Guyana News

In a dramatic turn of events police at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport yesterday morning intercepted two suitcases with firearms, ammunition, two fragmentation grenades, two detonators and 38 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana.

Toshaos at the conclusion of the National Toshaos Conference yesterday supported a resolution that urged the international community to create a framework to ensure that forest conservation efforts are adequately rewarded.

One week after he was hit by a police ambulance while attempting to cross the Mon Repos public road, 15-year-old Denis Ewing Chow succumbed to his injuries.

Amerindian contractors when applying for their first project in hinterland areas need not have Guyana Revenue Autho-rity (GRA) and National Insurance Scheme (NIS) compliances but thereafter this is necessary, Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) Chairman Juan Edghill told toshaos on Tuesday.

Some residents of Montrose, East Coast Demerara are concerned about the overtopping of the koker dam during high tide and they fear this will weaken it and flood the community.

Chaos erupted yesterday at the Smyth Street, Licence Revenue Department (LRD) as persons were turned away after being told that the office was out of provisional book covers and drivers’ licence covers.

Three toshaos including a woman were elected to serve on the still to be formed Indigenous Peoples Commission (IPC) after more than 100 Amerindian leaders voted to elect representatives during the one-week Amerindian conference which ended yesterday.

The Medex Programme which recently celebrated its 30th anniversary has trained 270 persons since its inception and the Ministry of Health is arranging for a Structured Continuing Medical Education (CME) programme for this category of health workers.

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) private was shot on Thursday night during a confrontation between members of the Joint Services and armed men at the No.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) recently developed requirements for Point of Care Testing sites (POCT) to facilitate the expansion of such sites and enable monitoring by regulatory agencies.

Berbician Ian Latchana Anamayah was admitted to the bar on Friday, becoming the third member of his family to join the legal profession.

Information on Carifesta X which is billed for Guyana in August next year can be accessed at its website, www.carifesta.net,

For the second time around USAID and PEPFAR will be teaming up with Lifeline Counselling as they prepare to host the 10th annual Phillip Vanderhyden walk-a-ton which is billed for tomorrow.

The Ministry of Agriculture and the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) are hosting Canje Night at the Rose Hall Community Centre in East Berbice, tonight.

Minister of Health Dr Leslie Ramsammy has urged REOs to cooperate with his ministry to ensure that there is accountability and accuracy in the management of hospitals and health centres and he added that more authority will be given to them.

Guyana Water Inc. (GWI) says that pipelines are being installed in Sophia B Field to establish a network that will serve residents and within 14 days it is expected that the Sophia No.

Five days after it was revealed that the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) had seized 4,000 carats of rough diamonds from a Belgian firm suspected to have been smuggled into this country there has been no charge against the company and authorities have been saying little.

Five days after it was revealed that the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) had seized 4,000 carats of rough diamonds from a Belgian firm suspected to have been smuggled into this country there has been no charge against the company and authorities have been saying little.

Two boys who allegedly broke into a woman’s home and stole her jewellery and damaged items worth over $1.1 million and reportedly had 15 cartridges at Kwakwani were on Tuesday remanded into police custody by Magistrate Hazel Octive-Hamilton.

The trial of a customs officer accused of attempting to obstruct the course of justice by unlawfully uplifting four persons along with more than 1,000 cases of beer and a truck from the Leonora Police station began yesterday with Special Constable Robert Campbell of the Parika Police Station giving evidence.