Guyana News

A taxi driver was on Saturday night shot after a well-known gold and diamond dealer reportedly passed in a car and sprayed the Rockie’s business place on Light Street with bullets.

The perception that African Guyanese are not disposed to owning businesses is a myth and must be done away with, according to former Finance Minister Carl Greenidge, who says the flawed education system is partly responsible for the problem.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) and the Guyana Association of Private Security Organisations (GAPSO) will be hosting a security seminar tomorrow at the Pegasus Hotel from 9:00 to 12:00 hours. 

Former Region Ten Chairman Mortimer Mingo is the new Chairman of the Management Board of the Linden Hospital Complex.

Chairman of the Essequibo Paddy Farmers Association (EPFA), Naithram (only name)  and other rice farmers met with the GRDB and the RPA on Saturday and  the growers called for a water schedule and lamented the ongoing problem of getting payments from millers.

The family of late New Amsterdam Hospital administrator Audrey Fields last week made donations to the facility and the National Psychiatric Hospital at Fort Canje, which they believe are doing exceptionally good jobs.

Well-known Guyanese musician and teacher Derry Etkins will be facilitating a music teachers’ workshop that is being launched by the Tina Insanally Foundation today.

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) will soon begin research on mercury sources as well as its use in Guyana.

A teenager was on Friday remanded to prison after being arraigned on larceny and narcotic-possession charges.

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Mohammad Hafeez and Steven Jacobs ripped through the middle order of the Barbados Tridents to help the Guyana Amazon Warriors register a crucial 27 run win over the front runners after match 13 of the Limacol Caribbean Premier League at the Queen’s park oval here today.

At about 2115h last night, Police say that taxi-driver Troy Anthony Patrice of Lodge Housing Scheme, Georgetown, was standing on the roadway at Robb and Light streets when shots were discharged at him by persons who escaped in a motor vehicle.

President Donald Ramotar this morning said there is still a window of opportunity for the Amaila Hydropower project and he has spoken with Opposition leader David Granger urging the support of APNU.

With Sithe Global confirming its withdrawal from the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Project (AFHP) over its failure to win full support from all the parliamentary parties, Private Sector spokesmen yesterday blamed partisan politics for setting the country back and warned of growing fear among investors.

Story and photos by Tifaine Rutherford and Shakisa Harvey A long drive several miles behind the Mahaica market leads to this agricultural community that is located along the Mahaica River.

Saying it has been “tried and tested” by the opposition’s one-seat parliamentary majority, the PPP has resolved to work towards regaining control at the next elections.

Recognising the one-seat majority of the opposition parties and what was described as their “reckless” and “anti-national” positions, the 30th congress of the PPP has resolved to redouble efforts at reversing this situation at the next general election.

The Health Ministry is hoping to boost the quality of healthcare available by assigning over 300 newly-graduated Cuba-trained doctors with experienced medical personnel at public institutions countrywide.

The body of an unidentified man was spotted in a trench by passersby near a gas station on the corners of Princes and High streets early yesterday morning.

Relatives of Jennifer Persaud who along with her two sons was murdered eleven months ago say that the police have failed to investigate a telephone call which may be a key element in the case.

Diagnosed with rheumatic fever at the age of three, Tiffany Ward lost mobility in her legs when she was just fifteen, forcing her to leave school in the fourth form because of the excruciating pain she had been enduring for months.