Guyana News

On his first official visit as President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, President Nicolás Maduro and his Guyanese counterpart President Donald Ramotar recommitted to the United Nations Good Offices process in the search for a peaceful and practical settlement of the border controversy between the two South American neighbours.

By Gaulbert Sutherland Photos by Arian Browne At the RH Hotel in Mahdia, it is easy to believe that you are on a Caribbean island.

A businesswoman was yesterday morning found dead in her Diamond Housing Scheme home, which was doused with diesel and partly burnt.

Leader of the Opposition David Granger has written to Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman requesting a meeting on government’s refusal to act on a slew of motions and bills passed in the House during 2012 and 2013.

It has been five years since Tenisha Morgan mysteriously vanished and many still believe that she is the key to the alleged murderous rampage of the now dead Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins and execution style killing of his sister, which occurred in the months following her disappearance.

An 18-year-old North West District resident died yesterday morning at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) days after she had a caesarean-section operation during which she delivered a healthy baby girl.

The Guyana Sugar Corpora-tion (GuySuCo) will meet with the National Assembly’s Economic Ser-vices Commit-tee once again in October, when the state-owned entity will have to answer to how consistently it has met the indicators set by the European Union (EU) for funding and how the money was used.

David Ramdial, the Blairmont sugar estate worker who was struck by lightning on Friday morning, remains a patient in the Georgetown Public Hospital, relatives said yesterday.

A month after the decomposing body of Delon Melville was found in the Mocha backdam, the dead man’s family says that the police’s sloth in acting on information has lessened the chances of a breakthrough in finding the perpetra-tor(s).

At about 0115h yesterday, police say that Brazilian miner Jose Alves Silva, 43 years, was driving an ATV along the trail at Buckhall, Essequibo, when he swerved from an oncoming vehicle and crashed.

A post mortem examination was yesterday performed on the body of Samantha Cummings of Better Hope by Government Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh who gave the cause of death as abscess in the liver, her relatives said.

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green will be holding a special stakeholders meeting on Tuesday to initiate a public education programme on waste disposal in the city, the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) said on Friday.

Presidents Ramotar and Maduro sign copies of their joint declaration at the International Conference Centre yesterday.

Leader of the Opposition David Granger has written to Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman requesting a meeting on government’s refusal to act on a slew of motions and bills passed in the House during 2012 and 2013.

A businesswoman was this morning found dead in her Diamond Housing Scheme home which was partly burnt, police said.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – President Barack Obama today backed away from an imminent military strike against Syria to seek the approval of the U.S.

At about 0115h. yesterday, police say that Brazilian miner Jose Alves Silva, 43 years, was driving an ATV along the trail at Buckhall, Essequibo, when he swerved from an oncoming vehicle and crashed.

Minister of Finance Dr Ashni Singh yesterday reported that the economy grew by 3.9 percent in the first half of 2013 but with sugar contracting by 32.5 percent, the projected growth for the entire year has been revised downward from 5.3 percent to 4.8 percent.

By Tifaine Rutherford  A 17-year-old sugar worker was killed and seven others injured in separate lightning strikes at the Wales and Blairmont estates yesterday.

On the eve of the visit of Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, teams from the two countries held a series of meetings here yesterday on areas of cooperation and Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh lauded the PetroCaribe fuel programme.