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April 26, 2013
A FOUR-MEMBER health team from Georgetown last weekend returned to the Region 7 villages that were recently affected by malaria and the team’s capacity is to be strengthened this
April 26, 2013
CABINET last Tuesday signalled its ‘green light’ to a $57,200 Euros contract for the supply and installation of a ‘PLC’ system for the retractor/acceptor span on the Demerara Harbour
April 26, 2013
POLICE yesterday arrested a man after they unearthed an unlicensed handgun and ammunition in Region 1 (Barima/Waini). At about 01:00 hr on April 25, 2013, the police conducted a
April 26, 2013
THE man who brutally stabbed to death his 14-year-old step-daughter at their home, on Wednesday night, was reportedly caught by residents and public spirited citizens late yesterday after he
April 26, 2013
SHERMON Branche (no address given) appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on a murder charge yesterday. Particulars of the offence said, on Wednesday, January 30, at D’Urban Street, Georgetown,
April 26, 2013
POLICE Lance Corporal 17370 Huford David, 36, appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry yesterday, charged with human trafficking. Particulars of the offence said, between January 1 and 31, he
April 26, 2013
COMMANDING more than $20B of inflows to the nation’s treasury, the Private Sector Commission (PSC) says it will, within a matter of weeks, convene an ‘Economic Summit’ to bring
April 26, 2013
THE Norwegian Government regards Guyana’s revolutionary Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) as a mechanism of hope for the partnership needed to promote the safeguard of the global climate for
January 14, 2010
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is distressed at the initial reports coming out of Haiti in the wake of the destruction wrought by the series of earthquakes which struck its
January 14, 2010
At 4:53 p.m. Eastern time on Jan. 12, 2010, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck 10 miles southwest of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, causing catastrophic damage by
January 14, 2010
My colleagues and I are deeply distressed at the news of what appears to be a very powerful 7.0 earthquake that struck our neighbour Haiti this (Tuesday) afternoon. Our
January 14, 2010
JAMAICA GLEANER – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) said yesterday it would provide nearly US$1 million in immediate relief to Haiti following the widespread devastation caused by the
January 14, 2010
JAMAICA GLEANER – The Digicel Group has announced a donation of US$5 million ($444,600,000) in cash to support the urgent relief efforts needed to cope with the devastation caused
January 14, 2010
The Caribbean Catastrophic Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) is preparing to make a payout to the government of Haiti. Haiti has an earthquake policy with CCRIF as part of the
January 14, 2010
JAMAICA GLEANER – A release from Food for the Poor has sought to provide some information about what is taking place in Haiti based on its communication with staff.
January 14, 2010
Minister of Human Services and Social Security, and Chairperson of the Multi-Stakeholder Committee established to oversee the relief effort for Haiti, Priya Manickchand, last evening, issued a statement expressing
January 14, 2010
Police are searching for a 25-year-old man, known as Bobby, from Canal No.1 on the West Bank of Demerara, who yesterday killed his reputed wife, Sunita August, also 25,
January 14, 2010
– discovered with gunshot wound to chest – investigations ongoing ESSEQUIBO Police are investigating the shooting of Chaavekanand Kishore, also known as Shawn and Son-son of Sparta, Essequibo Coast.
