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Relatives of a man who died after a road accident on the Corentyne recently, have alleged that he was turned away from the Port Mourant Hospital and sent to New Amsterdam 14 miles away, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

A Triumph man was killed, two women hospitalized and several others injured when a minibus ran off the Public Road at Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) late Monday night and crashed into a bridge before landing in a trench.

As the world observes World Diabetes Day today, the Ministry of Health has announced that it will soon launch a programme to encourage corporate sponsorship of children living with diabetes.

An eight-year-old lost her life last evening when a car slammed into her as she was about to cross the Public Road at Liverpool, Corentyne Berbice.

Vendors at the Mackenzie Waterfront Market turned up yesterday to find most of their stalls demolished and partly demolished, but after an emotional meeting with the authorities have been granted a respite.

It is said that when America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold and contagious sub-prime mortgage crisis in America, which spells trouble for the Caribbean is proving this right.

Twenty-two University of Guyana (UG) graduates are participating in the Neal and Massy Guyana Group one-year Graduate Training Programme which opened on Monday at Demerara Oxygen Company (DOCOL) Board-room, at Eccles, East Bank Demerara.

The recent upsurge of violence committed against children, including the brutal sexual abuse and murder of a nine-year-old last week, has prompted the United Nations Children’s Fund’s (UNICEF) outrage and a call to action by all sectors of society.

President Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday urged Caribbean indigenous banks to close the spread between interest rates for deposits and loans, warning that if they do not become more competitive, banks from outside the region could take their business away.

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) said it found several violations in brands of cigarettes being sold to the public and reminds importers to ensure that their purchases are in compliance with the national standards for labelling.

Barama has been given a number of guidelines by which it has to commission an audit of its operations in the wake of a number of findings which an investigation unearthed some weeks ago leading to the company being fined $96.4M.

Police on the West Bank Demerara on Monday found 30 kilogrammes of marijuana packed in a tarpaulin and stashed in a clump of bushes.

The resignation of Court of Appeal Judge Claudette Singh has reduced the number of Court of Appeal judges to only two – Justices of Appeal Nandram Kissoon and Ian Chang – in addition to the Chief Justice and acting Chancellor Carl Singh.

A Plan of Action for Youth Empowerment (PAYE) that aims at engaging and empowering young people to enhance their contribution to development has been launched locally as part of a wider effort across the region.

A 26-year-old vendor who allegedly attempted to rob Citizen’s Bank at Camp Street was released on bail when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A mother and four of her six children narrowly escaped injury yesterday when their home crashed to the ground damaging its walls and flooring.

A miner who claimed that he bought the two guns that police found when they searched his home for “protection” was remanded to prison when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.

A 24-year-old minibus conductor, who allegedly raped a four-year-old girl, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday and was refused bail.

An Alberttown resident who allegedly attempted to force a man into his car and then shot at him when he refused to comply, yesterday appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court charged with discharging a loaded firearm.

The Office of the President (OP) yesterday once again arbitrarily announced an across-the-board pay hike of nine per cent for public service workers, retroactive to January 1 of this year.