Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension, diabetes and heart diseases have been among the leading causes of death in Guyana for years. With plans to modernise the local health sector, making healthcare more accessible to people, however, the government hopes to up the fight against diseases and in turn, increase the local life expectancy.…
Lakeram Sarjoo, 52, a pedal cyclist of Cumberland, East Canje Berbice is now dead after he reportedly collided with a hire car (HD 628) along the Canje Public Road on Friday. Police Headquarters in a statement said the accident occurred at about 08:10hrs. The driver of the hire car, a 47-year-old man of Angoy’s Avenue,…
Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit have arrested a 59-year-old woman from Haslington on the East Coast of Demerara after she was busted with more than 24 pounds of cocaine in several biscuit packets. The suspect, Unique Sunshine London, was an outgoing passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on Wednesday destined for the…
A 36-year-old female cook of the Yarrowkabra village on the Soesdyke/ Linden highway was nabbed at the Bartica stelling in Region Seven with a compressed parcel of cannabis in her travelling bag. Police Headquarters reported that at about 08:20hrs on Friday, officers from the Bartica police station went to the stelling where an inbound speed…
An Essequibo man’s attempt at landing a big pay day by illegally transporting pricy singing birds to the US has landed him being bars. The man, Dhanraj Deochand, of Perseverance, Essequibo was arrested at the Cheddi Jagan Airport on Wednesday as he attempted to take six finches out of Guyana stashed in hair curlers. Deochand…
TEN years after the brutal killing of Joan Durant, who was found buried in the unfinished bathroom of her Melanie Damishana North, East Coast Demerara (ECD) home, her 75-year-old husband was on Thursday sentenced to serve four years in jail for the crime. Earlier this month, Gordon Durant appeared before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow at the…
Flagging a number of multimillion-dollar contracts awarded since the change in administration in 2020, the Alliance For Change (AFC), today called on the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) to launch an investigation into the issuance of contracts by National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB). “The AFC calls on the Public Procurement Commission to conduct a…
THE Ministry of Human Services and Social Security on Thursday launched a partnership with the online learning platform, Coursera, which will expand training courses to participants of the Women’s Innovation and Investment Network (WIIN) programme. The launch was held at the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security and subject minister Dr Vindhya Persaud noted…
THE A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) said that some persons were “mistakenly” included in their evidence which they claim provides proof of voter impersonation at the 2020 General and Regional Elections. This was brought up during Leader of the Opposition Aubrey Norton’s press conference last Tuesday. Late last month, Attorney-General…
-Gov’t to offer scholarships for LEC studies THE graduands of the Certificate in Advocacy and Evidence for Summary Courts and Prosecutor’s Course will be inducted into the Guyana Police Force (GPF) as sergeants before commencing their prosecutorial duties for the state. This is according to Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, S.C., who…
