January 25, 2015
GUYANA is experiencing the rise of an emerging economy, and has recovered from the CLICO debacle which caused the insurance sector in the Caribbean region to contract.This sentiment was
January 25, 2015
THE Public Works Ministry exceeded its target for sea and river defence works last year.Coordinator of the Works Services Group of that ministry, Mr. Geoffrey Vaughn, recently reported that the targets
January 25, 2015
A CELEBRATORY ambience descended on the town of Anna Regina, and joy and happiness was all pervasive as children of nursery, primary and secondary schools hotly competed in the
January 25, 2015
THE Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) has reported a 46 percent reduction in fatalities from accidents on the waterways last year, as compared to figures for 2013.Director General of the Maritime
January 25, 2015
SENIOR police officers within the ‘A’ Division command were on Saturday part of a developmental workshop which was organised by its commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken.The event
January 25, 2015
COMMANDER of the Police ‘A’ Division, Assistant Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken and his administrative team met with the operators of cars and buses who occupy parking spaces in
January 25, 2015
THE Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness Organization (CADVA) yesterday opened a Book of Condolences for the late Dr. Faith Harding in recognition of her voluntary work with the local
January 25, 2015
REPRESENTATIVES of a number of organisations looking into the interest of people of African descent in Guyana gathered yesterday at the Parade Ground in Middle Street, Georgetown to launch
June 15, 2012
ANOTHER cocaine user was sentenced to one year imprisonment, by Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo, at New Amsterdam Court on Wednesday. Jeffers (only name stated) pleaded guilty to having an improvised
June 15, 2012
TWO youths, who are alleged to have killed a third, following a misunderstanding at the ‘Dusk ‘til Dawn’ nightclub, last June 3, were remanded to prison when they appeared
June 15, 2012
TERRY Joseph (no address given), who confessed to stealing wet clothes from a laundry line belonging to Neesha Khan, was fined $40,000 with an alternative of six months imprisonment
June 15, 2012
FIFTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Kenneth Bissondyal, having been remanded to prison for seven days after he pleaded guilty to assaulting his wife of thirty years, Kuntie Gopaul, was reprimanded and discharged when
June 15, 2012
Smaller trial continuing in manslaughter case of sexagenarianLEGAL submissions by defence counsel, Rabindranauth Singh, in the absence of the jury, has resulted in a continuing voir dire (trial within
June 15, 2012
Judge disappointed at not hearing from convict’s relativesJUSTICE James Bovell-Drakes has expressed disappointment that the defence, in the Colin Bentick manslaughter trial, did not present relatives of the convict,
June 15, 2012
REMANDED prisoner Kevin October was charged with unlawful wounding yesterday. Before Acting Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, particulars of the offence said, last May 15, in the Camp Street, Georgetown
June 15, 2012
TWENTY-SIX-YEAR-OLD Donald Kamatchu (no address given) faced a charge of assault with intention to rob yesterday. He appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate, Priya Sewnarine-Beharry, charged, indictably, with having, last
June 15, 2012
– free launch Party set for tonightDIGICEL, the leading telecommunications provider in Guyana, will be launching a new and exciting promotion today, dubbed ‘Digicel Value Tun Up’ which emphasizes
June 15, 2012
MS. LAVERN Thorne is the latest Guyanese to be awarded a full scholarship under the European Union’s Erasmus Mundus Scholarship programme, to read for an International Master’s in Early