Guyana News

The Ministry of Public Health has launched an investigation into the death of woman at the Diamond Diagnostic Centre on Tuesday, following a suspected miscarriage the previous week.

A Guyana Police Force corporal was yesterday placed on $75,000 bail after he was charged with obtaining gifts of gold in exchange for obstructing investigations into a marijuana matter.

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr Keith Rowley yesterday warned against overplaying small immigration issues and added that Caricom heads had agreed that in the area of free movement of nationals, the issue of security should remain with the receiving country.

The trial of Dr Jennifer Westford, former minister in the PPP/C administration, and her former aide Margaret Cummings, into the alleged theft of over $600 million from the government, which was set for commencement yesterday, was put off owing to the misfiling of statements.

The National Blood Trans-fusion Service (NBTS) yesterday said that it is in dire need of blood to satisfy the ever growing demand.

A little more than two weeks after the body of pork knocker, Shawn McDonald was discovered in a container of his camp at Kurupung, Region Seven, three men accused of killing him were charged and remanded to prison last week.

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), the National Drainage and Irrigation Authority (NDIA) and the Region Three Administration will be undertaking  drainage improvements  in Lust-en-Rust and parts of Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara.

A 26-year-old pregnant woman was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison and fined nearly $2 million after being found with cocaine for the purpose of trafficking at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri.

A Route 40 (Kitty/ Campbellville) bus driver and his conductor were both brought before a city Magistrate yesterday where they were charged with unlawfully wounding a passenger.

Several Region Five communities are again flooded as a result of heavy rainfall over the past few days, GINA said.

The Guyana Cancer Prevention Society (GCPS) is holding a public lecture on cancer of the cervix at the George-town Public Hospital today at 6 pm.

The Aircraft Owners Association of Guyana (AOAG) has been restructured and will function under new By-Laws as a not-for-profit company, a release from the AOAG said on Friday.

At its meeting last week, Cabinet have its no-objections to a series of major road contracts including one for $67.7m for the Puruni to Itabali Road, Region Seven and another for $63m for Garden of Eden (GoE).

Residents of Port Kaituma in the North West District on Tuesday protested in front of the Matarkai Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) over the state of their roads but relief may soon be on the way  as the government has given the green light for $58.8m in road contracts for the region.

Courtney Benn Contracting Services Limited has secured a $52.9m contract for the Demerara Harbour Bridge Corporation.

A South Road resident was yesterday sent behind bars after he pleaded guilty to two counts of breaking and entering a city store.

A 57-year-old man was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to cocaine possession.

Guyana is poised to tap into Central American markets after signing a trade  memorandum with Belize.

Nicholai Price, Clerk of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament is currently in London at a workshop on the financial oversight of aid effectiveness hosted by the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA).

A Japan-financed project to fortify the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) has seen the construction and rehabilitation of six of the network’s 33 intake/relief structures.