Guyana News

The Regional Democratic Council of Region Ten says it will be using $5 million from its savings to repair the fire-damaged Wismar Secondary School some time this week.

Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali said the ministry will publish lists of house lot recipients for scrutiny after it found persons fraudulently trying to acquire more than one lot.

A woman who told the court “I hit her with my hands not with a padlock” was yesterday placed on a bond to keep the peace after she appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine–Beharry.

A man who allegedly assaulted another was yesterday placed on $25,000 bail after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

The curtains came down on Guyana’s biggest and most anticipated fashion event on Sunday evening last after offering patrons an opportunity to view the work of some of the best local and regional designers, an experience they will not have again until 2013.

Guyana’s President, Bharrat Jagdeo, on Friday called on the newly appointed Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, to support the fight against climate change by leading a shift away from traditional instruments of overseas development assistance.

Opposition coalition APNU yesterday said it will ensure that the indigenous people direct their own development if it is elected into office, while blasting the incumbent’s “paternalistic” approach to decision-making.

A post-mortem examination performed yesterday on the body of Sheriff Balmacoon by Pathologist Dr Nehaul Singh has revealed the cause of death as haemorrhage and shock due to stab wound.

Even as the authorities consider using river water to flush out a stagnant and smelly canal on the East Bank Demerara, Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) is denying that effluent-seepage from its plant at Diamond is responsible for the odour.

A Sophia resident who allegedly held a woman at gunpoint in her kitchen and robbed her of a gold ring and cash to the value of $179,000 was yesterday remanded to prison after he appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine–Beharry.

Rosaline Lloyd, the Better Hope mother shot during crossfire between police and vandals last Thursday, remains in intense pain and is unable to work.

A former Deeds Registry clerk was last Friday arraigned on 12 charges of fraud and embezzlement.

The five suspects who were on Sunday held in connection to alleged piracy attacks at Eversham, Corentyne, Berbice are still in police custody, while their boat remains at the

 NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Lawyers for former IMF chief  Dominique Strauss-Kahn asked a judge on Monday to dismiss a  civil suit filed by a hotel maid who accused him of sexual  assault, asserting that the onetime French presidential hopeful  had diplomatic immunity.  

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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate approved a  deal today to avert a government shutdown and make billions  of dollars of aid available to victims of recent disasters.  

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the governments of Guyana and Ecuador today signed a pact for a project to promote Firearms Marking in Latin America and the Caribbean, part of the Inter-American Convention Against Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms (CIFTA).

The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) has donated a new ambulance to the Diamond, East Bank Demerara Regional hospital.

The Government of Venezuela yesterday issued a statement in response to Guyana’s submission of a claim to an extended continental shelf, saying it had started to “assess this irregular situation” and was taking the necessary action to preserve the law with respect to its “maritime façade.”

Guyana’s President, Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday called on the newly appointed Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, to support the fight against climate change by leading a shift away from traditional instruments of overseas development assistance.