THIS weekend, things get started on Saturday, where the biggest talk this week has been the “Split in Di Middle” dance-off competition that’s going to be going down at the Diamond Tarmac...
The reality, options with marijuana
THE question of marijuana rests with the fact that it has been allowed to develop, wooing and damaging our society without any response from the government.
From the mid-seventies when it was...
‘Dem gone too far now!’
--Ninja Man, Bounty on Danielle D.I. & Ishawna feud
DANCEHALL music has always been known for its melodramatic lyrical clashes between deejays.
But the lyrical feud between Danielle D.I. and...
Alkaline tops Kartel on YouTube
ALKALINE stays ahead of Vybz Kartel on YouTube with his Vevo channel reaching a milestone 500,000 subscribers.
The two rival deejays’ fans have been battling each other on the airwaves and on...
ON September 16, 2017, Guyana joined the international community in celebrating International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. This day marked 30 years since the Montreal Protocol on...
Air Pollution
AS we continue to focus on the pertinent environmental issues, let’s turn our focus to air pollution and what laws exist to address this problem. The Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) has...
Know More about the EPA Part II
Welcome to another week of the EPA and you! Last week, we provided answers to some frequently asked questions about our roles and processes. This week, we continue with providing answers to other...
Know More about the EPA
THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is aware that a public that values the environment will act to keep it safe and healthy. After all, the environment is the source of our air, water, food,...
A 33-year-old man who was busted by police, allegedly with marijuana in his haversack, was on Tuesday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan for drug trafficking.
It is alleged that...
Three held for questioning into Britisher’s death
AS the investigation into the suspected suicide of British citizen, Sarah Rosemary Dajee continues, three persons have been detained by local police
They have since submitted statements to the law...
Canada-bound man excretes 86 cocaine pellets
THE Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Tuesday pulled a Canada-bound man off a flight at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and the man later excreted some 86 cocaine pellets.
In a release,...
Teen suspect held in Baramita murder
A 17-YEAR-OLD MINER who allegedly murdered a farmer at Baramita, North West District (NWD), Region One (Barima-Waini) on October 12, 2016, was on Monday apprehended by Toshao Trevor Mathis, of Region...
--for entering illegally
A 27-year-old Venezuelan national was on Wednesday fined and deported for entering Guyana illegally.
Roxanne Torres Aregas appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and...
Damage of property proves costly
--for caretaker with an axe to grind
A 30-year-old man was on Wednesday sentenced to six months imprisonment for damaging the property of Minister of State Mr Joseph Harmon.
Samuel Greene...
Teen formally charged with friend’s murder
--after eluding police for a year
A 16-year-old boy who was recently apprehended by the police after almost a year on the run was on Wednesday charged with the 2016 murder of his friend.
It is...
Two plead ‘not guilty’
--to fraudulent embezzlement
TWO former Central Electronics employees, one a bond clerk and the other an accounts clerk, were on Wednesday placed before City Magistrate Fabayo Azore on eight counts...
AG: CJ ruling vindicates President’s decision on GECOM chair
…Gaskin signals intention to appeal
ATTORNEY General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams SC said the Chief Justice ruling on the Guyana Elections Commission chairmanship issue has upheld...
Arjoon to be compensated for wrongful dismissal
AFTER more than six years of legal battle, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of New Building Society (NBS), Maurice Arjoon will be compensated by the state-owned agency for wrongful dismissal by...
PAC hears about missing $14M in vouchers
APPROXIMATELY $14M in vouchers are still to be accounted for by the Ministry of Indigenous People's Affairs while millions of dollars in equipment were procured without any evidence that contractual...
Education CoI recommends licensing of teachers
THE recently concluded Commission of Inquiry into the local education system has recommended a license system for teachers to improve the level of service they are rendering to the system.
This...
REGION Five (Mahaica/Berbice) is slated to receive two new health centres designed and constructed in keeping with the concept of “smart medical facilities.”
One centre will be constructed at...
Support for Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre
IN observance of National Rehabilitation Week 2017, Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, on Wednesday pledged government’s support to the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre in helping to...
