Guyana News

The first team of Cuban medical experts who will man the Diagnostic and Treatment Centre at Diamond, East Bank Demerara arrived yesterday.

Local authorities may have had no idea that Guyanese businessman and popular motor racer Peter Morgan was on the United States’ wanted list since for Guyana, access to such information is provided on a need-to-know basis, Cabinet Secretary Dr Roger Luncheon said yesterday.

Drug companies’ targeting of hapless consumers whose only concern is getting well was the main topic of discussion at a one-day symposium convened yesterday under the theme, ‘Unethical Drug Promotion’.

The National Assembly yesterday passed three bills to enable security assistance to Guyana during the Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007.

Police on Wednesday night nabbed three men who were part of a six-man gang that was about to rob a Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD) business, having already tied up the watchmen.

The Enforcement Division of the Customs and Trade Administration (CTA) is preparing to prosecute those nabbed in the $70 million bust, which included vehicles and liquor seized from the MV Lady Kimberly.

Baroness Amos has been awarded three accolades.In just over a week she was voted the most powerful black woman in the UK, by the New Nation Newspaper was awarded Peer of the Year by Dods political publishers and next week will be awarded a “Trailblazer in Diversity” award at The 2007 Chief Diversity Officers Forum to be held March 20-22, in Greensboro, North Carolina.

The local prison rehabilitation programme will soon expand to include cosmetology and barbering courses among others following a donation of

Today, he is a very distinguished psychotherapist in the UK treating celebrities in their favourite ‘rehab’-the Priory Clinic in South West London:the Hilton of the ‘Hello’ classes.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has extended the Value Added Tax (VAT) and Excise Tax (ET) transitional arrangement timeframe for motor vehicles to May 31.

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.

Managing Director of Guyana Publications Inc, Doreen de Caires yesterday received the US Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage award for her work as a businesswoman, media pioneer, and defender of free speech.

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.

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.