Guyana News

Chief Executive Officer of Professional Guard Service (PGS) Dougal Kirkpatrick died yesterday morning at the St Joseph Mercy Hospital less than a day after he was admitted based on the advice of his doctor.

Frederick Samuels, the man who fatally stabbed a policeman and then took his own life last Friday, was known to be mentally unstable and a drug addict, family members said last evening.

As frustrations continue to rise in the rice industry over money owed to rice farmers, Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has reiterated that millers have been paid for rice shipped to Venezuela.

As a mother and wife it became excruciating for Naomi (not her real name) to watch her husband turn to alcohol for solace while neglecting the people he loved.

Under the theme ‘Foster-ing National Pride, Advancing Economic Progress,’ the 11th edition of the Berbice Exposition and Trade Fair commenced on Friday last amidst much pomp and ceremony.

School children, nurses, teachers and pensioners will travel free for one month starting tomorrow on the water taxis plying the Berbice River, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo said.

At 93, Ismay Simpson is an exceptionally strong woman who still works every day as she has been doing all her life.

Safety in the oil and gas industry was highlighted as a major issue when private sector representatives from Guyana and Trinidad discussed economic opportunities and threats to expediting the oil and gas industry on Friday.

Almost a year since the body of murdered businessman Mohamed Khan was found, his family remains disappointed with the police’s apparent sloth in bringing his killers to justice, even as Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum insists that the investigation is still very much alive.

Four persons were injured when two cars collided near Camp Ayanganna, in Georgetown, on Friday evening.

An elderly man believed to be suffering from Alzheimer’s disease left home on September 11 and has not been seen since; his relatives are appealing for the public’s help in locating him.

After a seven-year absence which could see sanctions being imposed, Guyana will be in attendance at this year’s Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour to be held in Washington from September 29th to October 1st, according to Minister of State Joseph Harmon.

Chief Executive Officer of Professional Guard Services Dougal Kirkpatrick has passed away.

“Jobs for our young men and women must be our top priority over the next five years”, President David Granger told the PNCR’s third general council meeting for the year today and the first since APNU+AFC won the presidency in May.

HAVANA, (Reuters) – Pope Francis told former Cold War foes Cuba and the United States on Saturday to set an example for the world by deepening their recent rapprochement that he helped broker.

The PPP today complained about what it said were breaches of democracy at regional democratic councils.

A young policeman died yesterday after he was brutally stabbed by a man who then took his own life by stabbing himself and slitting his own throat.

Government is looking to lease a new ferry to replace the docked MV Lady Northcote on the North West route and has promised two new ships for the route next year.

Finance Secretary Neermal Rekha, who failed to resume duty as expected on July 31st, has been replaced, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced yesterday.

The government is yet to finalise the new drug procurement guidelines and acting Permeant Secretary of the Public Health Ministry Trevor Thomas says the process may take up to the end of the year.