January 9, 2013
THE Guyana Power & Light Incorporated (GPL) has issued a press release disclosing that its Demerara Interconnected System (DIS) experienced a shutdown at approximately 23:44 hrs last Monday, due
January 9, 2013
COURT regular Corwin Duff was returned to jail the same day he was released from prison after he was arrested on a charge of break-and-enter and larceny. Of no
January 9, 2013
PRELIMINARY inquiry into the murder charge against alleged narcotics dealer Salim “Black Salim” Bacchus, 52, of 39 Line Path ‘D’, Skeldon, Corriverton, Corentyne, Berbice, has begun in the Springlands
January 9, 2013
ROY Lewis, 33, stood motionless in the New Amsterdam Court room as Magistrate Adela Nagamootoo read him the charge of murder, allegedly committed on his foster nephew Devon Lewis
January 9, 2013
JUSTICE Dawn Gregory and a mixed jury at the Demerara Assizes yesterday heard how a murder/robbery was committed after the number 1 accused, Mortimer Melville, had entered a variety
January 8, 2013
PEOPLE’S Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament (MP) Komal Chand has said the establishment of State-to-State relations between the Guyana and Cuba constitutes a landmark in history. He made
January 8, 2013
IN A pace-setting move the Guyana Parliament last week unanimously approved a motion to record for posterity the “special relationship” the country shares with the Republic of Cuba. As
January 8, 2013
THE Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has announced that it received 32 reports of trafficking in persons (TIP) in 2012. But investigations revealed that only six cases
May 30, 2009
– welcomes collaboration with protesters, other groups MINISTER of Human Services and Social Security, Ms. Priya Manickchand, has described as “strange and wholly uncalled for” the protest by a
May 30, 2009
Replacing Mandela dumpsite… A CONTRACT, for building the access road to the Haags Bosch landfill site, at Eccles, East Bank Demerara, was signed yesterday. From left: Managing Director of
May 30, 2009
President of the Trinidad and Tobago Farmers’ Society, Mrs. Donna Sukhoo, yesterday said agriculture policy makers in the region have failed miserably in promoting agriculture as a viable area
May 30, 2009
THE family of five, whose home was badly damaged last May 3, when two speeding motor cars crashed into it, at Ruby Public Road, East Bank Essequibo, needs help
May 30, 2009
GUYANA National Bureau of Standards (GNBS), in collaboration with the CARICOM Regional Organisation for Standards and Quality (CROSQ), on Thursday conducted a workshop on ‘Promoting Competitiveness in the Tourism
May 30, 2009
THE Regional Drainage and Irrigation Department has started to facilitate irrigation for farmers in Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) who are preparing for cultivation of the autumn rice crop. Water for
May 30, 2009
GOVERNMENT’S efforts to combat crime and violence, especially efforts to protect women and children, were expounded by President Bharrat Jagdeo when he delivered the feature address at the flag-raising
May 30, 2009
After accreditation… THE Caribbean Community (CARICOM) strengthened its relations with Mexico and South Africa when representatives of those countries secured accreditation earlier this week. CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Edwin Carrington
May 30, 2009
NATIONAL Milling Company (NAMILCO) hosted an open day on Thursday, at its Old Road, Eccles, East Bank Demerara factory, as part of its 40th anniversary celebrations. A group of
May 30, 2009
THE Guyana Elections Commission is gearing for voter education and other aspects for long-delayed Local Government elections now due by November this year, Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon has