Guyana News

Within the next two years the Ministry of Health through its Guyana HIV/AIDS Prevention & Control Project (GAPCP) will spend an additional $85.5M to fund sixteen HIV/AIDS-related programmes.

The International Press Institute (IPI), with headquarters in Vienna, Austria, is calling on the Guyana government to show greater transparency in awarding advertisements to the media here.

The Aircraft Owners Associa-tion of Guyana (AOAG) yesterday said there was an urgent need for modern air traffic control systems at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri and that the government should expedite this.

Police were summoned on Tuesday to a city school after one of the students was found with a quantity of marijuana and it was later discovered that a gang was operating from the school peddling not only drugs but also stolen items.

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) has found that the noise emitted from the Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets on Mandela Avenue and Vlissengen Road is within the tolerance levels and has brought a long-standing matter between the fast-food restaurant and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to a close.

A DVD titled “I can feel the Vibes” intended to prepare citizens for the Cricket World Cup (CWC) was launched on Friday.

A 12-year-old student of Belladrum Secondary School was admitted to the Fort Wellington Hospital in an unconscious state after she was hit behind her neck by another student on Tuesday around midday.

A teenaged boy was yesterday afternoon attacked and stabbed by two other boys as he stood waiting for transportation on the East Bank Demerara public road.

Police in Essequibo have started a hunt to recapture a prisoner who escaped from the Mazaruni prison last December and has been wreaking havoc upon residents in his hometown, Bethany village.

A ten-year-old student of Christianburg Primary School, Linden died tragically on Cholmondeley Hill, Wismar early yesterday afternoon while riding a bicycle which collided with a tractor-trailer a short distance from his home.

Two persons who were attacked by bees in separate incidents on Monday afternoon at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, were treated at the Fort Wellington Hospital.

The NCN employee whose body was discovered lying in a drain Thursday night died from drowning and as a result of blunt trauma to his head.

Students of Wiruni Primary School in the Berbice River have not been able to attend school since the beginning of this term because of a shortage of teachers.

The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) will be using the Taxpayer Identification Number to track tax evaders and as an example of this problem it yesterday said it had discovered significant under-invoicing by a major importer of stationery supplies.

The Ministry of Education said it will be investigating claims of extortion by personnel of some primary schools in rural communities.

A man who was allegedly found with 77 grammes of cocaine on his person was on Monday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.

A Russian businessman who allegedly had a gun and ammunition without licence at a home in Bel Air, Georgetown was on Monday granted $250,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.

For a second time, the prosecution has been unable to produce the file for Navin Prashad who is before the court on a charge of causing death by dangerous driving.

A 31-year-old Albouys-town man was yesterday remanded to prison by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan after being accused of raping and fondling a 7-year-old girl.

A 21-year-old man who allegedly had carnal knowledge of a 15-year-old girl was on Monday placed on $100,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court.