Guyana News

A taxi driver who allegedly raped a seven-year-old child he was hired to take home from school was remanded to prison yesterday after he was charged.

In separate statements, the United Nations Security Council and CARICOM yesterday expressed deep concern at deteriorating conditions in Haiti and urged dialogue among stakeholders.

The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MoPI) returned more than $4 billion in loans provided for the execution of various projects after seeing very little to no movement on four projects, says MoPI Minister, David Patterson.

Arguing that he was unlawfully discharged from the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) by the Chief of Staff to deprive him of his pension and other financial benefits, former captain Rawle Blake has sued the state.

The  driver who struck a pensioner along the Nigg Public Road, Corentyne on Tuesday morning killing her has since been released on station bail.

Farmers at Cane Farm in Mocha are the most recent beneficiaries of the Ministry of Agriculture’s sponsored Rural Agricultural Infrastructure Development (RAID) programme after receiving 300 coconut plants.

A youth, 17, was yesterday accused of assaulting an elderly woman with intent to rape her.

The long-delayed Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) Expansion Project is 93 percent complete and management has use of almost the entire facility.

History was made Monday when John Mootooveren became the first person of Guyanese descent to be appointed City Council president of Schenectady in New York according to the timesunion.com.

A Georgetown salesman is now hospitalized at the New Amsterdam Public Hospital with serious burn injuries to his face and shoulders after he was doused with hot oil by his girlfriend in Gangaram Village, East Canje, Berbice yesterday afternoon. 

Members of the Guyana Elections Commission were informed on Tuesday that two technical officers from the Electoral Commission of Jamaica will be providing assistance to GECOM under the auspices of the International Republican Institute.

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) on Wednesday launched its Medical Surveillance Programme which will allow for the analysing and monitoring of employees’ health before and during employment.

The High Commission of India yesterday celebrated the 16th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) – Indian Diaspora Day – at its Swamy Vivekanand Cultural Centre in George-town.

The Ministry of Education yesterday handed over steelpans to the Port Mourant Secondary School and the Skeldon High School in Region Six.

A miner who robbed his lover during a three-day stay at the Status Hotel in Georgetown was granted bail on Wednesday after he was charged for the offence.

Government officials in Region One who are eagerly waiting for the construction of the Moruca Maternal Waiting Home to commence says that once it is built they are confident that it will boost health care in the Region.

The police today said that Turkish national Ugur Turetgen, 44,  is wanted  for questioning in relation to fraud and immigration violation.

Yesterday, the Cheddi Jagan International Airport’s  (CJIA)  water supply was disrupted resulting in the terminal buildings being out of water for several hours.

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is updating the recently published Revised List of Electors (RLE) to reflect changes in addresses and other information of some persons, a move that the opposition PPP/C has dubbed “illegal” but GECOM says the law caters for this to be done.

After weeks of mixed signals from President David Granger and APNU, it now appears certain that if the coalition government gets back into office, AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan will be the prime minister.