Guyana News

Officials of the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security will soon launch an investigation into the recent reports of child marriages.

Amid the furore over VAT, the government yesterday tabled a bill in the National Assembly to enable additions to the list of zero-rated and exempt items by way of order but a bid to have it taken through all of its stages and passed was rebuffed.

A post-mortem examination conducted on Andrew Kissoon revealed that he was shot four times.

The body of an employee of the National Communications Network (NCN) was on Thursday night discovered at the back of the building face-down inside a drain.

Sanjay’s Jewellery on Saturday handed out prizes to ten lucky customers who shopped at the store during December.

Two Dachshund puppies that belonged to a woman who was stung by Africanised bees on Thursday afternoon died at the vet after receiving over 100 stings from the deadly insects.

Courts has announced the winners of the December drawing of its “Jacpot” promotions.

Three armed men invaded a Chinese restaurant on the Grove Public Road on Wednesday night and robbed the owner of $50,000 worth of cash and cell phone cards.

Twenty-two volunteers on Thursday commenced a one-year training programme to equip them to deal with persons with disabilities so as to enable them to have equal opportunities to participate in the social and economic life of their country.

Mayor Hamilton Green recently attended the inauguration of the Minetta Foundation in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T).

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is mourning the passing of councillor Randolph Harris and remembers him as unflinching and dedicated to the welfare of the city.

The Rose Hall Town Youth and Sport Club (RHTYSC) donated a quantity of items to the Berbice Dharm Shala Senior Citizens’ Home at the launching of its 2007 $5M charity programme.

With an estimated 20,000 foreigners expected to traverse the Caribbean region for Cricket World Cup 2007, Government has some concerns about this free movement of people in relation to the country’s hosting of the Rio Summit here, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported Wednesday.

A Yarrowkabra businesswoman was robbed at gunpoint of thousands of dollars in jewellery, cash and other articles early Thursday morning when four armed men invaded her home.

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has a roster of activities planned to target youths and encourage their involvement in the arts.

The Guyana Local Organising Committee (LOC) has said that at no time did it share any information with the public or with the media stating that Guyana might not take part in the opening ceremony of the ICC CWC 2007 in Jamaica in March.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says it vehemently condemns what it terms the “unfair, uneven and vindictive act of GINA (the Government Information Agency)”, in withdrawing government advertisements from Stabroek News.

The advice of a Technical Working group on Governance was at the top of a list of priorities for the 18th Caricom Council of Ministers meeting which opened yesterday at the Caricom Headquarters, Liliendaal.

Members of the City Constabulary have recovered three busts that were removed from the Non-Aligned Monument at Company Path Garden, Avenue of the Republic on Thursday.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) is to establish a Wide Area Network (WAN) which is expected to boost government’s move to reform its taxation system.