-Home Affairs Minister, police finally break silence More than 10 days after she was made aware of a rape complaint against SOCU Head Fazil Karimbaksh, Minister of Home Affairs Oneidge Walrond finally broke her silence on the matter yesterday and this was later followed by a statement from the police which did not name the accused.
On September 30th, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Priya Manickchand visited the Thomas Street Avenue alongside representatives of the UK’s King’s Foundation to assess ongoing works on what was described as the first project being undertaken under President Irfaan Ali’s Healthy Streets Initiative.
A 31-year-old woman who moved from Guyana to the United States as a child was found fatally stabbed in her Queens, New York apartment on Wednesday, with her boyfriend identified in reporting as the suspected attacker.
-Hampton Court guard charged with attempted murder A gold miner charged with murder and a security guard accused of attempted murder were remanded to prison yesterday following appearances in separate courts.
The 4,200-ft reinforced concrete Matthews Ridge Airstrip in Region One is now 100% complete. A release yesterday from the Ministry of Public Works said that this will see larger aircraft, including Beechcraft-type aircraft able to land at Matthews Ridge.
The social consequences of Guyana’s rapid economic development, including questions about inequality, migration and changing community relationships, were among the issues examined at the sixth annual Caribbean Sociological Association (CASA) conference hosted by the University of Guyana last week.
Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony has chaired a meeting of Amazon countries on regional cooperation in malaria elimination, Indigenous Peoples’ health and disease surveillance.
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has challenged the government’s handling of the proposed salvage of the MV Barima, saying September ended without a publicly announced contractor or a clear mobilisation date, more than two months after the vessel sank.
The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has recorded 107 new breast cancer cases at its Oncology Clinic so far this year, with the head of the department reporting a decline in late-stage diagnoses.
Guyana’s Golden Jaguars maintained their perfect start to the Concacaf Nations League with an emphatic 5-1 victory over Dominica on Thursday, strengthening their grip on the top spot in League B, Group A.
(Trinidad Guardian) Massy Holdings said yesterday that it expects to record an accounting loss of approximately US$9.8 million ($66.54 million) on the sale of its Caterpillar-related line of business and related assets in T&T to Machinery Corporation Motors (MACORP).
(Reuters) – Former US Congressman David Rivera was sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday for illegally lobbying US officials to ease pressure on ousted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government.
