Guyana News

Cropper Primary School at Albion, Corentyne received a computer and printer after they requested the equipment during a February 22 visit to President Bharrat Jagdeo at the Office of the President (OP).

The Amerindian People’s Association (APA) and the Akawini Village Council are protesting what they call an “exploitative” logging agreement that they were made to sign with a company calling itself Interior Wood Products Inc (IWPI), which is a sub-contractor to Barama Company Incorporated.

Fourteen-year-old Rosetta Dummett has succumbed to the massive head injuries she sustained in an accident on Saturday afternoon.

Scotiabank Guyana has commissioned a mural at the Everest Cricket Club ground as a gift to Guyanese in celebration of the Cricket World Cup.

Four men were last night arrested following a police chase in Alberttown during which the ranks fired four shots in the air.

Scotiabank Guyana yesterday donated $415,000 to Help and Shelter to support their work on behalf of women.

Thirty-three schools participated in the annual Regional Science, Mathematics and Technology fair in Region Two last Friday, which saw Lima and Anna Regina (nursery), Riverstown and CV Nunes (primary) and 8th of May, Anna Regina Multilateral and Cotton Field (secondary) winning the top prizes.

The United States Embassy says it will not be scheduling any visa appointments when Guyana will be hosting the Cricket World Cup matches.

Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan on Tuesday swore in Prakash Gossai as a Commissioner of Oaths and Justice of the Peace, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported.

Government officials on Saturday visited Merriman’s Mall, La Penitence Market and the Toolsie Persaud site at Water Street to determine what improvements can be made to these vending sites.

Two Associate Professors attached to American University in Washington DC, USA, in a recent interview with Stabroek News noted that the war in Iraq has had and will continue to have serious and long lasting economic effects on the global economy.

The Guyana Consumers Association says it will be working with the government to eliminate the practice of the marketing of low quality and dangerous drugs here.

Just about 60% of the tickets for the six Super Eight matches at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, East Bank Demerara have been sold.

A man who allegedly attempted to set his reputed wife on fire after she wanted to end their relationship was yesterday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

After spending just over a month in prison a customs broker and his reputed wife, who are on trial for allegedly giving cocaine to a Bahamian woman who was caught at the airport, were granted $300,000 bail each.

Q: I am preparing for my immigrant visa interview. Are there different requirements if I lived overseas at some point in my life?

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