Guyana News

A day after three-year-old Tony Ramlogan succumbed to burn injuries he sustained in a house fire, a second fire broke out and investigators are treating it as suspicious.

Logistics expertise, experience and service capability are among the fundamentals which a Miami-based freight company plans to bring to the local market following the opening of its offices here.

Region Seven Chairman, Holbert Knights has joined other Barticians in calling on the government to intervene in the latest increase in boat fares imposed by the speed boat association in the mining community.

International human-rights organisation, Amnesty International has noted that levels of violence against women and girls in Guyana remained high while Indigenous Peoples continued to face obstacles to realizing their land rights and at least one person was shot by police last year in circumstances suggesting it may have been an unlawful killing.

The driver of a Guyana Police Force (GPF) vehicle yesterday morning lost control of it and careened into a yard at the corner of Pere Street and Kitty Public Road, crashing into a wall of a house.

The Guyana Power and Light Company will rent six Caterpillar generating sets to make up for generating shortfalls as it moves to purchase another power plant, Cabinet Secretary, Dr.

Investigations into the Easter Monday shooting at Windsor Forest, during which three villagers were shot, are ongoing, Head of the police Office for Professional Responsibility (OPR) Assistant Commis-sioner, Mohamed Jameer says.

The Guyana Improving Teacher Education Project (GITEP), launched on Tuesday at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) Convention Centre at Turkeyen, East Coast Demerara, is expected to improve learning.

Joblessness, no markets for agricultural produce and corruption mark the underdevelopment of Region Eight, the Alliance For Change (AFC) says.

PAHO/WHO representative Dr. Beverly Barnett on Wednesday sounded the need for stronger traffic laws, as Guyana joined in the launch of the UN Global Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020.

The Salvation Army received a much-needed boost to its finances on Wednesday when President Bharrat Jagdeo presented a cheque for $5M to coordinators of the drug rehabilitation programme.

The Ministry of Culture in collaboration with Digicel launched the week-long National Drama Festival yesterday.

Police are looking for a man named “Charlie” who had reportedly told his employers that he shot Montague Small dead and then fled from the Mowasi Backdam, Konawaruk area.

The laying of government’s fibre optic cable from Brazil is on course to be completed by the revised May 26 deadline, senior government engineer Walter Willis says.

Cabinet has granted its no-objection to a US$1.6M contract for the improvement of the access road to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport.

A Linden man accused of having a quantity of cocaine and cannabis was yesterday remanded to prison by acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court.

Two men facing unlicensed firearm and possession of ammunition charges were on Wednesday remanded to prison after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate

The Guyana Bank of Trade and Industry (GBTI) donated a large quantity of cloth to the YWCA and a number of dress shirts to the Salvation Army Men’s Rehabilitation Centre “as part of its corporate responsibility to maintain healthy relations with its neighbours,” it said.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has invited President Bharrat Jagdeo to attend a special summit for regions with tropical rainforests at May month end.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is mourning the passing of Kenneth Valley, former Minister of Trade, Trinidad and Tobago and lauds the “significant contribution” he made to the community.