Guyana News

The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) has condemned President Bharrat Jagdeo’s  statements referring to journalists as “vultures and carrion crows”, declaring that the attack is “inflammatory” and “designed to endanger the lives of media practitioners and their families.”

Pandemonium broke out yesterday morning after a speeding Route 40 minibus transporting 17 St Joseph High School students to inter-school sports flipped several times after being hit by a car.

As US and Caribbean partners prepare for an upcoming security cooperation dialogue, US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central America and the Caribbean Julissa Reynoso yesterday reported that the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI) has seen results in the support for law enforcement and judicial reform.

There was a total power outage in the capital early yesterday morning, when the installed protective device failed to clear a fault on one of the feeders from the new Kingston power plant, the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) said.

A Linden/Georgetown minibus driver and his female partner were robbed of an undisclosed sum of cash, jewellery and other personal effects at their Wis/Roc Housing Scheme, Wismar Linden home last night.

A Vryheids Lust man who is purportedly  mentally challenged was accused yesterday of setting fire to the Transport and Harbours Department building on Urquhart Street when he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The state-owned National Communications Network (NCN) has offered the opposition parties five minutes of free programming weekly—an offer which could possibly be extended in the future, says the station’s programme manager Martin Goolsarran.

A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) will be holding a rally tomorrow at 6:00pm at the Palm Tree Cinema Square in Linden.

The PPP/C is still reviewing whether its presidential candidate Donald Ramotar will be participating in the upcoming presidential debate being organised by Merundoi Inc.

Digicel is yet to publicly respond to complaints about disruptions to the local BlackBerry service, which may be part of the global outage that has affected users in more than five continents.

The opposition coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday announced that it will boost its public image very soon with visible paraphernalia.

The Mayor and City Council said garbage collection from East, North and South Ruimveldt has been delayed due to mechanical problems with the trucks at one of its service providers.

A 42-year-old miner who allegedly held a man at gunpoint and robbed him of over $4M in gold was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A minibus conductor who allegedly used abusive language while resisting arrest by police officers  was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The Guyana Red Cross Society yesterday bemoaned the poor state of first aid training in Guyanese homes, as International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction was observed.

Twenty-eight persons from the 10 administrative regions, excepting Regions Four  and Five, are pursuing a  medical training programme for health care providers.

The New Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) has launched the Market Enterprise and Information System to provide marketing services to farmers and other stakeholders in the non-traditional agriculture sector.

(WICB) Georgetown, Guyana – The West Indies Cricket Board today announced another exciting feature of the Regional Super50.

(Trinidad Guardian) Five more Caribbean nations have given permission for low-cost carrier REDjet to operate flights from their countries.

(Trinidad Guardian) Works and Infrastructure Minister Jack Warner admitted yesterday that the voice on an exclusive video posted on the Internet by the Telegraph newspaper in London was his voice.