Guyana News

Minister within the Ministry of Public Health, Dr. Karen Cummings along with a team of senior officials on Tuesday visited the Lethem Hospital in Region Nine to address a number of issues and there was a promise that specialists would be sourced for the institution.

Nick Omari Joseph, the St Lucian Cub Scout who was seriously injured in an incident involving a car last week at Woolford Avenue, has been moved to the Children’s Ward of Georgetown Public Hospital as his condition continues to improve.

A 20-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to 12 months’ jail time, after he admitted to a magistrate that he broke into a shop and stole chicken and other items.

A 55-year-old man is lucky to be alive after he was struck off of his bicycle by a vehicle on Brickdam, on Tuesday night.

The Government is committed to working towards the provision of an enabling environment for job creation for young Guyanese, President David Granger has said even as he discouraged them from seeking state jobs.

First Lady, Sandra Granger on Tuesday opened the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Guyana Robotics Camp for thirty students in the Buxton-Friendship area.

The Preliminary Inquiry into the charge against Regan Rodrigues for the murder of political activist Courtney Crum-Ewing was cut short yesterday on account of a witness falling ill.

A homeless man was placed on remand by a city magistrate after he denied damaging a car that was parked in Alexander Village.

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon today denied that Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of the Presidency Omar Shariff had reported to him that he had discovered massive fraud and that this was the reason why he, Shariff, was under probe.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 3, CMC – West Indies and India played to draw on the final day of the second Test at Sabina Park on Wednesday.

Despite the fact that the government is undertaking a legal review of the contract for the controversial parking meters project, the company involved is pressing ahead with public consultations.

Three Corentyne farmers were yesterday charged with the murder of the two men and teenage boy who were found shot to death at Mibicuri almost two weeks ago.

Five policemen attached to the Brickdam Police Station were yesterday charged with robbing miners of a total of 15 pennyweights of raw gold.

Former President Donald Ramotar says that he saw no conflict of interest in Omar Shariff working at the Office of the President as Permanent Secretary (PS) and running a business simultaneously since nothing in his contract with government prohibited it.

A contractor died yesterday afternoon after he reportedly fell from the roof of a bond he was working on at La Bonne Intention (LBI), East Coast Demerara.

A pedestrian was killed on the Number 51 Village Public Road on Monday evening while returning from a religious function near his home.

Scores of Eastern Airlines’ passengers were left stranded at the Pegasus Hotel after enduring two days of “delayed flights” that have left them frustrated.

Sixteen-year-old Ashley Bissal, whose family moved from Guyana to New York two years ago, is missing.

Days after being hospitalised with a yet to be diagnosed illness that claimed the life of their six-year-old sister, toddlers Destiny and Devine Sandy have started to show signs of improvement.

The suspected owner/driver of the getaway car used by the men who gunned down taxi driver Orin David on Monday was arrested shortly after and the police are currently pursuing four other suspects, including two known characters.