Guyana News Archives

Police in Guyana said on Saturday two officers had been arrested over accusations of setting fire to a 14-year-old boy's genitals in a case creating an uproar in the South American nation.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - A 14-year-old suspect detained for questioning about the murder of a government official was severely tortured by police officers while in custody, a Guyanese legislator alleged Saturday.

Former Guyanese talk show host and former treason accused Mark Benschop was arrested here on Thursday as heavily- armed policemen raided his home in the city and seized a piece of wireless equipment which authorities say was being used to operate an illegal radio station.

A 29-year-old prisoner accused of murdering another inmate was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistratea s Court.

GUYANA Ironically, this small South American nation actually has a comprehensive and rigorous system of internal controls on artisanal alluvial production.

There is much to interest people about "our streets" even to the point of fascination.

Currently, the Society is conducting orientation sessions in dissemination of fundamental principles for new volunteers.

The British government yesterday defended its decision to withdraw assistance for a joint A 4.9M security sector project, saying the latest proposal by the Government of Guyana moves away from comprehensive reforms originally requested.

Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett says Guyana is going full blast to implement of the Caribbean Community Single Market and Economy and called on sister member states to view this process as critical to the region's survival, especially in this time of harsh economic environment and social realities.

It is never a straightforward task to write about the Guyanese unemployment rate.

Three Guyana Defence Force members, including an officer, are under close arrest after they were found with three drums of suspected smuggled fuel at the Parika Stelling on Sunday, a police release said.

The Guyana Human Rights Association has a list of some 60 persons killed from January 2002 to June 2003 to submit to the special team set up by the police to investigate murders allegedly committed by drug convict Shaheed - Roger' Khan.

A mechanism is in place for Guyana to garner information from the US on that country's investigation into the workings of convicted drug trafficker Shaheed - Roger' Khan.

The incidence of cervical cancer remains high in Guyana but greater awareness has resulted in more women getting screened and treated earlier, according to Dr John Varallo of the Jhpiego Organisation, which is currently collaborating with the Health Ministry.

A local beekeeper who is currently spearheading a project aimed at popularising the pursuit of apiculture as an economic venture among Region Seven communities is calling for a national convention of beekeepers from across the country to chart a course of action for the future of the industry.

Trent University students had the chance last night to put their questions about climate change to the president of Guyana, a world leader who was recently named Time magazine's "Hero of the Environment." Bharrat Jagdeo, who spoke to The Examinerprior to his question- and-answer discussion, said the public needs to put vocal pressure on world ...

Guyana has been ranked 39 out of 173 in the latest worldwide Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index, which has noted concerns on government's relations with the press.

Commissioner of Police Henry Greene admitted at the Guyana Police Force's 170th anniversary awards ceremony last July that the rising rates of armed robbery with violence and robbery with aggravation continue to be "worrisome." The situation is worse than worrisome.

Mid-afternoon fire on Regent St in Georgetown, Guyana GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Another fire of unknown origin swept through Regent Street in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, completely destroying three businesses.

Almost two weeks after being struck down by a Canter at Mahaicony, 8a 'year-old Sunil Singh, remains attached to a life support machine in a critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital.

After being incarcerated for five years and enduringA four Preliminary Inquiries, murder accused Allan Eric Joe walked out of the New Amsterdam Courtroom a free man yesterday after his case was discharged by Magistrate Geeta Chandan Persid.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana's Attorney General on Thursday told reporters that the government is left with no option but to reimpose the Common External Tariff on Cement imported from outside the region as was ruled by the Caribbean Court of Justice .

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Thousands of sugarcane workers were on strike Thursday in Guyana in a dispute over pay, paralyzing production of the impoverished South American nation's No.

The origin of the Friday fire which completely destroyed three buildings and badly damaged another on Regent Street, has left businessmen, employees and residents who have been affected seeking answers from the Guyana Power and Light Company.

Five fire-fighting units were yesterday handed over to the Guyana Fire Service by the Ministry of Home Affairs in a ceremony at the National Park.

Mid-afternoon fire on Regent St in Georgetown, Guyana GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Tragedy has struck Regent Street in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, on Friday afternoon, when a fire of unknown origin completely gutted three businesses.

Georgetown, Oct 9 The World Bank must draw up a new policy for the commitment between world financial institutions and the vulnerable Caribbean economies, affirmed Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo.

United Nations, Oct 9 Venezuela and Guyana highlighted on Friday the excellent state of their bilateral relations, in spite of their dispute about the Esequibo region.

Eighteen-year-old Rajesh Bashir called Tandan who was hospitalized after being shot in the leg on August 23 was charged with eight counts of robbery under arms at the New Amsterdam Magistratea s Court recently.

Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo, who is also currently Chairman of CARICOM, on Thursday morning led a Caribbean delegation in a meeting with the President of the World Bank Robert Zoellick.

A five-member World Bank team led by Dr Laurent Debroux, Senior Natural Resource Economist, arrived in Guyana on Tuesday to conduct a second due diligence study, which will be done through dialogue and observation, on Guyana's readiness to participate in the Bank's Forest Carbon Partnership Facility .

The Guyana government has commissioned the newly constructed European Union-funded Doppler Weather Radar system at Timehri, linking with similar EU-funded structures in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and Belize, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Guadalupe, Martinique and French Guiana, to complete the wider Caribbean basin weather radar network.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Trinidad Cement Limited and subsidiary TCL Guyana Inc on Tuesday filed an application in the Caribbean Court of Justice against the government of Guyana requesting the CCJ to hold Guyana in contempt of court for failing to implement the Common External Tariff on cement from non-CARICOM sources as ordered by the Court.

Note to the diaspora PLEASE allow me the use of this medium [propaganda press] to communicate with the Guyanese diaspora population.

The Guyana Defence Force says that its investigations into the Hog Island boat collision that left two men dead and a ten-year-old boy missing was inconclusive.

President Bharrat Jagdeo has called for a strong partnership with the private sector as part of his government's effort to move Guyana's economic development forward in this time of global economic pressures.

As one born within these Guyana borders who decided to let family go and live all my life here where I even have the outline of my own final farewell service to take place in Georgetown, I know I have a right to criticize and lament what my only native land has become.

Yesterday he touched down at Lethem at the border with Brazil. He is heading to Brazil and is likely to end up in Venezuela.