Guyana News

Amid stinging criticism that the government had deliberately neglected President’s College, Education Minister Priya Manickchand yesterday pointed to the $241M set aside for the institution in this year’s budget and pledged that it will remain a school of excellence.

The government has approved measures to restrict the importation and use of styrofoam products, GINA said last evening.

By Jeff Trotman Bus drivers on the Linden/Kwakwani route and residents of Ituni set up two road blocks yesterday at Ituni in protest at the deplorable state of the road.

The Guyana Sugar Corpora-tion has produced just over 4,000 tonnes for the week, bringing the total sugar production for the year to a poor 81,000 tonnes, far from the 240,000 that had been projected at the start of the year.

Muammar Jabbar is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Tolasicy Marshall called ‘Talo’, which was committed on August 20, 2013, at James Street, Albouystown.

A minibus driver was charged yesterday with killing an elderly Bagotville cyclist through dangerous driving.

The Ministry of Public Works is refuting claims that it offered some residents of Timehri North compensation or a transportation allowance for their relocation at a meeting that was held on Wednesday.

Ganesh Narine, who is accused of killing his common law wife, is now on trial in the High Court before Justice James Bovell-Drakes and a jury.

President Donald Ramotar is scheduled to join his colleague South American Heads of State in Suriname for the Summit of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) today.

A man was yesterday charged with damaging two wheels belonging to the Ministry of Public Works.

As victims of a recent fire at Cotton Tree, West Coast Berbice try to rebuild their lives, they received a cash donation from the University of Guyana Berbice Campus (UGBC) yesterday.

A husband and wife now face charges of assaulting each other after a row turned physical.

A dispute between a landlord and a tenant landed both of them in court yesterday on abusive language charges.

Muammar Jabbar is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Tolasicy Marshall called ‘Talo’, which was committed on August 20, 2013, at James Street, Albouystown.

Alfonso de Armas Mitchell and his wife Margarita have come a long way from twenty-one years ago when they first came to Guyana where he had been offered a job as a Marketing Executive with the Subryanville-based French firm, Amcar, that packages and exports Heart of Palm.

Former Auditor General of Guyana Anand Goolsarran says Minister of Finance Dr.

Residents of Timehri North yesterday protested the holding of a meeting on relocation between some of them  and Transport Minister Robeson Benn, saying attendance was restricted.

After years of deliberation, journalist Leon Suseran has decided to come out as gay, saying that he believes that openness is the path to making the country a safe and welcoming place for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) persons.

By Jeff Trotman Linden youth are being taught to prepare themselves for leadership roles by first serving the elderly in their community through a volunteer programme spearheaded by the organization, Youth Vision.

A Berbice man was yesterday charged with the murder       of chainsaw operator Chandradat Hussain who was found hanging in a logging camp at Kurduni, Berbice River last Friday.