Red Thread, a children and women’s rights organisation, on Tuesday expressed disappointment at a recent High Court ruling that paves the way for a pregnant 15 year old girl to marry her 38 year old man who has been accused of raping her. “I think we are in a terrible bind and I think that the judgment puts us in ...

The Full Court of the High Court would early next month decide whether to overturn Chief Justice Ian Chang’s decision and again allow Opposition Leader David Granger to be party to an ongoing case on whether the House can cut the national budget. Chang ruled on June 19 that Granger and Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh should be exempted from ...

The death toll on Guyana’s roads has been pushed to 83 with the latest road fatality being that of a hire car driver late Monday afternoon. He has been identified as 56-year old Felix Layne of Onderneeming Sandpit Road. The accident occurred about 5 PM when he exited from Sandpit Road and swerved on the main road in the path ...

The Guyana Elections Commission’s newest commissioner, Athmaram Mangar took his oath of office at the Office of the President on Monday before President Donald Ramotar, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. The new commissioner was congratulated by the Head of State who said he should always remember that the work of the commission should be foremost in his mind as ...

A suspected bandit, who was shot to his cheek during an exchange of gunfire with police, died because of head injury, according to an autopsy conducted on Monday. Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh found that 19-year old Mario Gouveia died as a result of “brain haemorrhage due to blunt trauma to the head.” But the GPHC said that more tests ...

The Regional Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO) now being introduced in Guyana is expected to be an initiative that will continually benefit Guyanese youth.   That’s the word from Director, Human Development at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Ms. Myrna Bernard on Monday during the opening of a CEBO training of trainers workshop that will train 12 facilitators ...

Guyana and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Monday inked a US$10.7 million agreement for the titling of Amerindian lands. Officials said more than 75,000 persons are expected to benefit from the project. The agreement was signed at the opening of the 7th Annual Conference of the National Toshaos Council (NNTC). Funding is being drawn down from the Norwegian ...

The United Nations Secretary General’s Good Officer in the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, Professor Norman Girvan has proposed a number of “steps” to deal with the issue. In a statement issued through the United Nations Department of Political Affairs, Girvan said several meetings could be held in the near future to discuss Venezuela’s claim to the mineral and forest rich Essequibo ...

The head of a Guyanese youth organisation is now poised to use her experiences in rehabilitating delinquent youths. She is the Chief Executive Officer of the Volunteer Youth Corps, Goldie Scott who recently returned from the United States embassy-sponsored International Visitor Leadership Programme (ILVP) exchange. She recently shared her IVLP experience with US Ambassador Brent Hardt and discussed how she ...

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) on Monday said it was searching for 10 rounds of assault rifle ammunition that has gone missing from the Tacama military training school. The defence force said “investigators are currently checking” for the ten 7.62 x 39mm rounds that went missing from the Guard Room from the Guard Room of the Colonel John Clarke Military ...