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May 24, 2013
GENERAL Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board [GRDB], Mr. Jagnarine Singh, has said more than 10,000 acres are already sown with paddy on the Essequibo Coast for the
May 24, 2013
THE world-renowned ‘King of Sufi Music’, Ustad Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, is set to thrill Guyanese at the Guyana National Stadium on June 9, 2013. Organisers are promising an
May 24, 2013
ALREADY 80 exhibitors have confirmed their participation in this year’s Building and Construction Expo, the largest set of participants in the past four years, says Chief Executive Officer of
May 24, 2013
LOCAL farmers interested in honey and pineapple production and processing will soon have the opportunity to learn from educational videos, which will display best practices in these two agricultural
May 24, 2013
DIGICEL (Guyana) yesterday announced that the company is making the Android (operating system) experience affordable and accessible to everyone with the launch of its own affordable smartphone. The exceptional
May 24, 2013
MILITARY Police, on May 18, arrested a recently retired Warrant Officer Class One, who refused to accede to a search of his bag, following his unauthorised entry into the
May 24, 2013
THE Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has reported that six ranks are to be imprisoned for being absent without leave (AWOL) and desertion. Their prison sentences were imposed when the
May 24, 2013
ARSON is suspected in the early morning fire at Merriman’s Funeral Home at 55 Lime and Bent Streets, Georgetown, in which two hearses were destroyed, while the front door
February 26, 2010
FIRE of unknown origin destroyed ND&S Furniture Establishment complex, at Lot 40 ‘BC’ Gap Road, La Jalousie, West Coast Demerara, on Wednesday night.Sasha Mahadeo, the owner’s daughter, told the
February 26, 2010
In the National AssemblyAlliance For Change (AFC) Chairman, Khemraj Ramjattan was yesterday forced to apologise several times to the National Assembly after he was proven incorrect regarding claims that
February 26, 2010
WATER rationing is looming closer as drought-like conditions from the prevailing El Nino phenomenon take hold across the country and the government ratchets up measures to ease the impact.Head
February 26, 2010
At Georgetown Rotary dinner…
February 26, 2010
Budget debate…THE presentation and debate on it addressed the current concerns of Guyanese and the 2010 Budget would contribute to laying the groundwork for the consolidation of the previous
February 26, 2010
The Ministry of Education, in keeping with its vision to expand the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme, yesterday sealed a Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) deal to
February 26, 2010
The PPP in the Mash Parade…For the first time, the ruling People’s Progressive Party formally participated in the Mashramani Parade on Tuesday, and what a coming out it was.Led
February 25, 2010
KISHAN Persaud, of Ithaca, was yesterday sentenced to three years imprisonment for possession of 13 grammes of marijuana.Magistrate Nigel Hawke, who imposed the sentence at Blairmont Court, West Bank
February 25, 2010
THIRTY-FIVE-YEAR-OLD Vernon Seecharran was yesterday sentenced to six months imprisonment, at New Amsterdam Court in Berbice, for simple larceny.Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo imposed the custodial penalty on the convict for
February 25, 2010
THREE minors were yesterday remanded into Police custody on a joint carnal knowledge charge.The trio appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, charged indictably with the February 22 offence.The
