Guyana News

A man accused of raping a woman was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court on Thursday.

The pathologist who performed the post-mortem on the body of Swiss House Cambio boss Farouk Razac on Thursday testified about his findings at the preliminary inquiry (PI).

Three men, two of whom were armed, on Thursday morning staged a daring robbery on Nedd’s Uplift Bakery at the corner of Garnett and Middleton streets but it all went wrong.

After visiting the ports for the Corentyne` backtrack’ (illegal migration) crossing to Suriname in vain for almost two weeks, passengers were finally able to get back to their destinations as the service resumed at around 2 pm yesterday.

The ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) yesterday called on Canada to halt the exportation of criminals to Georgetown.

With a visible scar on his chest, tears in his eyes and a mouthful of praise for the medical team that operated on him, Guyana’s first open-heart surgery patient Manmohan Singh left the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday as quietly as he went in.

Dr. James Rose was re-appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Guyana when the re-constituted council met on Wednesday to discuss the renewal of his contract but the constituting of the council is being challenged.

‘We cannot effectively disconnect because everyone is feeding on each other.

The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) says that the main focus at its Triennial Delegates Conference this year will be consideration of strong protest action since in its view the government has reneged on a number of agreements made.

A Guyanese woman was found strangled to death in her home in Trinidad on Wednesday night and the personal driver to a politician is the man police suspect killed her, a report in the Trinidad Guardian said yesterday.

Jamaica needs more of Guyana’s rice and Minister within the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Investment of Jamaica, Michael Stern is currently on a familiarisation visit to assess Guyana’s capability to supply rice to the Jamaica market.

Scotia Bank Managing Director Amanda St. Aubyn is advocating investment in women and the creation of equal business opportunities.

The People’s National Congress Reform has expressed concern over the poor services available at the Linden Hospital Complex, following the recent accident in the mining town which claimed the lives of ten persons.

The ongoing feud involving Parika market roadside vendors and government over the location of stalls boiled down on Thursday when Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Kellawan Lall met with vendors.

In a daring daylight robbery at around 3.15 pm yesterday, three men attacked and robbed the driver of a tanker truck of $1.8M in front of the Ocean View Convention Centre at Liliendaal on the East Coast of Demerara.

The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha says it has organised motorcades to traverse the entire coastal belt in honour of this year’s Deepavali celebrations.

Clearance of barrels, registering vehicles and generally any business with a government entity will require citizens to have a Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) from January 1 as the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) seeks to further widen the tax net.

Two persons were hospitalized after the minibus that they were in collided with a truck on the Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara public road yesterday.

The teenager who made an allegation of indecent assault against a senior government functionary has since signed a sworn affidavit saying that she is unreservedly withdrawing the allegation she made.

Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Manniram Prashad lauded the initiative by the proprietor of a small business he declared open on Thursday at Cornelia Ida.