GPHC pain medicine goes missing -male nurse suspected
DURING the course of last week, staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) discovered ten vials of the pain medicine, pethidine missing from a cabinet.
Reports are that the hospital...
60 cervical cancer tests conducted during U.S. Embassy outreach in Linden
SIXTY cervical cancer tests were among a range of tests conducted by a United States Embassy outreach in the mining town of Linden recently.
According to the embassy , the Humanitarian Assistance...
Cuban ambassador decries Trump’s roll back of Obama policy
CUBAN Ambassador to Guyana, Julio Cesar Gonzalez Marchante, described US President Donald Trump recent speech and directive as ill-advised, resulting in the roll-back of progress achieved over the...
US pledges support for regional energy reforms
THE United States will be looking to play a more active role in supporting the energy sector in the Caribbean by providing targeted technical support to countries with the capacity and interest in...
Caribbean looks to creative arts to transform regional economy
THE ECONOMIC potential of the creative arts industry in the Caribbean remains one which can transform regional economies which have been stagnant, Culture Minister of Barbados, Stephen Lashley, has...
CAL cancels flights over storm warning
Caribbean Airlines (CAL) have cancelled a number of flights on Monday due to several Caribbean countries being placed under a tropical storm warning.
A release from the air carrier stated: “Due to...
- Russia has warned the US-led coalition fighting in Syria that it will view its aircraft as targets, after a Syrian military plane was shot down.
The coalition said it had shot down the Syrian...
Theresa May condemns ‘sickening’ terror attack
- Prime Minister Theresa May says the terror attack near a north London mosque is "every bit as sickening" as other recent ones to hit the UK.
A man drove a van into worshippers close to the...
Trump-Russia inquiry: President ‘probed for obstruction of justice’
- President Donald Trump is being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller for possible obstruction of justice, US media reports say.
They say senior intelligence officials will be...
London fire: Prime minister orders full public inquiry
- Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered a full public inquiry into the fire that engulfed a west London block of flats, killing at least 17 people.
That figure is expected to rise, as fire chiefs...
THIS weekend, things get started on Saturday, where the biggest talk this week has been the “Split in Di Middle” dance-off competition that’s going to be going down at the Diamond Tarmac...
The reality, options with marijuana
THE question of marijuana rests with the fact that it has been allowed to develop, wooing and damaging our society without any response from the government.
From the mid-seventies when it was...
‘Dem gone too far now!’
--Ninja Man, Bounty on Danielle D.I. & Ishawna feud
DANCEHALL music has always been known for its melodramatic lyrical clashes between deejays.
But the lyrical feud between Danielle D.I. and...
Alkaline tops Kartel on YouTube
ALKALINE stays ahead of Vybz Kartel on YouTube with his Vevo channel reaching a milestone 500,000 subscribers.
The two rival deejays’ fans have been battling each other on the airwaves and on...
ON September 16, 2017, Guyana joined the international community in celebrating International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. This day marked 30 years since the Montreal Protocol on...
Air Pollution
AS we continue to focus on the pertinent environmental issues, let’s turn our focus to air pollution and what laws exist to address this problem. The Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) has...
Know More about the EPA Part II
Welcome to another week of the EPA and you! Last week, we provided answers to some frequently asked questions about our roles and processes. This week, we continue with providing answers to other...
Know More about the EPA
THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is aware that a public that values the environment will act to keep it safe and healthy. After all, the environment is the source of our air, water, food,...
A 33-year-old man who was busted by police, allegedly with marijuana in his haversack, was on Tuesday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate, Ann McLennan for drug trafficking.
It is alleged that...
Three held for questioning into Britisher’s death
AS the investigation into the suspected suicide of British citizen, Sarah Rosemary Dajee continues, three persons have been detained by local police
They have since submitted statements to the law...
Canada-bound man excretes 86 cocaine pellets
THE Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) on Tuesday pulled a Canada-bound man off a flight at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport and the man later excreted some 86 cocaine pellets.
In a release,...
Teen suspect held in Baramita murder
A 17-YEAR-OLD MINER who allegedly murdered a farmer at Baramita, North West District (NWD), Region One (Barima-Waini) on October 12, 2016, was on Monday apprehended by Toshao Trevor Mathis, of Region...
