Guyana News

Twenty Universities from Canada, the US, the Caribbean and the UK gathered at Nations University on Thursday for the first International Education Fair in Guyana.

The Upper Corentyne Chamber of Commerce and Industry (UCCCI) has mounted three billboards to promote abstinence among school-age children in the Upper Corentyne area.

A Linden cancer awareness group plans to close a month of observances with a ‘run-walk-jog’ around central Mackenzie tomorrow.

Murder accused Cyon Collier yesterday declared that he is “innocent of this charge,” when he opted to give an unsworn statement from the dock as his trial continued before Justice Winston Patterson.

An East La Penitence man, who allegedly sold narcotics to an undercover police officer, was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

An Anna Catherina man was placed on $500,000 bail yesterday after he denied a charge of embezzlement from his former employer before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell.

Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai met with officials from the IAST and Trent University of Canada at Mainstay, Region Two to discuss possible areas of collaboration, in keeping with a Letter of Intent agreement recently signed by the two entities.

Berbice business enterprise A. Ally and Sons has continued their support for junior cyclist Neil Reece by presenting him with a monetary award for his outstanding performance at the recently-concluded Inter-Guiana Games.

Magistrate Sueannna Lovell yesterday placed a Wismar, Linden resident on $100,000 bail, after he was charged with robbery under arms.

A man yesterday pleaded not guilty to the charge of simple larceny when he appeared before Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A miner, who allegedly robbed a woman while she was returning from a birthday party, was yesterday remanded to prison after by Magistrate Sueanna Lovell at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) yesterday announced that all new admissions of female surgical patients will be warded in the new in-patient facility.

Prime Minister Samuel Hinds on Tuesday commended the National Archives of Guyana for its dedication to recording the nation’s history, at the launch of National Archives Week 2011.

(Barbados Nation) The bulk of work permits issued by CARICOM states in the past ten years went to foreign nationals.

(Trinidad Express) Cricket legend Brian Charles Lara was yesterday honoured by the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, and conferred with a Doctor of Laws for his outstanding contribution to cricket and country.

(Trinidad Express) The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) yesterday fined State carrier Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) US$60,000 for limiting reimbursements for lost, damaged and delayed baggage to less than consumers were entitled under an international treaty.

(Trinidad Express) A sleep-deprived Project Runway winner Anya Ayoung-Chee said yesterday she was relieved to “finally share her amazing secret with the planet”.

Former PPP executive and now AFC candidate Moses Nagamootoo is taking his new party’s campaign to the streets of Berbice.

LIMA, (Reuters) – A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck  off the coast of southern Peru today, shaking buildings in  Lima and injuring 16 people near the city of Ica.

NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – A Guyanese man who admitted to participating in the early stages of a plot to blow up John F.