January 25, 2013
WHILE many persons within City Hall have expressed some degree of hopefulness in Ms. Patricia Chase-Greene being elected as Deputy Mayor, quite a few councillors have signalled their intention
January 25, 2013
FIVE men are in police custody after a quantity of cannabis sativa (marijuana) was found in the car they were in at a police roadblock on Wednesday. Police reported
January 25, 2013
GOVERNMENT is set to table the Justice Sector (Amendment) Bill at its sitting today of the National Assembly. This piece of intended legislation, seeks to allow for appeals of
January 25, 2013
GUYANA was the first country to be reviewed at the 62nd Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (ROC) at the Office of the High Commission
January 25, 2013
HEAD of the Presidential Secretariat (HPS), Dr. Roger Luncheon, at his post-Cabinet press briefing at the Office of the President Wednesday, announced the appointment of Victor Chan as the
January 25, 2013
GUYANESE have responded overwhelmingly to Bai Shan Lin’s vacancies for jobs, exceeding expectation by 100 more applicants, according to Whenze Chu, Chairman of the China Forest Industry Group Company
January 25, 2013
THE need for reforms to improve the local forestry sector was stressed on Wednesday when the Guyana Forestry Commission (GFC) met with forestry concessionaires in Kingstown, Georgetown. Addressing the
January 25, 2013
THE Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Panthera Corporation and launched a new partnership aimed at conserving Guyana’s national animal, the
July 1, 2009
‘Blondie’ murder trial… By George Barclay POLICE Sergeant Eon Jackson, who previously testified as a ballistics expert in several criminal cases, had his credentials challenged by Justice William Ramlal
July 1, 2009
By Shirley Thomas TWO of nine persons, injured in an accident along Soesdyke/Linden Highway on Monday morning, were still critically ill at Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) yesterday. They are
July 1, 2009
By Vanessa Narine THE Small Business Development Fund (SBDF), a non-profit entity which finances micro, housing and other development loans, made a surplus of $37,177,692 at December 31, 2008.
July 1, 2009
City Hall Inquiry… – but expresses concern over delayed report disclosure GEORGETOWN Mayor Hamilton Green yesterday commended Commissioner of the Inquiry into City Hall operations, Mr. Keith Burrowes, on
July 1, 2009
By Delana Isles ALBERT Herwain Van Vieldt, of Lot 9 Supply, East Bank Demerara, who was found by a boy and his dog on Monday last, yesterday succumbed at
July 1, 2009
THE Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that the deadline for the acquisition of motor vehicle licence has been further extended to July 15, 2009. In a notice, the
June 30, 2009
At Demerara Assizes… A WITNESS for the Prosecution, at the murder trial of Ashanti Schultz alias ‘Blondie’, admitted yesterday that he had given contradictory evidence during his deposition at
June 30, 2009
BRAZILIAN Solomon Barthalmew, 16, was remanded in Police custody yesterday, on three wounding charges. Before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson, the indictable charges said he, on June 21, at
June 30, 2009
JUNIOR McFerrin, 35, of Lot 53 Leopold Street, Werk-en-Rust, Georgetown, was put on $20,000 bail yesterday after he pleaded not guilty to larceny from the person. Before Acting Chief
June 30, 2009
TERRENCE Thomas, 21, was refused bail and remanded to prison yesterday on a charge of using threatening language to his sister, Alexis Alder. Before Acting Chief Magistrate Melissa Robertson,