Guyana News

The temporary removal of the popular radio broadcast series Merundoi was an attack on freedom of expression and an infringement of the right of persons to access information, says APNU’s Dr.

  A saw operator accused of making a false declaration to secure a new passport was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $60,000 after appearing before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton. 

Residents from hinterland communities in Regions Two, Three, Four, Five and Six on Friday last completed a five-day training session aimed at teaching them how to install and maintain the 65-watt solar systems that are to be distributed soon.

The Upper Mazaruni, Region Seven community of Jawalla is benefiting from $1M from Government towards the improvement of sport and the provision of equipment, according to the Government Information Agency.

A minibus conductor accused of wringing a police officer’s hand and fingers behind her back while she was executing her duties was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton.

Indian national, Groopanan Kumar, was yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment and fined $30,000 for overstaying his time in Guyana.

A miner accused of stealing a motor pump from another was yesterday admitted to bail in the sum of $25,000 when he made his appearance before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

A man who the prosecution said was nabbed by police ranks with a quantity of cannabis in his possession was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton. 

Guyana celebrated its first International Youth Day with a youth rally and march last Friday under the theme ‘Change Our World’ at the Carifesta Sports Complex.

The Ministries of Local Government and Regional Development and Housing and Water on Monday hosted a Monitoring and Evaluation Sensitization seminar that focused on the Community Roads Improvement (CRIP) programme.

(Trinidad Express) Blows were passed and several obscenities and threats were exchanged during a fracas among members of the Public Services Association (PSA) at their Abercromby Street, Port of Spain, headquarters yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Nearly eight years after McDonald’s closed its stores in Trinidad due to low sales, the world’s largest chain of fast food restaurants is due to restore its famous golden arches signage and its world famous Big Mac to T&T.

President Bharrat Jagdeo today  approved a grant of $10 million to the African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) to support its activities to mark the International Year for People of African Descent (IYPAD), the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

A father and son were brutally hacked to death at Konawak, Region Eight yesterday and a police team has been dispatched to the area to investigate.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Rising fears of another  recession hammered U.S.

  The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has agreed to accept a 5% pay raise for sugar workers, retroactive to January 1st, 2011, in light of GuySuCo’s “cash-strapped” state, which includes over $6B in debts.

APNU’s presidential candidate David Granger this morning called for an independent and impartial inquiry to probe the alleged links between senior policemen and drug lords, saying that the police cannot be depended on to investigate themselves.

(Trinidad Express) It’s official! All-rounders Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo will not represent Trinidad and Tobago at the 2011 Nokia Champions League T20 tournament in India in September.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad is in the middle of a dengue outbreak, Dr Rai Ragbir, the chairman of a special purpose State-board involved in the Government’s fight against dengue, has said.

(Barbados Nation) Opposition leader Owen Arthur has taken Minister of Finance Christopher Sinckler to task for his silence on the “CLICO matter”.