Guyana News

Candace Marshall, one of three women jailed for fraudulently converting in excess of $48 million from Telecom Solutions Guyana Inc, has been granted her release on $500,000 bail pending the outcome of an appeal.

Billion-dollar bids were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) for the procurement of pharmaceuticals for the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation.

Banks DIH Limited says it has won the “Coca Cola Excellence Cup” for Performance excellence (small markets), winning the award over other leading bottlers of Coca Cola within the regional Latin Centre Business Unit (LCBU).

Childcare and Protection Agency closed today The Childcare and Protection Agency will be closed for business today due to the Agency’s Staff Conference.

The National Toshaos Council (NTC), in a recent statement, blasted the Office of Climate Change (OCC) for what it said was the lack of engagement of the NTC and the indigenous peoples on the ‘opt-in’ mechanism.

The National Accreditation Council (NAC) is encouraging all institutions offering educational programmes in an academic or vocational field leading to certification at the post-secondary and tertiary level to seek registration in 2017.

A family is to today receive a new home thanks to the Beharry Build Partnership – A Dollar Makes a Difference programme.

A Middle Road man was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in jail after being found guilty of escaping lawful custody.

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) on Saturday mourned the passing of its President Eon Caesar.

First Lady, Sandra Granger yesterday held a graduation ceremony to mark the conclusion of a one-month Instruction on Table Management and Menu Planning course for the staff at State House.

The 1990s, the Queen’s Park Oval, West Indies playing – India, if memory serves, but mine is more likely to spit in my soup – and Carl Hooper slid down the wicket, like a cobra on cocaine, to lift some poor sap – Anil Kumble?

The Rotaract Club of Georgetown (RCG) on December 10, 2016 spread Christmas Cheer to 124 children drawn from their Sophia Literacy Programme (SLP) and seven orphanages in and around Georgetown, Greater Georgetown, Linden and the East Coast of Demerara, a release from the club said.

E.R. Braithwaite, the Guyanese author, educator and diplomat whose years teaching in the slums of London’s East End led to the international best-seller “To Sir, With Love” has died at age 104, The Associated Press (AP) reported today, Braithwaite’s companion, Ginette Ast, told AP that he became ill on Monday and died at the Adventist HealthCare Shady Grove Medical Center in Rockville, Maryland.

ST JOHN’S, Antigua,  CMC- The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) today paid glowing tribute to Clive Lloyd, the former West Indies captain for his 50 years of service to the game.

A 21-year-old Guyanese man gunned down in New York in bed beside his girlfriend was killed over US$1,200 in stolen cash, sources said Monday, according to the New York Daily News.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC- Former West Indies batsman Jimmy Adams is the new director of cricket for the West Indies Cricket Board, according to regional media reports.

A Number 79 Village cambio dealer was robbed of millions in cash and jewellery early yesterday morning when a gang of 14 men, who were heavily armed including with AK-47s, invaded his home.

The members of the special team being assembled to prosecute the alleged criminal offences stemming from the sale of land at the ‘Pradoville 2’ Housing Scheme have been chosen, Minister of State Joseph Harmon has revealed.

The project to build a wind farm at Hope Beach is moving forward but will have to be scaled down by at least 50%, according Lloyd Singh, one of the investors of Guyana Wind Farm Incorporated (GWFI).

A Berbice River resident is seeking answers and compensation from the Guyana Police Force and the Minister of Public Security after a group of policemen unlawfully occupied his home for several days when they were sent to the area to conduct drug raids.