January 27, 2015
INCUMBENT Head of State, President Donald Ramotar, is the presidential candidate for the ruling People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) leadership ticket heading into the May 11 elections.This was confirmed
January 27, 2015
FINANCE Minister Dr. Ashni Singh said he finds it disturbing that the main Opposition Party would laud the European Union (EU) for withholding critical funding to Guyana.While addressing a
January 27, 2015
WELL known activist of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Mark Ross, who is a former Communications student at the University of Guyana (UG) yesterday attempted to politicise a student
January 27, 2015
POLICE yesterday picked up six men for questioning in a number of robberies that were committed in and around Georgetown.Among the six is a man who goes by the
January 26, 2015
THE Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is moving apace with its preparations for the upcoming General and Regional Elections on May 11.And its Preliminary List of Electors (PLE) is expected
January 26, 2015
President Donald Ramotar has been endorsed as the presidential candidate on the PPP/C leadership ticket. As is usual, the Prime Ministerial candidate, still to be decided, will be taken
January 26, 2015
The Ministry of Education, cognisant of the concerns regarding the sitting of CAPE and CSEC exams on May 11 – Election Day – today announced that exams on that
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
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
June 15, 2012
…broadcast to address billing and revenue queries from customersGUYANA Water Incorporated, GWI, the nation’s supplier of water and sanitation services, has embarked on a radio programme, titled “GWI’s The
June 15, 2012
THE impact of the budget cuts instituted by the Parliamentary Opposition, using their combined one-seat majority, has deepened, as employees at the constitutional body, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC),
June 15, 2012
– due to illness of panel memberWORK on the review of Guyana’s taxation system has been halted as a result of the illness of one of the three-member panel