Monthly Archives: February 2015
President Ramotar meets Essequibo centenarian
PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar while on a two-day visit to the Essequibo Coast on Wednesday and Thursday took time off from his busy schedule to...
Fighting fire! – recognising improvements within the Guyana Fire Service
FOR those critics, especially from the political Opposition who, for the well-known exercise of soliciting sympathy from their constituents, continues to criticise the Government...
Judge upholds no-case submissions in New Amsterdam vendor murder case – deems main witness’s...
JUSTICE Brassington Reynolds on Thursday upheld a no-case submission and directed the mixed jury to return a verdict of not guilty in favour of...
CPOG to commemorate 39th anniversary with series of activities
THE Community Policing Organisation of Guyana (CPOG) is celebrating 39 years of voluntary service to the community, and a series of activities has accordingly...
FFP makes first distribution for 2015
FOOD for the Poor (FFP) Guyana Limited yesterday kicked off its string of charitable events by holding its first public distribution programme at the...
CARICOM heads agree to focus on sports tourism and cultural industries
(CARICOM Secretariat) CARICOM heads have decided to place emphasis on developing cultural and creative industries and a sports sector to boost their economies.The announcement...
Address economic challenges to the Region – CARICOM Outgoing Chair
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) PRIME Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Hon. Gaston Browne, called on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to jointly and...
EPA conducting stake-out exercises within littering hotspots -polluters will be fined, issued a Clean-up/Litter...
IN their efforts to combat the illegal dumping of solid waste along Mandela Avenue during last year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the...
Persons without ID cards will not be barred from voting
OVER 35,000 identification cards are still sitting at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) office, cards that belong to persons registered since 2008, some of...
President chides ‘colonialist mentality’ in latest Amaila attack …says misleading, nonsensical comparisons employed...
“IT is misleading and nonsensical to draw such a comparison,” were the words used by Government to dismiss an assertion by the Guyana Human...