Guyana News

Leslie Wood, the taxi driver who was shot multiple times and left for dead last week, was discharged from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation yesterday.

There is no movement yet on implementing electoral reforms recommended by the Organisation of American States (OAS) following the November 28, 2011 general elections.

In an effort to assist various communities in the hinterland regions, Food For The Poor Incorporated on Friday donated a quantity of agricultural tools to the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development.

Ruqayyah Boyer was on Friday sashed and crowned Miss Guyana World 2013 and she vowed to make her country and the world proud.

Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation in Guyana, Ambassador Robert Kopecky has said that it remains committed to addressing issues related to migration in the Caribbean and will focus on increasing its value to development.

The US Embassy Humanitarian Assistance Program in partnership with the Ministry of Health, the Wismar Mosque and the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana recently hosted a medical outreach exercise and donated a quantity of pharmaceuticals to the Linden Regional Hospital Complex in Region Ten.

The police say that at about 0400h yesterday, ranks of a mobile police patrol recovered  an

The police say that at about 1730h on Saturday, ranks of a police mobile patrol stopped and searched a

PPP/C parliamentary whip Gail Teixeira says that an amendment in 2003 to the 2003 Procurement Bill phasing out the role of Cabinet had not been approved by the then government and this was why a change to the Act was now being sought.

Story and photos by Tifaine Rutherford Just before one crosses the Mahaica Bridge, there is a small fishing community tucked away between the high trees and windy roads.

Business at a popular city restaurant where alleged visa fraudster Edy Duran and his associates used to meet to discuss money transactions and prospective candidates for US visas has fallen considerably since the story broke, sources say.

The 640 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana found stashed in a container full of cars at the John Fernandes Terminal at Industrial Site, Back Road may have been heading to Europe where there is said to be an increasing demand for high grade marijuana, sources say.

Bai Shan Lin’s Chairman Wenze Chu has denied that the company, which is undertaking a US$100 million forestry operation in Guyana, has broken any law and insists that it will be adhering to the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) regulations and standards as it seeks to move forward.

At least one of the females rescued from 14 Miles, Region 7 last weekend was already known to the system as she had been removed from her mother’s home and placed in a state shelter before being returned by the authorities.

Chairman of the Upper Corentyne Fishermen’s Co-op Society and Berbice Anti-Piracy Committee (BAPC) Pravinchandra Deodat has defended the decision by his group to hand over five Guyanese men caught carrying out a pirate attack in the Corentyne River to authorities in Suriname.

There has been a detailed engineering review of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) expansion project, Minister of Public Works Robeson Benn said on Friday, and laboratory work is currently being done.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) is calling for the recently set up Central Intelligence Unit (CIU), which remains shrouded in secrecy, to be governed by a legislative framework and not by political bosses.

A 26-year-old miner was on Friday evening stabbed to death at Soesdyke during a fight with the father of his fiancée’s two children following which the alleged killer went on the run from the police.

A 23-year-old Lethem resident died from drowning as he attempted to change the gear of a truck that had skidded off a road at Katunarib, South Central Rupununi ending up in a creek on Friday night.

The presence of touts at the 32 bus park ‒ Parika  to Georgetown route ‒ continues to cause distress to passengers and minibus operators who say they want the touts off of the park for good.