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Guyana News Archive

Jan 31, 2008

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): Head of Guyana's Presidential Secretariat (HPS) and Cabinet Secretary, Dr Roger Luncheon on Wednesday announced that security forces have commenced a massive exercise to apprehend and terminate the activities of the Buxton gang believed to be behind the Lusignan massacre. >>


Jan 30, 2008

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has made it clear that the recent Lusignan killings by criminal gangs will not make Guyana's security forces retreat from the success gained in the fight against crime. Members of the public are being urged not to distract the Joint Services. >>


Jan 29, 2008

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Police in Guyana fired tear gas at protesters on Monday as outraged villagers demonstrated for the third day running over the murders of 11 people by a suspected criminal gang. Anger is running high over how authorities have responded to the slayings. >>


Jan 29, 2008

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): Relatives of those killed in the Lusignan attack on January 26, have urged that all citizens particularly those on the East Coast Demerara remain calm and avoid any further disruptive practices. The relatives urged that residents desist from burning tyres and blocking roadways. >>


Jan 29, 2008

BROOKLYN, USA: The New York-based Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) has condemned the killing of the eleven citizens from the East Coast Village of Lusignan in Guyana, and the shooting of two police officers at Guyana Police Headquarters by unknown gunmen. >>


Jan 28, 2008

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (Reuters): Gunmen killed 11 people in a Guyana village early on Saturday in an attack a police source said was likely organized by the nation's most-wanted gang boss amid escalating violence in the small South American nation. The victims included women and children who were still in bed. >>


Jan 28, 2008

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): The Lusignan, East Coast Demerara shootings may have been a diversion from the investigations into the recent revelation that over 200 weapons issued to the Ministry of National Development during the 1970s were not returned to the Guyana Defence Force (GDF). >>


Jan 28, 2008

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AFP): Hundreds of irate villagers took to the streets Sunday to vent their disgust about the murders of 11 people, amid concerns that racial tension could boil over into further violence. A large stretch of the east coast highway remained blocked by burning tyres and other debris Sunday night. >>


Jan 25, 2008

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): Guyana’s aggressive response to HIV/AIDS has seen the epidemic stabilising over the past three years as it pursues the goal of having no child born with HIV. Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, said that all Guyanese should be proud of the country’s effort in fighting HIV. >>


Jan 23, 2008

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (GINA): With its vast array of cascading waterways, among other pristine natural resources, Guyana is capable of promoting renewable energy by becoming one of the central points of hydropower supply in the Caribbean, with immense potential to supply power to the region. >>



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