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A former member of the United States (US) military was allegedly badly beaten by police at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) after she behaved violently and posed a flight risk, a usually reliable airport source said Sunday. The incident occurred early Saturday morning at the check-in area e where she had been preparing to leave Guyana on the 5:30 ...

Many wells in the Rupununi have dried up and several villages in the north are running very low on food due to the prolonged dry spell caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, residents said on Sunday. The Amerindian Affairs Ministry and other government agencies are said to be watching the situation very closely and are prepared to shuttle emergency ...

An East Bank Demerara bus conductress was Sunday morning found dead in a drain a short distance from her home at Craig Village. She has been identified as Macie Cummings and was said to be in her 40s. She lived at Third Street, Craig Village but her body was found at Cross Street, one corner away. An eyewitness at the ...

CAMBRIDGE (THE BOSTON GLOBE) — Whenever anyone asks Priscilla Gonsalves whether it is worth it — and they always ask when they learn she is a child protection worker in some of the grittiest communities in the South American nation of Guyana — she begins her reply with: “There is this 14-year-old girl . . . ” In her job, Gonsalves said, she ...

The body of an elderly man was early Saturday morning removed from a drain on Mandela Avenue in the vicinity of Meadow Brook Drive. He has been identified as Victor Forde. He is the brother of former Peoples National Congress Reform (PNC) stalwart, Trevlyn Moore. The man, said to have been an alcoholic, returned some time ago from the United ...

United States Ambassador, Brent Hardt on Friday suggested that talks with the Guyana government were progressing steadily to resolve differences over the US$1.2 million Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project. Speaking with reporters after formally opening a two-day media workshop for University of Guyana students and recent entrants to the field of journalism from a cross-section of media houses, the American ...

Guyana can expect a prolonged dry spell and already the water-levels in conservancies are dropping, prompting authorities to begin planning for a possible drought later in the year, authorities said Wednesday. “The Ministry of Agriculture has established a Special El Nino Working group to monitor and plan actions to reduce any adverse impact of a possible El Nino on agriculture ...

Authorities have begun investigating what led to a Trans Guyana Aviation aircraft hard-landing at Kurupung, Region Seven earlier Friday, the Transport Ministry said in a statement. The ministry said no one was injured. In aviation, a hard landing is an especially rapid or steep descent.  The Britten Norman Islander aircraft hard landed during its approach at Kurupung Bottom airstrip, Region Seven, ...

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) on Friday explained the cuase of a number of blackouts over the last two days. Following is a statement by the power company. Last night, Thursday May 15, 2014, at around 22:32hrs, one of the two transmission lines between Sophia and Garden of Eden tripped resulting in a shutdown of the Demerara Interconnected ...

A 26-year old woman was early Friday morning shot and injured when four men drove up in a car alongside a vehicle she and other relatives were in on Garnett Street, Campbelville, police said. Malika Da Silva of David Street, Subryanville, was shot to her chest. She is currently a patient at the Georgetown Public Hospital. “Two of the men ...