--for entering illegally
A 27-year-old Venezuelan national was on Wednesday fined and deported for entering Guyana illegally.
Roxanne Torres Aregas appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and...
Damage of property proves costly
--for caretaker with an axe to grind
A 30-year-old man was on Wednesday sentenced to six months imprisonment for damaging the property of Minister of State Mr Joseph Harmon.
Samuel Greene...
Teen formally charged with friend’s murder
--after eluding police for a year
A 16-year-old boy who was recently apprehended by the police after almost a year on the run was on Wednesday charged with the 2016 murder of his friend.
It is...
Two plead ‘not guilty’
--to fraudulent embezzlement
TWO former Central Electronics employees, one a bond clerk and the other an accounts clerk, were on Wednesday placed before City Magistrate Fabayo Azore on eight counts...
AG: CJ ruling vindicates President’s decision on GECOM chair
…Gaskin signals intention to appeal
ATTORNEY General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams SC said the Chief Justice ruling on the Guyana Elections Commission chairmanship issue has upheld...
Arjoon to be compensated for wrongful dismissal
AFTER more than six years of legal battle, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of New Building Society (NBS), Maurice Arjoon will be compensated by the state-owned agency for wrongful dismissal by...
PAC hears about missing $14M in vouchers
APPROXIMATELY $14M in vouchers are still to be accounted for by the Ministry of Indigenous People's Affairs while millions of dollars in equipment were procured without any evidence that contractual...
Education CoI recommends licensing of teachers
THE recently concluded Commission of Inquiry into the local education system has recommended a license system for teachers to improve the level of service they are rendering to the system.
This...
REGION Five (Mahaica/Berbice) is slated to receive two new health centres designed and constructed in keeping with the concept of “smart medical facilities.”
One centre will be constructed at...
Support for Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre
IN observance of National Rehabilitation Week 2017, Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, on Wednesday pledged government’s support to the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre in helping to...
GPHC pain medicine goes missing -male nurse suspected
DURING the course of last week, staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) discovered ten vials of the pain medicine, pethidine missing from a cabinet.
Reports are that the hospital...
60 cervical cancer tests conducted during U.S. Embassy outreach in Linden
SIXTY cervical cancer tests were among a range of tests conducted by a United States Embassy outreach in the mining town of Linden recently.
According to the embassy , the Humanitarian Assistance...
Cuban ambassador decries Trump’s roll back of Obama policy
CUBAN Ambassador to Guyana, Julio Cesar Gonzalez Marchante, described US President Donald Trump recent speech and directive as ill-advised, resulting in the roll-back of progress achieved over the...
US pledges support for regional energy reforms
THE United States will be looking to play a more active role in supporting the energy sector in the Caribbean by providing targeted technical support to countries with the capacity and interest in...
Caribbean looks to creative arts to transform regional economy
THE ECONOMIC potential of the creative arts industry in the Caribbean remains one which can transform regional economies which have been stagnant, Culture Minister of Barbados, Stephen Lashley, has...
CAL cancels flights over storm warning
Caribbean Airlines (CAL) have cancelled a number of flights on Monday due to several Caribbean countries being placed under a tropical storm warning.
A release from the air carrier stated: “Due to...
- Russia has warned the US-led coalition fighting in Syria that it will view its aircraft as targets, after a Syrian military plane was shot down.
The coalition said it had shot down the Syrian...
Theresa May condemns ‘sickening’ terror attack
- Prime Minister Theresa May says the terror attack near a north London mosque is "every bit as sickening" as other recent ones to hit the UK.
A man drove a van into worshippers close to the...
Trump-Russia inquiry: President ‘probed for obstruction of justice’
- President Donald Trump is being investigated by special counsel Robert Mueller for possible obstruction of justice, US media reports say.
They say senior intelligence officials will be...
London fire: Prime minister orders full public inquiry
- Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered a full public inquiry into the fire that engulfed a west London block of flats, killing at least 17 people.
That figure is expected to rise, as fire chiefs...
