February 15, 2021
PRESIDENT, Dr. Irfaan Ali, said the community of Buxton is an important link in the Corridor of Unity and pledged to work closely with residents and to listen to
February 15, 2021
— $30M complex at Mahaica to provide training THE government has proposed the allocation of $120 million to safeguard the rights of persons living with disabilities and to ensure
February 15, 2021
SENIOR Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, on Friday, said the government proposes to allocate $500 million to develop the corn
February 14, 2021
– covered under $10B allocation in Budget 2021, says Vice-President By Navendra Seoraj IN responding to claims that the proposed 2021 budget does not include any monetary incentive for
February 14, 2021
ON Friday afternoon, Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh, presented the 2021 National Budget, which has been pegged at $383.1B.
February 14, 2021
— paves way for resuscitation of major productive sectors By Navendra Seoraj MEASURES, policies and programmes which comprise the government’s proposed $383.1 billion budget for 2021 are designed to
February 14, 2021
— President Ali assures residents that Golden Grove is as important as any other community in the country PRESIDENT Dr Irfaan Ali, on Saturday, assured residents of Golden Grove
February 14, 2021
By Richard Bhainie A MATHEMATICS teacher attached to the country’s premier education institution, Queen’s College, is now homeless after an early-morning fire of unknown origin ravaged her home. Homeless
March 11, 2020
A TRUCK driver who ran into a motorcyclist last Sunday night has been slapped with three charges, as in failure to stop at the scene of an accident; to
March 11, 2020
FOUR years after police sergeant Leonard La Rose was killed in the line of duty, his killer was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment. Dennis Marks, a farmer of
March 11, 2020
A 31-year-old taxi driver of East La Penitence was, on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. Nicholas Chung appeared before the Georgetown Magistrates’
March 11, 2020
PHILBERT Cush, a 53-year-old man of Broad Street, who works in the interior as an excavator operator, was, on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, sentenced to 18 months in prison,
March 11, 2020
THE Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has over the last five weeks implemented a series of precautionary measures to protect its employees and their families
March 11, 2020
WHILE global attention has focused on the swarms of Desert Locusts attacking crops in East Africa, a number of other countries and regions are also confronting serious food security
March 11, 2020
– four others to face charges today THE police have issued a wanted bulletin for Daniel McLennon, called “Dutty”, for questioning in relation to the murder of Lomenzo Johnny between
March 11, 2020
ON Tuesday, March 10, 2020, 15 foreigners were placed before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, having been charged with illegal entry into Guyana. Four of
March 11, 2020
– on status of suspension of John Douglas, City Treasurer (ag) THE Local Government Commission (LGC) has issued a stern warning to the Town Clerk, stating that the City
March 11, 2020
– says Commission understands the ‘sense of urgency’ CHAIRMAN of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice (ret’d) Claudette Singh, anticipates that there will be a “greater level of compromise”