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January 23, 2015
PREPARATIONS on Budget 2015 are ongoing, but with May 11 announced as the date for General and Regional elections, its presentation will be made to the 11th Parliament. This
January 23, 2015
TROY Greene, alias ‘Slim’, who was accused of murdering Bibi Raphina Saymar for a promised payment of US$15,000, was yesterday freed by trial judge Mr. Navindra Singh at the
January 23, 2015
THE major Opposition political parties – A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC), will need another month to iron out details and arrive at
January 23, 2015
PANDEMONIUM broke out at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) last evening at around 20:30 hrs when a female patient, identified as Sheniza Farouk met her demise after plunging
January 23, 2015
Repeat offender Clifton Ramsarran, alias Witch, was on Friday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment after he confessed to having been previously charged with break-and-enter and larceny. Ramsarran was making
January 23, 2015
FORTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD, Jagnauth Ramcharran has been fined $40,000 with an alternative of 90 days’ imprisonment after he confessed to stealing 28 ducks from New Amsterdam businessman, Randolph Blair. Gesticulating in
January 23, 2015
RONALD Balgobin, called Coolie Boy, of Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara was arrested on Thursday afternoon moments after demanding four thousand dollars from a motorist who had failed
January 23, 2015
LEON Thomas of Lot 15 Manchester Village, Corentyne, is alleged to have unlawfully wounded Meena Crawford Morrisson with intent to murder her. The defendant appeared on Friday before Albion
June 10, 2012
HSDU successfully implements IDB nutrition programmeTHE Basic Nutrition Programme (BNP), implemented by the Health Sector Development Unit (HSDU) of the Ministry of Health (MoH), Guyana, and funded by the
June 10, 2012
— not waiting for gov’ts to push ahead with regional projectsPETER Laurie, a former respected diplomat and top public servant of Barbados, has considered it worthwhile to challenge “visionary
June 10, 2012
PEOPLE’S personal quest for political power, and their zeal to sustain that power without a shred of democratic principles and practices can spell ruin for any country; and Syria
June 9, 2012
IN the light of a Reuters report carried in yesterday’s edition of the paper titled ‘Guyana oil exploration stirs up Venezuela border dispute’, which implied that there was a
June 9, 2012
ONE man is feared drowned and six others were rescued after a ship bound for Trinidad developed difficulties just off Port Georgetown and overturned in the Demerara River channel
June 9, 2012
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s opposition accused the government on Wednesday of turning a blind eye to neighbouring Guyana’s oil exploration in a border region claimed by Venezuela, potentially inflaming
June 9, 2012
THE body of Mahaicony resident, Colin Sealey, was found on the foreshore in the area by a search party comprising policemen, relatives and public-spirited persons at about 10:00hrs yesterday.
June 9, 2012
… evidence was credible-judgeJAMAICA OBSERVER – Former Tivoli Gardens strongman Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke was sentenced to 23 years in a Manhattan Court yesterday afternoon. Coke pleaded guilty to racketeering
June 9, 2012
TWENTY-YEAR-OLD Vishwanauth Narine, called “Buddy”, of Plastic City squatting area, West Bank Demerara, was yesterday morning murdered, allegedly by his neighbour, whose name was only given as Michael. The
June 9, 2012
NEXT year will mark 50 years since roving medical missions from China have been augmenting the delivery of health services in other countries, and 20 years in Guyana; and
