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Guyana is expected to deliver training to persons in the medical field from around the region in the area of rehabilitative medicine, according to the Government Information Agency (GINA). During a technical meeting today at the Ministry of Health, Minister Bheri Ramsaran stated that this would be done under the Cooperation and Technical Assistance Agreement among the CARICOM Secretariat, Ministry ...

Parts of Guyana were rattled by a slight tremor Wednesday night, several residents across the country confirmed. An earthquake tracking website stated that about 10:24 PM (Guyana Time) there was a 5.2  magnitude earthquake 89 kilometers from Carupano, Sucre in neighbouring Venezuela. The tremor was felt in Guyana around the same time. No one reported any damage in Guyana. Confirmation ...

GECOM, Georgetown, April 15, 2015 –An agreement was signed Wednesday by the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on the Electoral Observation Process of the 2015 General and Regional Elections. This agreement was compiled by the OAS. The signing took place when the OAS Chief of Mission, Ms. Lisa Shoman visited GECOM. The agreement, clearly ...

Rehabilitation of Guyana’s state-owned fibre-optic cable, which was first laid improperly,  has begun and should be completed before year-end, according to a senior official of the company that has been contracted to do the job. The official of Dax Engineering told Demerara Waves Online News that work began two weeks ago. Government intends to use the Internet service for its ...

The Guyana government on Thursday skirted questions about why public funds amounting to US$13,100 (GY$2.7 million) were used to finance an overseas trip under the guise of a Diaspora Outreach that apparently turned out to be an electioneering mission. Asked why Cabinet had granted approval for the trip to Canada and the United States by several persons, Head of the ...

The Guyana government on Thursday scoffed at reports that outgoing Human Services Minister, Jennifer Webster resigned because she was linked to the discovery of a large amount of cash aboard an executive jet in Puerto Rico. “Neither am I nor cabinet nor the government aware that a minister of the government of Guyana been associated with Mr. (Khamraj) Lall, the ...

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) of the Guyana Police Force has seized more than US$10,000 from a Brazilian woman and placed her before the court on Wednesday. Marisa Silva Cardosa of Ituni Street, Bel Air Park pleaded not guilty to the charge that she failed to declare US$11,000 to customs and immigration on December 4, 2014 at the Cheddi ...

Preliminary Visit of the OAS Electoral Observation Mission to Guyana  The Electoral Observation Mission of the Organization of American States (EOM/OAS), headed by the former Foreign Minister of Belize Lisa Shoman, arrived Wednesday in Guyana to learn about the preparations for the May 11 general and regional elections, the OAS said in a statement. During her visit to Guyana, the ...

The 70-year old Guyanese woman, who was caught with 1.92 kilogramme of cocaine on arrival at the John F. Kennedy International Airport, first raised alarm bells by her body language leadingl federal agents found a hard object near her groin. A United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent states in court documents that Olive Fowler, travelling on a tourist ...

A woman was Tuesday night killed on the West Coast Demerara  public road after a car that was being driven allegedly by a drunken driver ploughed into them. She has been identified as Vanessa Forde, said to be in her 30s, of Stewartville. Her eight-year old son, Zedane Moore, escaped serious injury. Sources said Forde and her son had just ...