NEW Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana, Dr. Nicole Giles, regards Guyana’s economy among the strongest in the Region, echoing sentiments that continue to vindicate confidence many have in a

RICE harvesting is ongoing in all the Regions despite intermittent rainfall in different areas and, so far, the yield and quality produced has been good. This is what General

THE University of Guyana (UG) does not get the kind of credit it deserves for building a nation over the past 50 years, Dean of the Faculty of Social

THE foreign trade performance of Latin America and the Caribbean reflects the weak global economy. Regional export values are expected to grow by just 1.5% in 2013 (3% in

POLICE are investigating another murder in the mining district of Arimu, along the Cuyuni River. Ranks have been dispatched to the area to conduct a probe into a report

CRIME Chief Seelall Persaud said, yesterday, that the fatal shooting, by Police, of Krishna Persaud, 45, at Bel Air Village, Georgetown, last Sunday, is still being investigated by the

MELON Viveros, 19, a joiner of Spring Garden on the Essequibo Coast, died early Wednesday morning when he was run over by a canter truck. According to reports, he

DEPUTY Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy in Georgetown, Mr. Bryan Hunt, has declared the American Administration’s commitment to a “holistic” approach to countering drug trafficking. Hunt

UNIVERSITY of Guyana Vice-Chancellor, Jacob Opadeyi  says that investigations have revealed that the sale of examination papers does not take place at the institution. Speaking at a press conference

MODERNISATION of Guyana’s archaic electricity transmission and distribution (T&D) network, operated by the state-owned Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc, is moving apace for substantial completion by the December