Reproduced from the State Journal-RegisterBy Dean Olsen A shy, soft-spoken boy from Guyana who came to Springfield, Illinois for free cleft palate surgery is on track to be adopted sometime in 2016 by the family that first learned of his plight in South America during a Christian mission trip almost two years ago. The hole in the roof of Satchian Basdeo’s ...

A St. Lucian sales representative Thursday admitted that he was attempting to smuggle almost half a kilogramme of cocaine in his stomach to  the United Kingdom, and he was fined and jailed. Twenty-six year old Kendol Joseph was jailed for three years and fined GYD$1.2 million by City Magistrate, Fabayo Azore on a charge of being in possession of narcotics ...

The American restaurant chain, Pizza Hut, is back in Guyana under a new franchise holder with special emphasis being placed on hygiene and high quality and standards, representatives said Thursday. Director of Marketing for Pizza Hut Guyana, Navin Singh said safety and supply audits have been passed  to ensure that they comply with  United States and international standards. Pizza Hut’s ...

The decision by the Guyana government not to go back to public tender before awarding a contract to build a multi-million dollar Specialty Hospital has come in for sharp criticism, but Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan has rejected suggestions of corruption. One day after the Ministry of Finance announced that the Indian company, Fedders Lloyd, would ...

Guyana plans to ask American oil-giant, Exxon-Mobil, for a huge chunk of profits ahead of commercial production to fund several major projects including a road to Brazil, says Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman. “Government wants to open up Guyana so we are looking at things like the road to Brazil, roads into some parts of the hinterland, ensuring that we ...

The body of the young woman, who jumped into the Kaieteur Falls gorge almost one week ago, has been spotted and preparations have begun to retrieve the remains, the Ministry of Tourism said Wednesday. “The Ministry of Tourism and the National Parks Commission have limited access to certain sections of Kaieteur Falls and confirm that the body of the female ...

Four workers from the Celina’s Atlantic Resort (CAR) are in police custody after officers visited the Kitty seawall site this afternoon, the Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) said in a statement. The arrests followed a formal complaint from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure. Today, November 25, 2015, MPI lodged a complaint with the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) over the construction ...

The Guyana government Wednesday formally agreed to go ahead with the construction of the Specialty Hospital, saying that India has persuaded it to do so. “The Government of India (GOI) in its response, while indicating its no objection and support for the modernization of Primary Healthcare Facilities suggested that GOG should consider salvaging the Specialty Hospital, as it will complement ...

Violence Against Women continues to be a major cause of human rights violations against women in Guyana and around the world. During the past decades, several initiatives were taken by government and non-government organizations and individuals to reduce and/or eliminate this scourge from our society. Yet, it seems that there has been an increase in domestic violence incidence due to ...

Guyana and the United Arab Emirates have signed an Air Services Agreement, paving the way for the operation of airlines between the two countries. Junior Minister of Public Infrastructure, Annette Ferguson inked the accord in Montreal, Canada on Tuesday, November 24, 2015. The agreement allows for operations by airlines from either State. Ferguson, along with Chitrani Heeralall, Director General (ag), Guyana ...