Guyana News

(Barbados Nation) Barbados has a whopping food import bill in excess of Bds$700 million and Barbadians are being asked for their input to reduce it.

(Trinidad Newsday) As if moved by the spirit, her voice cracking, Minister of Gender, Youth and Child Development Verna St Rose-Greaves yesterday jumped around her seat in frustration in the Senate as she lamented the sexual abuse that has been meted out to children in this country over the years.

The baby girl born to Chitrawattie Ramjiwan, the 20-year-old woman who died in transit from the Fort Wellington Hospital to the New Amsterdam Hospital following delivery complications, succumbed on Monday evening at the Georgetown Public Hospital where she was being kept for observation.

Government is moving to the courts over the budget cuts at the Office of the President which a senior government functionary says have crippled President Donald Ramotar’s ability to carry out certain functions.

Hemwattie Abdulla, 42, who was charged jointly with Surojinie Tirmaul for the murder of her United States-based husband, Abdul Shakeel Majid was further remanded to prison yesterday.

The trial of Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad, who has been indicted in New York over a US$50 million mortgage fraud, may begin sometime in November and the prosecution does not anticipate it lasting longer than a week.

The teenage girl who was chopped multiple times on Monday when her lover launched a brutal attack at Big Creek Backdam, North West District, killing a man she was with, was up to press time on life support at the Georgetown Public Hospital.

The man accused of raping and robbing a woman on November 15, 2009 at Jimbo Bridge Road, Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD), on Tuesday led his defence as the trial continued in the High Court before Justice Franklyn Holder.

Residents of Kwakwani who are against the proposed installation of an interim Neighbourhood Democratic Council  protested  in front of the Local Government office where a public consultation was in progress, bringing it to an abrupt end.

A fire suspected to be of electrical origin gutted the home and wholesale grocery store of businessman Shazim Hamid yesterday at Diamond Housing Scheme, rendering him homeless and causing him to suffer millions of dollars in losses.

The main sugar union GAWU yesterday said that thousands of field and factory workers at the various sugar estates are in a state of agitation after they were told that their customary Holiday-with-Pay (HWP) – one-week will not be paid this Friday.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Guyana Geology & Mines Commission (GGMC) Major General (ret’d) Joe Singh has stated that from the Board’s perspective,  Karen Livan remains responsible for executing the responsibilities of GGMC Commissioner  and she is not being marginalized.

Relatives of an 18-year-old mother of two, who died almost five months ago as a result of injuries she sustained during a botched abortion, are outraged that the Medical Council of Guyana and Health Ministry haven’t intensified investigations following a protest calling on them to do so.

The Alliance For Change in expressing profound sadness  at the recent fatal stabbing of a teenager allegedly by one of his peers and is calling for a national caucus to address teenage violence.

A Number Seven Village, West Berbice farmer turned up at his tomato farm recently only to find all of his crops destroyed.

The 12-year-old boy who was struck down by a minibus along the Friendship, East Bank public road three weeks ago has been transferred from the Intensive Care Unit to the Paediatric Ward, a sign of improvement, relatives said.

Almost a month after a Cuban man was hacked to death and his wife severely injured allegedly at the hands of a Guyanese scholarship student, charges are yet to be laid and the suspect remains in police custody.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday remanded a miner to prison after he pleaded guilty to break and enter at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

MP Khemraj Ramjattan, Chairman  of the Alliance For Change (AFC) said that he preferred to spend Tuesday evening with members of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) who were here for a seminar for parliamentarians rather than participate in a debate on NICIL aired live on state TV.

MP Khemraj Ramjattan, Chairman  of the Alliance For Change (AFC) said that he preferred to spend Tuesday evening with members of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) who were here for a seminar for parliamentarians rather than participate in a debate on NICIL aired live on state TV.