Guyana News

After several months of uncertainty as to when they would be employed, the 92 Cuban-trained doctors who completed their final year internship and graduated in August have finally seen a development in their case.

The owner of Street Styles Boutique, Carl Innis who was shot on Saturday night in front of his business and robbed is in stable condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit officers on Saturday intercepted a Guyanese male (46 years old ) at CJIA with 4.1 kilos of cocaine hidden in the false wall of his suitcase .

A mason was on Friday arraigned on four counts of armed robbery where more than $2.2 million in cash and cellphones was taken.

Claude Peters, the taxi driver who was charged in July with misusing money given to him by a Nigerian national to buy an engine, has been fined $100,000 by a city court after being found guilty.

Effective October 30, customers of Digicel can register free of cost to access the services of Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company Limited (GTT)’s mobile money.

A young mother was on Friday accused of stealing over $100,000 in jewellery from another woman.

Raymond Samaroo, the man who was previously charged with stealing the same car twice, has been accused of stealing another vehicle, just one day after he was granted bail by a city court.

On October 26, Caricom Secretary General Irwin LaRocque made an official visit to Brazil at the request of Brazil’s Foreign Minister, Mauro Luiz Vieira.

A joint charge is expected to be instituted against the five men accused of robbing Land Court Judge Nicola Pierre and her husband.

A workshop was held two Fridays ago to improve the delivery of technical and vocational education in Guyana.

The first phase of the rehabilitation of the Georgetown drainage system has concluded, with 45% of the main drains cleared and a combined expenditure of more than $195 million.

COLOMBO, (Reuters) – Sri Lanka paceman Suranga Lakmal took three quick wickets before Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed a 32-ball 59 to lead Sri Lanka to a tense one-wicket win in a rain-curtailed first one-dayer against West Indies on Sunday.

The 476 pounds of gold stolen during an armed robbery in Curaçao in November 2012 definitely came from Guyana, according to Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman who said that a report compiled by Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) officials who had travelled to the Dutch island contained nothing useful.

Getting an abortion in Guyana is legal. It has been so for 20 years and after all the hiccups the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) is offering the service free of charge to all women.

“It never used to pain every day and all day. But…when you feel the pain, you can’t move,” 11-year-old ovarian cancer survivor Shelly Debidin said, as she described the beginning of what would months later prove to be an ordeal.

By Major General (retd) Joseph G Singh (Former Chief of Staff 1990-2000)   Today the Guyana Defence Force observes its 50th Anniversary.

John Phillips, a former well known face on the local theatre scene has been doing quite well for himself in Canada and now wants to return to Guyana and conduct workshops to help young actors and actresses.

At her funeral service yesterday, human rights’ activist Zenita Nicholson was remembered for the contributions she made to helping others, though no one knew she too needed help.

Having the ability to request personal banking information from institutions will afford the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) the opportunity to reconcile information provided by taxpayers.