project on the grounds that it was insufficiently consulted.

The driver accused of causing the death of Chief Librarian Gillian Thompson on Christmas Eve was yesterday placed on $500,000 bail after he appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on four charges.

Junior Bourne, who was charged with the murder of Canada-based Guyanese Rawle Harding three years ago, was yesterday found not guilty in the High Court.

The construction of more turnkey homes and allocation of 6000 houselots are among key projects that will be pursued by the Ministry of Housing in 2014.

A three-year-old Amerindian girl was brutally attacked and dragged from the steps of her home by a jaguar yesterday at Isseneru in Region 7.

Courts (Guyana) is scheduled to launch their online sales website in January 2014, according to Director of Marketing, Molly Hassan.

Heavy rainfall over the past two days has caused flooding in the Pomeroon River area and some parts of Charity on the Essequibo Coast, but the water has started to recede in some places.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) MP Deborah Backer has taken ill and has been hospitalised, Opposition Leader David Granger says.

Columnist Ralph Ramkarran has defended the award of the mining survey permission in the south east of Guyana to Muri Brasil Ventures Inc.

Another phase of construction will soon begin for Guyana’s first synthetic Track and Field Facility.

Another march organised by the Guyana Public Service Union was yesterday called off and First Vice President Mortimer Livan said this was due to the late response of the police in granting permission.

The bridge on the Lethem trail which collapsed last week, virtually bringing the community to a standstill, has been repaired.

Guyana has the worst road fatality ranking of all Anglophone Caribbean countries, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has said.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) expends over $100 million annually to care for seriously injured traffic-related accident victims APNU member Dr George Norton says.

Radio Guyana Inc (RGI) announcer, Oswald Singh, 55,  died of a massive heart attack on Monday and will be buried today.

The Rose Hall Town Youth & Sport Club (RHTYSC) came to the rescue of a person in dire circumstances and presented a quantity of items to accident victim, 33-year-old, Goobraj Durjan.

Residents of Wakenaam were thrilled on Saturday to have a ‘Santa Claus Parade’ for the first time on the island, compliments of a former resident and the Aditya Kids Trust Fund Foundation (AKTFF).

When two-year-old Vishal of Nigg, Corentyne was born, his mother, Jenita Seyhodan noticed that his head had an unusual shape but she still hoped that he would be normal.

With the anticipated regular flights of the Venezuelan national airline, CONVIASA Airlines between Venezuela and Guyana, Guyana Government officials as well as officials from the Venezuelan national airline say the new service will not only enhance the travel opportunities between the two nations but will also boost trade and economic cooperation.