Guyana News

High incidences of postpartum haemorrhaging and gestational hypertension were yesterday cited as the primary reasons for maternal deaths in Guyana.

After being told that the court registry could not locate the case file for the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into a murder charge for which he is serving as special prosecutor, attorney Glenn Hanoman yesterday voiced his concerns over the “strange things” that have occurred in the case.

A Trinidadian national was yesterday remanded to prison after he was charged with incurring over $300,000 in debts at two different hotels.

An arrest warrant was yesterday issued for Shawn Hinds after he was a no-show at the continuation of his trial for allegedly dousing newspaper columnist Freddie Kissoon with faeces.

Guyana-born UK resident Gina Miller, co-founder of an investment management company, has made headlines after successfully leading a lawsuit that calls for members of Parliament to have a vote on Britain’s exit from the European Union.

Eight teams turned out yesterday to vie in Guyana’s first hackathon, a 48-hour non-stop coding competition, hosted by the Ministry of Public Telecommunications under the theme, “Code til yuh drop.”

By Zoisa Fraser in Ohio*   Both the Republican and Democratic parties have expressed confidence about winning the key swing state of Ohio, with the latter saying that it wants a landslide victory so that a message can be sent that a person like Donald Trump is not fit to be president.

The dismissal of a simple larceny charge against former Director of the Guyana Power and Light Inc.

President David Granger says he would like to see fewer guns in the hands of private citizens.

Cabinet has approved the immediate implementation of several proposals presented by Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman to reform the Guyana Gold Board, State Minister Joseph Harmon announced on Thursday.

The Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charges against Alfie Garraway, Janiel Howard and Leroy Williams, the three men accused of throwing a grenade at Kaieteur News, continued yesterday with evidence being given by a police witness and the network administrator for the company.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,  CMC – The West Indies Cricket Board has refused to confirm whether marquee batsman Darren Bravo was offered a lower level Grade C central contract for the upcoming year.

The Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC) says it is considering raising land rents as one means of increasing revenue.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Opener Kraigg Brathwaite’s monumental performance in the third Test against Pakistan has seen him vault into the top 20 of the International Cricket Council Test player rankings.

The Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions has condemned a news item in today’s Guyana Chronicle which stated in part that state prosecutors shun highly political cases.

Jaipaul Sharma, Minister within the Ministry of Finance today met with Commissioner of Police Seelall Persaud at the Commissioner of Police’s office to hand over the Final Reports of the Forensic Audits of the Sparendaam Housing Project-(Special Investigation of the Central Housing and Planning Authority) and the Guyana World Cup/Guyana World Cup Inc.

There will no longer be any action in respect to the compulsory acquisition of two plots of land at Carmichael and Middle streets belonging to High Commissioner to Canada, Clarissa Riehl and her husband and the Beharry Group of Companies, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced yesterday.

A 19-year-old man was remanded to prison on Monday on a charge of murder over the beating to death of another with a cricket bat.

The bandit who was shot dead on Wednesday morning, after he and another man attempted to break into a Diamond, East Bank Demerara home, has been identified.

  Bartica resident Jaiwattie Singh yesterday recounted a raid by unknown bandits, who riddled her home with bullets on the night of February 17, 2008 and carted off a quantity of gold, and left her family still traumatized to the present day.