January 16, 2013
MINISTER of Agriculture, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy is urging the contractors working on the Hope Canal Project, at East Coast Demerara, to take advantage of the current weather condition which
January 16, 2013
MURDER accused Kenise Glasgow, 26, who had been on trial at the Demerara Assizes for the shooting murder of nine-year-old Christine Sookra, of Coldingen Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara,
January 15, 2013
JOINT Services Heads recently reaffirmed their support for the Security Sector Reform Strategy, noting that it is ‘common sense’ to overhaul the sector so that it could efficiently meet
January 15, 2013
UNUSUALLY high spring tides yesterday afternoon caused widespread overtopping of sections of the Georgetown and East Coast Seawalls, by the raging waves of the Atlantic Ocean, which created a
January 15, 2013
A spot check on the stretch of road to Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) site by President Donald Ramotar, yesterday, brought a greater understanding about the challenges ahead of
January 15, 2013
THE Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company (GT&T) yesterday announced the appointment of Radha Krishna Sharma as the Chief Executive Officer and Justin Nedd as the Chief Financial Officer. Mr.
January 15, 2013
– Guyana produces 100 million coconuts per year– exports nearly US$3M in coconut productsTHE Ministry of Agriculture will be establishing a national oversight committee, with members from the private
January 15, 2013
– Health MinisterTHE nurse of the West Demerara Regional Hospital (WDRH) who was distributing medication in the ward when 15-year-old Shemar Miggins died has been suspended. Chief Medical Officer
June 11, 2009
BACKGROUND * The Golden Grove well was drilled in 1970 and rehabilitated in 2001, providing potable water to an estimated 15,000 persons. However, as a result of recent housing
June 11, 2009
BACKGROUND * The Lusignan borehole was constructed in 1968 to a depth of 280m with borehole diameter of 100 mm made of everite casing with PVC screens. * The
June 11, 2009
-$107M in contracts signed Residents of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara and Grove/Diamond, East Bank Demerara will benefit from an increase in water supply as the administration continues to place
June 11, 2009
— Luncheon ‘This is stuff that is intended to be informative in an excitatory way’ HEAD of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon, yesterday said some sections of the
June 11, 2009
– after ingesting poison and stabbing self THE Vreed-en-Hoop, West Coast Demerara man who ingested poison and stabbed himself on Tuesday, after he allegedly killed his reputed wife, died
June 11, 2009
MINISTER of Local Government and Regional Development Mr. Kellawan Lall said yesterday that he will have to meet with Chairman of Region Four (Demerara/Mahaica) Mr. Clement Corlette and have
June 11, 2009
Following a report from Commissioner of Police (E&F Division Commander) that two Guyanese fishing boats had been hijacked off Waini Point, North West District on Tuesday, the Guyana Defence
June 11, 2009
ACTING General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and President of General Workers Union (GWU), Mr. Norris Witter yesterday pledged the support of the umbrella body to former
June 10, 2009
SOME temporary staffers of New Amsterdam Technical Institute (NATI) who, together, have accumulated 118 years service, are calling on the School Boards Secretariat to make them permanent, so they
June 10, 2009
Two suspected cases being investigated THE Ministry of Health has intensified its surveillance for influenza-like cases in an effort to ensure an early diagnosis of the H1N1 virus in