Guyana News

(Trinidad Express) Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas yesterday confirmed his government has been engaged in talks with Trinidad and Tobago about maritime boundary issues.

(Trinidad Express) A former police sergeant was last night killed as he made his way home to his family.

Government will uphold its end of the agreements made with APNU after the coalition approached the government for talks as they were under the impression that the electricity subsidy to Linden was being removed completely, President Donald Ramotar told Berbice businessmen yesterday.

The four girls rescued from a suspected prostitution ring over a week ago have all “escaped” from the Mahaica Help and Shelter Unit and Minister of Human Services, Jennifer Webster yesterday expressed frustration saying that some of the underage girls choose to be involved in such activities.

The body of a male reported to be in his early thirties and of Amerindian descent was found lying on the road at Arakari, West Demerara yesterday after he was put out of a minibus.

Police Commissioner (ag) Leroy Brumell says that the local police are prepared to assist the Cuban authorities in a recent incident in which a Guyanese student allegedly killed a national of that country after a soured business deal.

Canadian mining company, Guyana Goldfields is showing massive losses for 2012 thus far and is now worth CDN$228 million on the TSX –  its value having dropped more than 60% year to date on the back of a disappointing feasibility study for its Aurora gold project here.

Roman Catholic bishops were urged to make the church more “alive” in today’s society and also to address the issue of credibility as the 56th Annual plenary meeting of the Bishops of the Antilles Episcopal Conference (AEC) opened here last week.

Photos by Anjuli Persaud Popular Indian playback singer Sonu Nigam delivered a stirring performance on the tarmac of the Guyana National Stadium Saturday night to a crowd estimated at thousands, belting out a potpourri of old and new songs.

With poor families struggling for survival, many youths in Berbice have started to work at an early age mostly in risky conditions “to make ends meet” and some end up losing their lives.

An accident on the Linden Highway early yesterday morning has left one injured and another in a critical condition at the Georgetown Hospital.

APNU leader, David Granger says that the coalition would prefer to see action from the government rather than just talk about setting up a Depressed Community Fund.

The body of a male which was found on Friday last at the foreshore at No.

The decomposed body of an elderly man was discovered in his home at Lot 10, North Section, Canal No.2 around noon yesterday.

Since the 10th Parliament was convened over three months ago, it has been slow going for the government with respect to its legislative agenda as, apart from the budget Appropriation Bill and consequent tax bills, it has not yet laid any major pieces of legislation in parliament.

A mother is thanking her lucky stars that she called her daughter inside from playing on their front stairs, where a few seconds later a car crashed through their fence and into the same stairway damaging it.

APNU Leader, David Granger says the government should grant TV licences for Linden “immediately” even in the absence of a Broadcasting Authority.

A car yesterday morning crashed into a utility pole at the intersection of the roads near Rahaman’s Turn causing a power outage along the East Bank of Demerara.

Local police are intensifying their hunt for the Guyanese construction worker who is accused of hacking to death 18-year-old Nikita Ramischand in Trinidad & Tobago.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is keen on further collaboration with the Government of Guyana to transition from low carbon to climate resilient development and disaster reduction, according to a UNDP official on Thursday.