Guyana News

An Essequibo father says his 13-year-old daughter has not been seen for almost a week since she was spotted leaving her home with a man, who is now keeping her at an unknown location.

Students and some lecturers will move to shutdown operations at the Turkeyen Campus of the University of Guyana (UG) today to protest the dismissal of lecturer Freddie Kissoon, which they say was a political move.

SOL (Guyana) says it is losing millions of dollars annually because vessels with the capacity to carry large quantities of fuel cannot enter the heavily silted Demerara River channel while fully laden.

Guyana’s new soca chutney king Haresh Singh will head to Trinidad & Tobago to take place in that country’s soca chutney competition along with Terry Gajraj and Fiona Singh who placed second and third respectively.

Residents and users of the Timerhi main road that leads to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport are concerned about their safety

The mother of four of the boys at centre of the sexual molestation scandal at the Turkeyen Masjid says that her sons are being denied justice because of the failure by police to charge the suspect.

The government yesterday met the Alliance for Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) as the tripartite talks continued on a number of issues and an agenda has been agreed for further discussion starting with the next meeting on Tuesday of next week.

Corentyne farmers yesterday began totalling their losses after heavy and persistent rain over the weekend, with a large-scale poultry farmer of Don Robin Farm, Corentyne reporting that he lost close to $1 million when 700 of his chickens died in the floodwaters.

A two-year-old boy who is suffering from a severe health condition requires kidney surgery and his mother is asking the public for financial assistance to meet the cost of the medical treatment.

Justice Brassington Reynolds yesterday said that he is only prepared to admit hundreds of editions of the Kaieteur News into evidence in the Jagdeo libel case, if specific parts connected to the article that prompted the lawsuit are presented.

The man who was struck down and subsequently died on Saturday was yesterday identified as 38-year-old Balwant Mangru.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of five deer that were once exhibited at the Georgetown zoo.

Nineteen-year-old Tiffany Clarke who stands accused of murdering her lover Sonobia James at the Red Dragon Night Club on February 26, 2011 was yesterday committed to stand trial

The Institute of Distance and Continuing Education (IDCE), University of Guyana in collaboration with the European Union recently concluded a three-day workshop at Moruca Region One held under the theme ‘Embracing Each Other as We Develop Together Leadership in Partnership’, to equip Amerindian village councils to better manage projects.

The Annandale, East Coast Demerara-based Doobay Medical Centre Inc is pushing ahead with plans to offer low-cost cardiological treatment – a move that will mirror its dialysis programme for persons suffering from renal failure as it has now acquired the adjoining property.

Magistrate Sueanna Lovell granted $200,000 bail to a reputed husband and wife charged with stealing more than $1 million in cash and items, when they yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Director of Public Prosecu-tions (DPP) yesterday advised the police to conduct an inquest into shooting to death of 11-year-old Justin Nobrega, Crime Chief Seelall Persaud said.

Buxton resident Lorna Glen and her children were last evening in a state of disbelief and uncertainty after a plum tree collapsed and smashed their home amid pouring rain on Sunday night.

Acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry remanded a couple who allegedly sold cannabis to an undercover police officer, when they yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court to answer to the charge.

The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) said power has been restored to areas that had been affected by an outage that started from Saturday morning and continued until Sunday evening in some areas.