Guyana News

The British High Commission has introduced a Biometrics Programme as a prerequisite to processing visa applications which are now to be submitted online.

(BBC) Barbados has topped the Latin American and Caribbean region in a tourism survey of 124 nations.

Representatives from the three major religions have joined forces with two non-governmental organisations and a United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded group to promote abstinence as a means of staving off HIV/AIDS.

The Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC) at Turkeyen is ready for its first international conference – the 19th Meeting of the Rio Group – scheduled for tomorrow and from which the Turkeyen Declaration is expected to flow.

The PNCR-1G and the AFC have been advised to meet to resolve a row over the opposition nominees for a parliamentary delegation that will undertake a study of the Nebraska Legislature in the US.

Police from the Narcotics Branch destroyed two marijuana camps that were found this week, while roadblock interceptions also yielded finds.

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is expected to arrive in Guyana this afternoon at the head of a large delegation that would include Venezuela’s ambassador-designate to Guyana.

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri will be closed to commercial flights at varying periods beginning from 1 pm today, to accommodate the incoming presidential flights for the Rio Summit, which opens today.

The United States Peace Corps said another 33 community health and education volunteers will arrive in the country by May 31.

Q: Who is Eligible for Employment Based Immigration? There are five categories of employment based immigration: * First Preference (EB-1 priority workers): aliens with extraordinary ability, outstanding professors and researchers, and certain multinational executives and managers.

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Former national badminton player Grandison Robinson scored an upset win on his return to the badminton courts after a 14-year absence.

Up to late yesterday afternoon the Guyana Amateur Basketball Federation (GABF) was working overtime trying to meet today’s deadline for payment of registration fees for Guyana’s participation at the regional basketball championships in August.

Several international emergency and disaster preparedness experts were involved in a vital simulation exercise in preparation for the International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 yesterday at the Civil Defence Headquarters on Thomas Lands.

Is there anything more that fishermen can do to call the government’s attention to their plight?

Justice James Bovell-James yesterday upheld no-case submissions in the High Court trial of Alan Wills who had been accused of killing a Bagotstown man over a wristwatch.

A young man who allegedly had large amounts of cocaine, cannabis and amphetamines in his home was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

The month-long trial of Ryan Robinson who was before the High Court on a charge of murdering a mentally ill woman, Carol Ann Augustus, at Mahaica in 2005 ended yesterday when the jury found him guilty of the capital offence.

Dear Editor, On the Essequibo Coast, a great part of Region 2, the fortunes of many families are directly and indirectly tied to the success of the rice industry.

Dear Editor, Guyanese are extending a very hearty welcome to the many high level dignitaries including presidents, vice presidents, ministers and their officials and staff of nineteen countries who will be attending the Rio Summit in Guyana from February 28 to March 3.