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March 12, 2013
AGRICULTURE Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy says that harvesting of the first rice crop for 2013 is well under way with approximately 2,000 hectares already reaped. In a recent interview
March 12, 2013
GUYANA is one of four countries that is to benefit from a Can$5M grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to promote food security in the Caribbean region.
March 12, 2013
TRAVIS Shepherd is the grand prize winner of $2M in the ‘Shell Drive in to Win’ promotion which was launched in December last year and ended in February this
March 12, 2013
GUYANESE will see a new and exciting addition to the ample range of activities this year as they celebrate the 175th Anniversary of Indian Arrival on the local shores.
March 12, 2013
WORK on the state-of-the art forensic laboratory in Dennis Street, Sophia, Greater Georgetown, is moving swiftly apace, with a significant amount having been completed. Situated within the precincts of
March 12, 2013
THE Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) said, on Monday, it is preparing to file charges against several raiders who were engaged in illegal mining activities in the Marudi
March 12, 2013
MARKET tarmacs that could also be used for other communal purposes are provided at tremendous cost to the taxpayers of this country and, hence, authorities are adamant that illegal
March 12, 2013
THE Environmental Community Health Organisation (Echo) launched 25 Echo Clubs in Region 5 (Mahaica/Berbice) earlier this month, and plans to open another 15 in Region 7 (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) shortly. The
October 7, 2009
At Festival of Choirs… Golden Grove Secondary students perform a folk song. ACTING Administrator of the Allied Arts unit in the Ministry of Education, Ms. Lorraine Barker-King has emphasised
October 6, 2009
MOTHER and son, Karen and Enoch Vanderstoop, were both bonded last Friday after being convicted, at New Amsterdam Court, in Berbice, of disorderly behaviour. They had, initially, pleaded not
October 6, 2009
GUYANA Power & Light (GPL) security officer Kevin Anthon, 49, was put on $2.5M bail last Friday, when he faced a simple larceny charge. But, after he told Magistrate
October 6, 2009
YORSHABELLE Liverpool, 23, of Lot 136 Crown Street, Queenstown, Georgetown, was yesterday remanded to prison on charges of obtaining money on false instruments. Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson refused
October 6, 2009
GOWAKAN Ganesh, 37, was yesterday fined $25,000 with the alternative of nine months imprisonment for shoplifting. The defendant (no address given) appeared before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson and
October 6, 2009
THE former Finance Controller of Princess Hotel, at Providence, has been charged with failing to declare foreign currency at Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri, also on East Bank Demerara.
October 6, 2009
THE Casique Palace, Suites and Banqueting Halls Inc. a uniquely-designed but incomplete facility sited just behind the renamed Princess Buddy’s International Hotel, at Providence, and on which construction began
October 6, 2009
MINISTER of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy, has explained that the delay in the tabling of the Disability Bill in Parliament is because of concerns about certain stipulations in it
October 6, 2009
CABINET has considered and adopted its programme of legislative enactments to be presented to the National Assembly during the new parliamentary session beginning later this month. This was disclosed
October 6, 2009
THE World Bank is moving ahead with a milestone support project for Guyana’s climate change model and a large bank mission is due here today to finalise aspects of
