Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana News

In recent years Jamaican plays have been extraordinarily popular in Guyana and whenever any of the companies from that country are booked on tours to Georgetown they are in high demand.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana a ' The Caribbean Community Secretariat will mount an Observer Mission to St Vincent and the Grenadines when nationals of this CARICOM Member State vote in a National Referendum for the approval of the St Vincent and the Grenadines Constitution Bill, 2009 on 25 November 2009.

The battered, decomposed body of the captain of a fishing vessel, Savie II, was found at the Bush Lot, West Berbice foreshore around 9:45 am yesterday after he disappeared on Friday during a fracas at sea.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - How much is the lush forest in the South American country of Guyana worth? At least $30 million, if you ask Norway's government.

Georgetown, Guyana - A woman jumped off a towering waterfall in Guyana on Saturday in an apparent suicide, tourism workers said.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana a " Recent arson attacks and shootings in this violence-wracked South American nation are the work of a mastermind living in the United States, Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo alleged.Jagdeo made the allegation late Friday, shortly after his administration submitted a request to the U.S. Embassy for assistance with the ...

A customer service representative and a procurement clerk of Guyana Power and Light Inc.

A group of heavily armed gunmen launched an early Wednesday morning attack on the Brickdam police station creating panic in the quiet downtown Georgetown, Guyana.

Police in Guyana say the two ranks accused of torturing a young boy, including setting ablaze his genitals during an interrogation, have been charged criminally.

In these a oedark timesa , a Roman Catholic Church organization is calling for all to work together to prevent a oeabominationsa like torture from occurring and urging the police and government to act swiftly and take the necessary steps to hold to account those responsible.

The government yesterday confirmed a BBC report that a 4.9m pounds sterling security sector reform project with the UK had collapsed following differences between the two countries.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - A 14-year-old suspect detained for questioning about the murder of a government official was severely tortured by police officers while in custody, a Guyanese legislator alleged Saturday.

I refer to the essence and serious development of regionalism - " the country's Regional System.

A search has been launched for two East Coast Demerara fishermen who are missing after two Guyanese fishing boats were attacked by pirates in Suriname waters around 7 pm on Wednesday, the pirates taking the two men hostage while escaping.

A 29-year-old prisoner accused of murdering another inmate was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson at the Georgetown Magistratea s Court.

Foreign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett says Guyana is going full blast to implement of the Caribbean Community Single Market and Economy and called on sister member states to view this process as critical to the region's survival, especially in this time of harsh economic environment and social realities.

Only two days after Shaheed - Roger' Khan had been jailed in New York for several crimes including importing cocaine into the USA from his base in Georgetown, Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee found it appropriate to congratulate the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit and pour praise on its personnel for their "work in the suppression of illicit ...

Convicted drug trafficker Somwattie Persaud has become clinically depressed and suicidal since her incarceration, Psychologist Dr Cephas Sealy told a Barbados court yesterday.

The Guyana Revenue Authority has issued arrest warrants for six persons charged with the breach of tax laws including contractor Roopan Ramotar.

A local beekeeper who is currently spearheading a project aimed at popularising the pursuit of apiculture as an economic venture among Region Seven communities is calling for a national convention of beekeepers from across the country to chart a course of action for the future of the industry.