A 45-year-old mechanic accused of causing the death of a 17-year-old boy by driving in a dangerous manner, while under the influence of alcohol, was granted bail when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Two members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) who were held in connection with a missing AK-47 have alleged they were tortured and beaten by members of a military unit but the army yesterday said it was unaware of any physical abuse and was committed to probing such reports.
The Ministry of Agriculture and the University of Guyana (UG) yesterday signed an MOU that seeks to formalise and expand agriculture development.
A Guyanese man was on Thursday given three life sentences in Boston after being convicted of three rapes – two of which were committed on two minors – but will spend 30 years behind bars as two of the sentences will run concurrently.
Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle yesterday granted bail to two police constables accused of taking a quantity of US currency from a man after ordering him into their vehicle and driving him to another location.
The AFC says it is being forced to withdraw from mounting scrutineers for the house-to-house registration exercise and blames the elections commission for ignoring a court order which instructed it to allocate monies equitably to the parties to offset scrutineering expenses.
The Women’s Progressive Organisation (WPO) said despite achievements last year the country faced many challenges and it hopes that 2008 will bring many new triumphs.
Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, on Monday refused to pronounce publicly on the rum shop brawl between his Cabinet colleague, Kellawan Lall, and a teenager at an East Coast Demerara bar back in November, saying his position on the issue was ventilated internally.
The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved the power company’s application to increase tariffs, while chastising it for being “unreasonable and unfair” to announce the hike without giving adequate notice to consumers.
Guyana’s honorary consul in Barbados is urging all Guyanese nationals on the electors list to vote in the January 15 national elections.
Conservation International Guyana (CIG) says it expects to enhance its role in safeguarding Guyana’s natural heritage with its appointment of Dr David Singh as its executive director.
A 25-year-old Robb Street bartender has been hospitalized at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation after he was shot in the hand during a fight late Thursday night and up to yesterday police were still looking for the shooter.
Education Minister Shaik Baksh is proposing a nationwide literacy programme in schools this year that involves classes being extended in the afternoons and on weekends and holidays, in an effort to improve the quality of education locally.
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is to restructure its tariff system, which may lead to a possible increase in rates, but Water Minister Harrinarine Nawbatt said the increase in tariffs by the power company would in no way be responsible for this.
The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) said its First Vice President, James Gregory Jodhan, died recently after a brief illness.
Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle on Thursday granted $50,000 bail each to four miners charged with break and enter after they were allegedly caught in a secured building at the Omai Gold Mines site in the Essequibo River.
The body of a 56-year-old woman was yesterday pulled from a septic tank outside of a blood-stained Campbellville home and police have detained three persons including a relative as investigations continue.
Even as the GDF continues to deny that it is aware of senior officers torturing soldiers during interrogation over a missing AK-47 rifle, Alvin Wilson who was in charge of the arms store yesterday said he was kicked about his rib cage and a false tooth smashed by members of the army’s investigating unit.
A bilateral arrangement between the Guyana and Cuban governments will allow staff at the Guyana National Museum to undergo training in taxidermy to maintain the national collection.
An 18-year-old girl is now a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) nursing a knife wound to her neck which she sustained at the hands of a relative.
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