Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana News

"Without effective risk management poverty reduction will not occur; insurance is an essential risk management tool," warned David Hatch, Associate Deputy Director General, of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture .

Peoplea s Progressive Party stalwart Brindley Benn, CCH, the father of Public Works Minister Robeson Benn, died yesterday after a brief illness.

A Diamond, East Bank Demerara man lost his life after the Canter truck he was travelling in slammed into a concrete fence at Number 4 Village, West Berbice yesterday morning.

Guyana is lagging behind the rest of the region in terms of the relationship between the university and the business community and newly installed Chancellor of the University of Guyana Professor Compton Bourne has criticized what he describes as the "free-rider situation" that informs the relationship between the local private sector and the ...

Two drivers have had their licences suspended after being charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

In the political development of Guyana, Winifred Gaskin stands out as an extraordinary example of an early Guyanese politician who displayed exemplary characteristics of patriotism, commitment to cause, pioneering zeal and strength of character.

Guyana Power and Light Inc. has announced plans to retrench 75 of its employees with full benefits, as the company says it no longer needs such a large workforce.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: A top Guyana official says the South American country will buy two new river ferries from the Chinese government for $17 million.

The investigation into the recent Regent St fires has confirmed arson in the most recent case, which saw the destruction of Household Plus, the Chino Variety, Slim Jet, Fullworths General Store and Wireless Connections.

Georgetown, Dec 3 The UN Food and Agriculture Organization praised the efforts of Guyana for the preservation of the environment and of Cuba for reforestation.

The world's largest producer of alumina and aluminum said it no longer recognizes the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union, a move that union leaders say is illegal.

Minister of Tourism Industry and Commerce Manniram Prashad delivering remarks at the 5th Technical Meeting Tourism Commitee meeting of Focal Point.

The two police officers who were charged with unlawfully wounding a 15-year-old boy was burned in the genital area while in custody at the Leonora Police Station appeared yesterday at the Georgetown Magistrate's Court charged with wounding yet another prisoner who was in custody at the same station.

A two-vehicle smash up in Guyana's hinterland has left three persons dead, including a three-year-old boy.

Fifty-one-year-old Gale Daniels is as the saying says, - trying to keep her head above water' with her only silver lining being the hope of being reunited with her eight children.

The education ministry is considering the introduction of a new literacy assessment to determine whether primary-level students meet the required standard to sit the National Grade Six Examination .

Magistrate Priya Beharry yesterday ordered that a US national, who initially admitted having cocaine in his luggage at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport , Timehri, and another man at whose home he allegedly stayed, be remanded to prison when they appeared before her at the Georgetown Magistrate's Court.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 10:33 a.m. GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Police say a jaguar prowling the lush jungles of Guyana killed a gold and diamond miner as he fetched water from a creek.

Two teens were stabbed in separate incidents late Satur-day and early yesterday while a 57-year-old man is nursing gunshot wounds after walking into a gun trap at Parika, East Bank Essequibo.

By Abiola Inniss On October 28, 2009, this writer, upon browsing the Kaieteur News of Guyana, was left open-mouthed in astonishment at finding on page 9 of the newspaper, a big bold copy of my last article published on October 27, 2009, by Caribbean Net News entitled 'Restorative justice: a farfetched idea for the Caribbean?'. Abiola Inniss LLB, ...