Guyana News

Guyana is no longer the suicide capital of the world, having fallen to fourth place, according to crude statistics on the World Health Organization (WHO) website.

The unidentified body of a woman was found yesterday morning in a room at the John’s Hotel on George Street, Werk-en-Rust.

With heart disease continuing to be the leading cause of death among Guyanese, the recently-established Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) is meeting the needs of patients by offering specialized treatment and care.

Although already overpaid for by $1.1 million, rehabilitation works for the fencing at the Christianburg Wismar Secondary School will have to be re-budgeted for in 2018 to see its completion, and the accounting officer of Region Ten believes “unethical staff” are to blame.

Alliance For Change (AFC) Leader Raphael Trotman says he is concerned that the criticisms that the party has fallen silent on the constitutional reform calls it championed while in opposition, have been vague on what direct fixes were needed.

Residents of Constituency 10, Albouystown/ Charlestown say they have seen changes in their communities, since the election of Team Legacy’s Malcolm Ferreira as a councillor at the March 18, 2016 Local Government Elections.

In keeping with having an open government and having the citizens of the country informed about   his ministry’s progress, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman said that by the end of 2017 the ministry would have completed 60 outreaches in various communities in every region.

Two weeks after his disappearance, family members of a missing Mabaruma pensioner are still in the dark about his whereabouts.

Four persons were lucky to have not sustained any serious injuries after the car three of them were in slammed into a minibus on D’Urban Street yesterday afternoon, pitching it into a nearby drain.

The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (Pancap) will host a meeting of youth leaders this weekend in Port of Spain, Trinidad to discuss the role of youth in the response to HIV and AIDS, and draft a framework for regional youth advocacy.

Global REACH Guyana (GRG), an organization that assists other non-governmental organizations with providing financial aid and support to vulnerable groups, the sick, and the abused, recently made a donation of a projector and projector screen to the Rotaract Club of Georgetown Central.

Having distributed more than 2,000 kites over the past two weeks, President David Granger yesterday indulged a bit in the Easter tradition during a walkabout in the National Park.

First Lady Sandra Granger yesterday attended a fundraising Easter Hat Show and Brunch hosted by Women Across Differences (WAD) in the garden of the Critchlow Labour College, Woolford Avenue, Georgetown.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana,  CMC – Guyana Jaguars defeated Windward Islands Volcanoes by an innings and 122 runs before lunch on day three of their final round game in the Regional four-day championship at the Guyana National Stadium on Monday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped a turbulent debate over illegal immigration today, turning away an appeal by a group of asylum-seeking Central American women and their children who aimed to clarify the constitutional rights of people who the government has prioritized for deportation.

While government has maintained that the 14 percent Value Added Tax on private school fees will remain for this year, governing coalition partner, the Alliance For Change says it will continue to push for its review amid grumbling by top officials and other supporters of the party.

Former Speaker of the National Assembly, Ralph Ramkarran has come out in strong support of the controversial State Assets Recovery Bill which was passed in the National Assembly on Thursday.

It has taken Parliament’s Appointment Committee 15 months to identify an accountant for the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) – a key node in the fight against money laundering.

Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman says the Ministry is currently looking at various options that will “cancel out what is seen as an oppressive 14% VAT” on value-added forest products.

The Queen’s College ground has been cleaned and cleared of tall weeds and builder’s waste around two weeks after Stabroek News reported on its deplorable condition.