Guyana News

Professor Daizal R. Samad, Director of the University of Guyana’s Berbice Campus (UGBC) has stated that it is very important that the next Vice- Chancellor of the University of Guyana (UG) be one who has national and international experience in the academic arena as well as “true academic quality”.

Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green is calling for three of City Hall’s top officers to be sent on leave to facilitate an investigation, in the light of the findings of a recent probe that suggest major fraud in its operations.

A day after he was brutally chopped at Barakat Backdam, Cuyuni River, a miner yesterday succumbed to his injuries.

A Stabroek Market vendor was injured yesterday when he was pinned as a result of a collision between a minibus and a RAV 4 sports utility vehicle along D’Urban Street, Lodge.

Autopsies will be performed on the bodies of the men recovered after the mishap in the Puruni River on Monday.

A human rights expert says that by virtue of Guyana keeping on its books laws that criminalise homosexual behaviour, persons from the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgendered (LGBT) community face inequality on a higher scale than other marginalised groups.

A Venezuelan woman who entered Guyana illegally was yesterday fined $50,000 and ordered to be immediately deported when she appeared at the Georgetown Magis-trates’ Court.

An attempt was made early yesterday morning to torch a building that was owned by slain Pest Control Plus boss Mohammed Baksh, who was gunned down in an execution-style shooting a week ago.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) performed its first haemodialysis treatment on Wednesday on one of three machines that were donated to the institution.

Charges are still to be laid against the 62-year-old man accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in the backyard of his Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo home.

The AFC said its investigations into allegations of financial and administrative irregularities between two of its leading members found that the situation was due to misunderstanding and miscommunication and the matter has now been resolved.

A man who advanced medicinal use as his special reason in a narcotic possession charge was yesterday remanded to prison when he made his appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

Upper secondary school students are expected to benefit from the School Leavers Handbook which the Rotary Club of Demerara launched on Tuesday.

Cabinet has approved the establishment of first degree programmes in pharmacy, rehabilitation medicine and optometry at the University of Guyana (UG).

Workers at the Shell Gas Station at Vlissengen Road were forced to temporarily shut down operations yesterday after smoke was seen coming from the air conditioning vents on the ceiling of the Sol Shop.

The Ministry of Public Works is inviting bids for the rehabilitation of several hinterland airstrips.

The mangrove restoration project has not been suspended, the Ministry of Agriculture said on Wednesday, while emphasising that activities under its various components will continue to be implemented.

President Donald Ramotar speaking at a side event at the Rio+20 conference currently underway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil identified the need to reconcile two global forces that have traditionally been seen as incompatible,  protecting the environment and economic development, as a critical challenge that must be overcome by the global community.

The Caribbean is getting ready for one of the biggest summits on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the Americas,  Connect the America Summit, in July, and so the CARICOM Secretariat spear-headed  the third preparatory meeting in Barbados, on Tuesday, to cement the region’s plans for its participation.

A man accused of stealing his sister’s Blackberry cell phone was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $20,000 when he made his appearance at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.