By George Barclay THIRTY-THREE-year-old murder accused Shakir Mohamed was on Friday freed of the murder of Shewraney Doobay, called ‘Monica’, on a no-case submission by Attorney-at-Law Maxwell McKay.The accused,

THE Ministry of Natural Resources has terminated the services of Rickford Vieira as Commissioner of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC).In the interim Newell Dennison will continue to

GOVERNMENT has set aside some $300M to support activities connected with the country’s 50th Independence Anniversary celebrations, Finance Minister Winston Jordan announced in the budget on Friday.“Mr Speaker, His

WITH the objective to build a platform to put the economy on a higher growth path to enable the “Good Life”, the Government on Friday presented a $230B budget

THE decision by the APNU+AFC Coalition Government to await the conclusion of discussions with unions before announcing salary increases for public servants has been hailed by the Guyana Trades

$14.4 BILLION have been budgeted to continue the upgrade, expansion and rehabilitation of our network of roads and bridges. The Government is finalising negotiations with the Government of China

By Ariana Gordon SIGNIFICANT sums have been injected into the Housing, Water and Sanitation sectors, Finance Minister Winston Jordan announced on Friday. In the Water sector, Government has allocated

THE GUYANA Police Force (GPF) has contacted the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol) to assist in locating the ex-Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Power and Light, Aeshwar

UNITED States Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway, on Friday met with Minister of Social Cohesion, Amna Ally, to explore areas for partnership.The meeting was held at Ally’s Ministry of

By Neil Marks GOVERNMENT, this year, expects to spend about $28 billion, or 10.9 percent of the budget, on the health sector; and a commission of inquiry into suicides