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An investigation has been launched into the death of a Matthews Ridge woman who succumbed one week after giving birth via caesarean section (C-section) at the Georgetown Public Hospital, Minister of Public Health Dr George Norton has said.

Over the next several weeks, the Liliendaal and South Ruimveldt drainage catchment areas will be modelled by a Dutch team, as government looks to better manage Georgetown’s drainage system.

The family of missing 24-year-old barber Navendra Hemrup, who disappeared without a trace more than one month ago, is appealing for help in locating him.

Fourteen Venezuelans, who said they entered Guyana illegally to find work in the light of the collapsing economy of their home nation, now face deportation.

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) Allan Johnson yesterday denied allegations that Director of Nursing Services Sister Colleen Hicks had been insubordinate toward him.

Wales Estate sugar workers are confused about why they have not received their severance payouts, in the light of their unions saying that an interim injunction it secured against GuySuCo should not prevent the entity from paying.

Michael Thorne and Jamal McLeod, the drivers who were charged with the death of a minibus passenger after the Independence Day crash, were on Friday charged with causing a second death.

A date has been set for the start of the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the charge against the three men held in connection with the grenade that was lobbed at the vehicle of the owner of Kaieteur News, Glenn Lall.

First Lady Sandra Granger yesterday met with United States-based early childhood education specialist and teacher Dorrie Thomas-Crawford, who has been hosting training workshops for teachers in the Buxton community for over seven years.

Youths in penal institutions including the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) at Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast and the Juvenile Detention Centre in Georgetown are receiving help from the Ministry of Social Protection so they can be re-integrated into society.

The three persons who were detained for questioning into the murder of handyman Ganesh Roopnarine, whose body was found along the Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD) Public Road more than one week ago, have been released.

After nearly becoming the victim of a con artist, an Alexander Village woman is trying to sensitize other persons before they too fall prey to the latest wave of cell phone scams.

One week after it was struck by lightning, Radio Mabaruma, the only local radio station in Region One (Barima-Waini) is now back on air following repairs to the building.

The teenager who is accused of chopping his stepfather to death during last week will be making his first court appearance today after the police received legal advice, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) yesterday ordered an inquest into the death of Tactical Services Unit (TSU) Special Constable Akeem Hyles, who drowned during a trip to the Kaieteur Falls three months ago.

The start of the preliminary inquiry (PI) into the murder charge against Trevor Amsterdam, who is accused of killing fugitive Jermaine Simon, has been rescheduled.

A police officer was unconscious and being readied for surgery last evening after he was accidentally run over by a car on Mandela Avenue.

For the first half of the year, the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) has recorded a 76% increase in illegal fuel seized.

PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – Supporters of Bernie Sanders disrupted the first day of the Democratic convention yesterday, repeatedly chanting and booing mentions of Hillary Clinton’s name as the party’s hopes for a show of unity dissolved into frequent chaos.

There will be a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the 2006 assassination of former agriculture minister Satyadeow Sawh, his siblings and his security guard, President David Granger said last night, though he could not say when.