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January 11, 2013
PASTOR Leon Pollydore, 41, yesterday appeared before Georgetown Magistrate Sueanna Lovell charged with break-and-enter and larceny. Particulars of the offence alleged that he broke into the home of Natasha
January 11, 2013
THE first rice crop this year saw one of the largest acreages ever put under cultivation, despite challenges. However, this is at a time when the industry is under
January 11, 2013
WESTERN diplomats in Georgetown on Wednesday, calling 2013 The Year for Local Government Elections, declared that there is “no valid justification” for the prolonged delay. The American, British, Canadian
January 11, 2013
THE National Assembly yesterday approved the supplementary provision of $500M, under Financial Paper No. 6 of 2012, to meet the expenditure associated with flood management and water control.Some members
January 11, 2013
THE Local Authorities (Elections) (Amendment) Bill 2013, Bill No. 3 of 2013 was yesterday tabled in the National Assembly seeking to extend the date on which Local Government Elections
January 11, 2013
GOVERNMENT yesterday again deferred the second readings of the Telecommunications Bill and the Public Utilities Commission (Amendment) Bill in the National Assembly, in light of the fact that engagements
January 11, 2013
THE opposition camp was again slapped with further embarrassment when Opposition Leader and Leader of A Partnership for National Unity, David Granger, was unable to explain why he made
January 11, 2013
FOLLOWING the looting and stoning of the store, Sino Mall, by a mob led by political activist, Mark Benschop on Wednesday, the police say they are processing the statements
June 3, 2009
At Berbice Assizes THE Prosecution in the compact disc (CD) murder case closed Monday afternoon after State Prosecutor Ganesh Hira had called six witnesses. Hira informed Justice Diana Insanally
June 3, 2009
A PRISON officer, who was found with cannabis (marijuana) strapped to his torso at the New Amsterdam Penitentiary, in Berbice, has been convicted of trafficking in the narcotic and
June 3, 2009
BURGLARY and drug defendants Mark Roberts, 29, of Lot 274 John Smith Street, Campbellville and Devon Peters (no address given) were among a trio remanded to prison yesterday. Roberts
June 3, 2009
Registry reports… UNIVERSITY of Guyana (UG) Registrar, Mr. Vincent Alexander said yesterday that the institution has been receiving more applications in that form, since the online Students’ Records Management
June 3, 2009
All across the country, the distrust and bitterness that prevailed for decades prior to 1992, when Guyanese warred against fellow Guyanese for the most frivolous reasons drummed up by
June 3, 2009
DIRECTOR/SECRETARY of Linden Legal Aid Centre, Ms. Joan Ward-Mars yesterday issued an appeal for public support to the four children of jailed manslaughter convict Kurt Wong. He was sentenced
June 3, 2009
THE June criminal sessions of the Demerara Assizes, with 145 cases for trial, opened with the traditional pomp and ceremony yesterday. The ceremonial parade took place in South Road,
June 3, 2009
Stakeholders told… AGRICULTURE Minister Robert Persaud yesterday announced that Guyana will soon benefit from US$85,000, through United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), to develop and implement a hydro-chlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) phase-out
June 3, 2009
ANOTHER day search yesterday failed to locate the three men and a teenager who have been reported missing since leaving on a fishing trip last May 26. Michael’s sister-in-law,
June 3, 2009
GUYANA is among four countries to benefit from financial support from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), to help overcome the effects of the global economic crisis. The others are
