Guyana News

The Bartica Town Council is pleading with residents and business owners to pay their rates and taxes as the fledgling municipality is “cash-strapped.”

The International Children’s Heart Foundation (ICHF) has completed 175 cardiac-related procedures during its sixth mission in Guyana, which came to an end on Saturday.

Police are monitoring at least 120 Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras set up in and on the outskirts of the city and their use has been successful in identifying and charging traffic violators, Acting Police Commissioner David Ramnarine disclosed on Friday.

Acting Crime Chief Hugh Jessemy says police are still investigating the Friday night shooting at Enmore, East Coast Demerara that left three persons injured.

The cane harvesters attached to Rose Hall estate who are currently on strike over a disagreement in relation to daily quotas had failed to meet “agreed standard requirements,” according to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).

Devon King, who was involved in an accident on the Friendship, East Bank Demerara public road which claimed the lives of two brothers Jonnel Armstrong, 28, and Phillip Armstrong, 27, remains a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit.

The young couple who were shot on Saturday night have been transferred to the wards at the GPHC where they are recovering.

Nineteen indigenous men and women from across Guyana were recognised on September 26 for their contributions to Guyana’s development at the Umana Yana.

Ten women entrepreneurs graduated on Wednesday evening from the Volunteer Youth Corps’ (VYC) business initiative, a component of the group’s Women Empowerment Programme.

Acting top cop David Ramnarine on Friday assured that the Monica Reece murder investigation is still very much alive and made it clear that he doesn’t know which police officer covered up the crime.

71 students graduated from the Schools of Music, Dance, Fine Arts (ERBSA) and Theatre Arts and Drama at the third Convocation of the Institute of Creative Arts (ICA), which was held at the National Cultural Centre on September 27.

Tinnenben Animation Studio two Saturdays ago launched its ‘Nancy School Daze’ series, funded by IPED, at the Herdmanston Lodge.

Privileged Clothing and Naked Skin Soaps emerged winner and runner-up respectively in the Scotiabank Vision Achiever LivePitch 2016 competition.

National Grade Six Assessment 2016 top performers from the East Coast of Demerara were last week  rewarded at Benjamin’s Bakery’s tenth Annual Bursary Ceremony.

A resident of St Ignatius, Rupununi in Region Nine contested as a councillor for the town of Bon Fim when Brazil held its Municipal Elections yesterday.

PORT-AU-PRINCE/KINGSTON, (Reuters) – Haiti and Jamaica implored residents in vulnerable coastal areas to evacuate and Cuba suspended flights today as Hurricane Matthew, the strongest storm to menace the Caribbean islands since 2007, spun slowly toward the region.

SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates,  CMC – Pakistan defeated West Indies by 59 runs, in the second One-Day International at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium here Sunday.

Attorney Charles Ramson Jnr has resigned as a Member of Parliament with immediate effect to pursue a Masters in oil and gas and has since registered his disappointment at the lack of youth representation in the House and the government’s refusal to send Bills to a parliamentary select committee.

The controversial award of a juice contract to Surinamese company Rudisa could be in deep trouble as the Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) was unable to do a vital test because of broken equipment and no sample from the aggrieved local bidder, Topco was provided for comparison.

Babylon, Corentyne, Berbice also called Number 64 Village is home to approximately 600 people.