DESPITE receiving President Ramotar’s assurance that remedial works would continue on the East Bank Berbice roadway until the International Development Bank [IDB] approves a $20B loan for its reconstruction,

A five-year-old child and a 78-year-old woman are among more than a dozen persons who are homeless after a fire struck at 103 Montrose, East Coast Demerara, in one

FINANCE Minister, Dr Ashni Singh in this year’s budget presentation had announced that payment contributions to the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) will have to be increased by one per

ACTING Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Mr. Irfaan Ali has warned local small businesses against restructuring their price lines, in a bid to secure increased revenue, especially when

CRIME Chief Seelall Persaud said, yesterday, that the lone suspect, who was in custody following the fatal stabbing of Jamal Harris, 19, of Lot 82 Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge,

A MAN is in custody as police continue investigating the find of an unlicensed gun and ammunition, in Festival City, Georgetown, on Wednesday. Ranks were on mobile patrol about

THE Transport & Harbours Department (T&HD) has assigned the m.v. Makouria to undertake the Parika/Wakenaam ferry service, replacing the m.v. Malali, which developed electrical problems after a voyage to

LOVE and Faith World Outreach Ministries in collaboration with the Ministry of Health yesterday conducted a medical outreach which benefitted hundreds of men, women and children from Sophia and

THE jury in the Lusignan murder  trial  yesterday found the  27-year-old accused Ramchand Persaud, called ‘Boyo’ or ‘Hunter’, not guilty  of murder as well as the lesser count of