Guyana News

The Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School (AH&HW) and the Health and Safety Committee of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) hosted three five-day Medical Emergency Response courses in hinterland areas.

QUITO (Reuters) – Ecuador said yesterday it had expelled the US ambassador to Quito to defend President Rafael Correa’s honour, even though the move could damage relations with its largest trade partner.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – A Brazilian gunman fatally shot 11 children at a Rio de Janeiro school before killing himself, police said on Thursday, shocking the South American nation that has never seen such an incident before.

The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) has extended congratulations to President Bharrat Jagdeo and government on the establishment of the Education Television Broadcasting Service (ETBS).

(Barbados Nation) A suspected gas leak disrupted operations at Grantley Adams International Airport (GAIA) for three hours yesterday when hundreds of people, including workers, hurriedly evacuated the building.

(Barbados Nation) A major facelift has been performed on the West Indies cricket team.

ABIDJAN, (Reuters) – Forces loyal to Ivory Coast  presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara launched a heavy attack  today on the bunker where Laurent Gbagbo is holed up but  appeared to have been repelled, a Western military source said.

Two men were today placed on $250,000 bail each after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

Puttaparthi, India (AP), Apr 6 (PTI) The condition of 85-year-old Satya Saibaba today remained critical but stable as a team of medical specialists continuously monitored his health, which has shown “slight improvement”.

(Barbados Nation) Bajans and other Caribbean teachers who left home a decade ago with dreams of making it big in New York City classrooms are facing a nightmare, a possible loss of their jobs and deportation.

(Barbados Nation) It’s official. Non-nationals can no longer access Government medical treatment facilities in Barbados unless in cases of emergency or a public health threat.

A US-based consortium is examining building Guyana’s first oil refinery in the next 18 months, to provide cheaper fuel in an initial investment estimated at US$75M.

An operation by the Police in the E and F Division Linden, A Division and the Joint Services yesterday revealed a 10-acre cannabis operation.  

After more than two years without a US Ambassador to Guyana, President Barack Obama on Monday nominated US Embassy Chargé d’Affaires in Barbados, D.

Following a late night meeting on Tuesday through an intermediary, political commentator Freddie Kissoon was returned as a columnist for the Kaieteur News, hours after he was told he would no longer write for the newspaper.

Students housed at the Kwakwani, Berbice River Hostel were fed egg and rice, black tea and diluted porridge after supplies at the institution ran out.

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. said yesterday that it is currently relying heavily on a large fleet of high-speed Caterpillar generating sets and some old generating units to meet the evening peak while maintenance activities are being conducted.

A 20-year-old taxi driver was yesterday remanded to prison after being arraigned on charges of unlicensed firearms and ammunition possession.

A man accused of breaking into a woman’s house and stealing $511,000 worth of items was yesterday placed on bail in the sum of $100,000 after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.

The accounting officers of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) were on Monday taken to task by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) over delayed payments to pensioners, as a result of a year-old robbery at the Finance Office at Eve Leary.