Guyana News

When Malinda Freitas found out she was pregnant eight months ago, never did she imagine that she would end up delivering twins, much less at 8,000 feet in the air.

A miner was stabbed to death on Monday evening at Jackass Landing, Puruni River, Mazaruni, after he was accused of “name talking.”

Three men were on Monday charged with murdering Corentyne businesswoman Su Di Wong, who was shot dead after gunmen invaded her home six months ago.

A Charlestown woman is now in prison on a charge of possession of cannabis for trafficking after police found the drug in a bag she allegedly threw away.

At least one person has died as a result of a mining accident in the Omai area, Region Eight.

Chairman of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) Edward Boyer on Monday said that the commission will not encourage any form of bullyism from the city council on the controversial container fee.

After hours of deliberations, the National Assembly late Monday evening approved over $2 billion in extra budgetary funds to meet a variety of needs including sums for a University of Guyana Medical School re-accreditation site visit, an out-of-court settlement for works done at the Haags Bosch Sanitary Landfill and salaries for the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU).

Former presidents Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar will be part of a panel at a public forum organized by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) at 5:30 pm today.

Tenders were opened yesterday for the construction of three pump stations on the East Coast.

Sugar workers from the LBI and Enmore estates yesterday took strike action as they continued to protest the merging of the two entities.

A Venezuelan national was yesterday sentenced to three years in jail by a city court after she admitted to illegal possession of ammunition.

Region Six’s Regional Democratic Council (RDC) has proposed spending $9M to rehabilitate the dilapidated Amerindian Hostel at Stanleytown, New Amsterdam.

The prosecution’s failure to file and serve statements to defence lawyers on Monday prevented Freddie Kissoon from testifying in the trial of the men charged with dousing him with human faeces.

The Fourth International Congress on Biodiversity of the Guiana Shield was declared open by President David Granger at the Arthur Chung Convention Centre on Monday, as efforts to protect and preserve a billion year old Guiana Shield intensify.

President David Granger on Monday lauded the Upper Mazaruni 19th Annual District Games, which is being hosted at the Kamarang Sports Ground in Cuyuni-Mazaruni from August, 7-15.

The Trinidad Civil Aviation Authority today said that Guyanese travelling to the US via Port of Spain will have to be screened by security there.

Police say they are investigating an armed robbery which occurred about 2100h.

Police are investigating the murder of Clint Peters, a miner, which occurred about 7 last night at Jackass Landing, Puruni River, Mazaruni.

Following requests, Stabroek News publishes below the address delivered by President David Granger on Sunday at the Cuffy 250 organisation symposium.

In its haste to save the country a few million dollars a month, the government single sourced a contract to store pharmaceuticals under the Ministry of Public Health and while the company’s name was revealed, Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton would not provide the names of its principals or the duration of the contract.