Guyana News

The UK Home Office last week announced arrangements for the introduction of pre-entry tuberculosis (TB) screening in Guyana for those applying for long-term visas.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee was yesterday admitted to the Woodlands Hospital.

Murder accused Cyon Collier, called ‘Picture Boy,’ yesterday denied the fatal shooting of brothers Ray Walcott, called ‘Sugar,’ and his younger brother, Carl Andrews, called ‘Alo,’ at Victoria, East Coast Demerara in September 2006 In an unsworn statement in the High Court, Collier once again maintained his innocence in the murders, for which he is being retried.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is now hosting a job bank on its website to facilitate job placement for at-risk youths.

Justice James Bovell-Drakes yesterday quashed the committal of murder accused Leon Paul and granted him $250,000 bail, after upholding submissions that his committal was bad in law.

The mother of Koodesh Daljit, 22, who was remanded to prison for murdering a teenager at Rosignol, West Bank Berbice (WBB) is living in fear after threats to burn her son’s house were apparently carried out.

A second accident on the Essequibo Coast in less than eight hours claimed the life of another man on Wednesday night.

Cabinet has given its no-objection to five contracts, three of which are for road rehabilitation and construction in Region Four to the tune of $143 million.

A West Ruimveldt man was yesterday remanded on an attempted murder charge after a court heard that his alleged victim had to have one his kidneys removed.

West Coast Berbice resident Ian Fraser will be spending the next two years in jail after he admitted to stealing from his cousin.

Despite significant strides in the fight against the spread of malaria, Vector Control Services faces several difficulties, ignorance by the general public about the disease as well as a shortage of equipment.

Murshid (leader) of the Guyana Islamic Trust (GIT) Haseeb Yusuf is well on his way to recovery at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH), a family member said yesterday.

Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon on Wednesday announced that Cabinet has offered no objections to an MoU between Guyana and a Canadian firm to recycle solid waste.

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) awarded four young women awards valued at least $100,000 at its 2012/2013 Chief-of-Staff Awards.

APNU MP Joseph Harmon is questioning whether government is using funding approved by the National Assembly to move ahead with the Cheddi Jagan International Airport expansion, while saying the opposition is still to receive word from government on its concerns about the project.

Sterling Products Limited (SPL) commissioned its new state-of-the-art Yo’great Yogurt manufacturing plant last Friday and it is examining entry into two key Caribbean markets by the first quarter of next year.

Inadequate education and health provisions, as well a problematic market system were some of the issues heard by Minister within the Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker during a recent visit to communities in Region Ten.

The Gandhi Youth Organization on Woolford Avenue on Tuesday held a satsangh to commemorate its 60th anniversary.

Months of wrangling by the political parties over who was to blame for the threat of blacklisting ended tonight with the opposition voting in Parliament against the anti-money laundering bill.

Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee was today admitted to the Woodlands Hospital.