Guyana News

Less than two weeks after he assumed office as the Tenth Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana Professor Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith has said that he is not prepared to be the VC of a university where politics intrudes and undermines the work of students and faculty.

Twenty ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) are now in China undergoing specialised training, GINA said on Thursday.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Carl Greenidge yesterday assured that United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is still actively considering the way forward to resolve the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy.

The addition of some persons to the Board of Trustees of Region 10 Broadcasting Inc (RBI) has generated controversy with at least one regional councillor threatening protests over the appointments and the manner in which they were done.

The partially decomposed body of a man who was missing for two days, was yesterday afternoon found in a canal at Onderneeming, Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara, a short distance from his home.

An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) needs assessment project will get underway in hinterland and rural communities in Guyana soon, GINA said yesterday.

A Yarrowkabra man was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison and fined $2.7 million after being found guilty of having marijuana in his possession for trafficking.

Police have detained a man in connection with the deaths of two Kamarang girls after a tree fell on them on Thursday in the Region Seven village.

A cash-strapped City Hall still owes hundreds of millions of dollars to contractors and two major projects have been temporarily shelved due to the cash crunch.

Two men, accused of having marijuana for trafficking, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday and one was remanded to prison while the other was granted bail.

Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday called for government to do more to help the people of Region 5 who have been hard-hit by flooding.

The Working People’s Alliance (WPA) yesterday called for a review of plans for parking meters in the city and it welcomed the intervention of central government in this case.

Having endured a scorching drought up to May this year,  Region Nine is expected to have 25 new wells by the end of the year, the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) says.

The Ministry of Public Health in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Security by year end will be rolling out the first phase of an emergency medical services project which will see a drastic improvement in the response time and transport of injured persons to the hospital.

A 24-year-old man accused of shooting a teen on Monday during an argument at Kuru Kururu, Linden/Soesdyke Highway, was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

The probe into the disappearance of two phones from the home of Traffic Chief Dion Moore following a fire on May 31 is still ongoing, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle says.

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is awaiting the green light from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure to being works on the dilapidated Stabroek Market wharf, Town Clerk Royston King says.

In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, Hand-in-Hand Mutual Life Assurance Company Limited is hosting a free Medical Clinic today.

Seventeen houses will be constructed and 26 roofs replaced in 12 communities as part of the CH&PA’s new sustainable hinterland housing project in Regions One and Nine.

The Bartica/Potaro Road in Region Eight which will connect Bartica to Mahdia is to be rehabilated.