MINISTER of Tourism, Industry and Commerce Mr. Manniram Prashad, describes 2010 as a record year for domestic tourism as thousands of Guyanese travelled, explored and discovered their own country.

MEMBER of Parliament (MP) and General-Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers’ Association (RPA), Mr. Dharamkumar Seeraj, in his budget presentation last week said the ineffective response from the opposition

THE Health Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mr. Hydar Ally, in an invited comment, said a meeting is scheduled for tomorrow with the management of the Linden Hospital Complex and the

BASANT PANCHMI or the fifth day of the Hindu month of Maagh is being observed by the Hindu community today. It marks the beginning of Basant Ritu when a

CONTRARY to claims from some quarters of no progress in the education sector, Education Minister, Shaik Baksh, has said that the range of interventions being taken to address challenges

VISITING officials of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have expressed confidence in the banking sector here and in Guyana’s financial sector, as the World Bank entity partners with one

THE Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has recognised the importance of letting the public know of the plans surrounding the permanent closure of Le Repentir landfill, formerly

IT has been more than a week since the Mandela dump site was officially closed and according to Georgetown Mayor Hamilton Green, the city constabulary will be guarding the

THE tiny hands of nursery and primary school children sounded thunderous applause which ushered in the 2011 Georgetown Children’s Mashramani Competitions at the National Cultural Centre (NCC), yesterday, setting

–    as CBR bike collides with busMECHANIC Errol Gonsalves, 50, of Lot 97 Croal Street, Georgetown, was killed, instantaneously, when the CBR motorcycle he was riding collided with a