Guyana News

Newly installed Mexican Ambassador to Guyana Francisco Olguin presented his Letters of Credence to President Donald Ramotar on Thursday as both countries pledged to deepen their relations.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) recently presented Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) with its certificate as an ACCA approved employer.

A Letter Kenny, Corentyne man was grazed by a bullet yesterday when he and two others were ambushed by bandits on the Tain Public Road.

Three teenage boys have been arrested over a series of break-ins at the New Amsterdam Market.

A popular city barber is now a patient in critical condition at the Georgetown Public Hospital, after he was severely beaten last night by two men who posed as customers.

Teffiny Onika Smith, the Guyanese woman imprisoned in Ecuador, will have to let due process take its course, according to Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, who says that nothing can be done presently to help the woman get home.

A 12-year-old girl has been missing for two weeks and relatives are uncertain of her whereabouts but believe that she is on the West Bank of Demerara (WBD).

After spending more than six years of his life in jail awaiting trial for the murder of an unknown person, Devon Paul, 23, was freed by Justice Franklyn Holder in the High Court.

One half of a duo accused of an $8.6M store burglary was yesterday charged.

The accused in the theft of two bicycles was yesterday denied bail after he gave conflicting home addresses to the police and to the court.

(Barbados Nation) As REDjet passengers from Barbados enter a second month without refunds following the carrier’s indefinite suspension of flights, the waiting game is about to end for displaced customers in Guyana, with that government giving their money back.

(Trinidad Express) Even as the Hindu Credit Union (HCU) faced crippling cash flow problems, its former president Harry Harnarine was paid TT$5 million to travel around the world, Ernst & Young partner Maria Daniel testified yesterday.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation has expressed  apologies for the delay today at the X-Ray Department.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – A veteran Venezuelan crossword-writer has been accused of hiding a coded message to assassinate President Hugo Chavez’s brother in the latest surreal twist to election year politics in the South American nation.

DOHA,  (Reuters) – The U.S got the better of sprint rivals Jamaica in the season-opening Diamond League meeting in Qatar today, with 100 metres victories for Justin Gatlin and Allyson Felix.

The PPP/C today accused the opposition of conspiring to strangle and end the work of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC).

Police say that at about 1230h today, jeweller Nalanatie Manshar, 32 years, along with Ricardo Tulsi, 36 years, and Hemraj Mahase, 36 years, all of Letter Kenny, Corentyne, were in Manshar’s motor car when they stopped at a pedestrian crossing at Tain Public Road, Corentyne.

Police today said that a post-mortem examination was performed on the body of Valarie Gordon of ‘C’ Field Sophia, Georgetown, by Pathologist Dr.

The human rights body GHRA today said that the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) appears overwhelmed  by turmoil in the mining sector.

The Guyana Human Rights Association today said that the PPP/C appears to be in denial over the results of the November 28, 2011 elections results as evidenced by its posture on the recent opposition-led budget cuts in parliament and the group stated that the ruling party should see setbacks as wake-up calls to engage more constructively.