Guyana News

A fire of unknown origin early yesterday morning destroyed the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) storage bond at Urquhart Street, South Cummingsburg, while also severely damaging the neighbouring Mings Products and Services Ltd boat building facility.

Candidates who wrote the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams in May/June can now access their results online.

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said young people need to look back at the country’s history, in order to defend its current progress.

The government yesterday sent the two pieces of legislation aimed at liberalizing the country’s telecommunications sector to a special select committee, and pledged that when the bills are passed and implemented, they will lead to GT&T’s monopoly on international calls being immediately broken.

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton remanded to prison a man accused of using threatening language to his mother, when he yesterday appeared in court to answer the charges.

Queen’s College students Youni Abdool and Kelly Ann Persaud, who both secured grade one passes in five units, are the country’s top performers at this year’s Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (CAPE).

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) and the Brazilian Army yesterday signed a Protocol that covers assistance in the areas of training, doctrine and operations, intelligence, logistics engineering and international affairs at the conclusion of the VI Bilateral Staff Conference at the Pegasus Hotel.

The paving of the Linden/ Lethem road remains high on the agendas of both the Brazilian and Guyanese governments, but there is still no indication as to when this project will actually begin.

The Government of Guyana is donating US$25,000 in response to the UN’s Consolidated Appeal for Somalia to provide aid in the wake of a severe famine that

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton granted $10,000 bail each to a newspaper vendor and a clothes vendor charged with causing damage to property and using threatening behaviour when they appeared in court.

Scotiabank customers and children in two schools areas where the bank operates are set to benefit from the company’s ‘Back to School’ campaign which started on August 1.

The Ministry of Amerindian Affairs says despite the challenges it will continue to foster partnerships with local indigenous communities for their economic advancement, as indigenous peoples worldwide celebrate their 17th International Day.

Magistrate Hazel Octave-Hamilton yesterday remanded a teenager accused of using a pair of scissors to rob a man of his blackberry cell phone, Travis Anthony, 18, was not required to plead to the indictable charge of robbery under arms which stated that on August 8 at Georgetown, being armed with

Candidates who wrote the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) exams in May/June can now access their results online.

Police have arrested a man in connection with the murder of miner Kennedy Creem, 19, who was beaten to death on Tuesday night at Port Kaituma.

Police are now searching for the driver of a car that was involved in a fatal collision early this morning at the junction of David and Lamaha streets, in Kitty.

The FIFA Ethics Committee today opened ethics proceedings against 16 Caribbean Football Union (CFU) officials following an alleged bribery scandal at a Trinidad meeting and head of football here, Colin Klass has been provisionally suspended.

(Jamaica Observer) David Smith, the former head of the failed investment scheme, Olint, is reportedly in good spirits despite receiving a 30-year sentence from the United States District Court in Orlando, Florida today.

Queen’s College and the New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary School have produced the top students  for Guyana at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations.

Fire early this morning completely destroyed the Transport & Harbours Department (T&HD) storage bond located on Urquhart street and damaged the Mings Products boat building facility.