By Jeanna Pearson in Grenada
Guyana was placed under the microscope yesterday at the opening of the 60th Caribbean Public Health Agency Research Conference in Grenada, when several health researchers who presented on the prevalence of violence and injury in the Caribbean, ranked this country as one of the top distressed countries.
Vendors at the Kitty Market say they are fed up of the deteriorated condition of the historic structure and are hoping that the situation will be finally addressed.
After hours of deliberations, directions, redirections and a lot of back and forth, a jury yesterday found Charles Anthony Woolford guilty of manslaughter in the killing of his beautician wife Latoya Conway-Woolford in 2009.
Nikita Semple, the granddaughter of Colleen Forrester who was murdered and dumped in a septic tank in 2007, yesterday testified to hearing a scream while going down the backstairs of the William Street house and finding herself locked out, when she tried to get back in.
While government ministers under the Donald Ramotar administration were accessing millions for medical aid, including for cosmetic procedures, some ordinary citizens were not getting the help they needed in cases that sometimes were sometimes life or death.
Former president Donald Ramotar and other People’s Progressive Party (PPP) members and supporters yesterday hit the streets to protest the recent general elections results and to press for the resignation of Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally.
Members of the disciplined forces turned out in their masses to cast their votes yesterday and Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom) Chairman Dr Steve Surujbally said the process ran “smoothly” despite a few minor hitches.
A main bridge leading into the Eastville Housing Scheme at Annandale, East Coast Demerara yesterday morning collapsed under the weight of a heavy-duty truck transporting sand to build the access road into the neighbourhood.
The Guyana National Youth Council (GNYC) yesterday officially launched its ‘Vote Like A Boss’ campaign, in a bid to increase the engagement of young people in decision making ahead of the upcoming May 11 general elections.
Hundreds of people swarmed a small church in Albouystown yesterday afternoon to bid farewell to slain political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing who was hailed as a defender of democracy.
At 92-years-old, Beryl Austin expected to be living in a nice retirement home with clean rooms and freshly washed sheets as she watched re-runs of the Matlock show; never did she imagine she would be fetching buckets of water from a faeces-surrounded pipe to flush a dirty out-of-order toilet.
Story and photos by Jeanna Pearson
Sandwiched between the Plaisance and Vryheid’s Lust communities, Better Hope is a beacon of togetherness with its friendly villagers and rustic homes.
Maintaining that the record of his testimony during his magistrate’s court trial for possession of explosives was flawed, Donald Rodney yesterday showed investigators the scene of the explosion which killed his brother Dr Walter Rodney on June 13, 1980.
Nineteen-year-old Marina Persaud, who gave birth on Christmas Day at the Georgetown Public Hospital, died of a ruptured intestine, an autopsy report revealed.
A row between the main sugar union GAWU and GuySuCo over the firing of a Skeldon employee looks set to continue as the arbitrator in the matter has failed to make an award.
After two days of incessant rainfall, Hope Estate farmers are now grappling with millions of dollars in estimated losses after acres of cash crops were destroyed in the flooding.