Guyana News

Contracts for three major Linden projects were given the no-objection by Cabinet last week including the rehabilitation of the old Linden Hospital.

People’s Progressive Party (PPP)  General Secretary, Clement Rohee yesterday said “military influence is determining key policy issues in the country” with President David Granger and other government officials being ex-soldiers.

A post-mortem examination on the remains of six-year-old Akila Sandy who succumbed on Monday at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) from a mystery illness could not determine the cause of death.

On Saturday, 18 year old Rose Brescino was crowned Miss Santa Cruz at The Moruca Expo 2016.

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.