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November 21, 2017
In our Monday November 20, 2017 edition we incorrectly stated in our lead headline “Public debt down 41.2 per cent” The headline should have read “Public debt service down
November 21, 2017
A 12-member jury was on Monday empaneled for the murder trial of Jermaine Savory in the Georgetown High Court before Justice James Bovell-Drakes. It is alleged that on November
November 21, 2017
CORRUPTION in Guyana cannot be tackled by any one agency and there needs to be a multi-pronged approach to address the scourge, Director of the State Assets Recovery Agency
November 20, 2017
–says it was one ‘Carl’ who did A 20-year-old mechanic was on Monday charged and released on $150,000 bail by Magistrate Judy Latchman, for stealing a motorbike. Mohammed Edun
November 20, 2017
CITY Magistrate Judy Latchman on Monday sentenced a 25-year-old construction worker to three years imprisonment for drug possession. Satifa Joseph pleaded guilty to the charge, which read that on
November 20, 2017
–for spate of armed robberies A FOUR-member gang was on Monday remanded to prison by City Magistrate Judy Latchman for a series of robbery-related charges. Carl Hilliman,19, of Regent
November 19, 2017
Jamar McNaughton Jr, more popularly known to the world as “Chronixx”, left thousands who gathered at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, on Saturday, in awe and mesmerised by his
November 19, 2017
— tumbles from 22.1B in 2015 to $13B the following year LAST year, Guyana’s total public debt service amounted to $13B, which represented a significant decrease of 41.2 per
March 12, 2016
WORKERS who recently reconstructed the historic Umana Yana were paid for their labour, in full, on Friday, by the Indigenous People’s Affairs Ministry. This is according to a statement
March 12, 2016
TWENTY-THREE-year-old Kendal Lewis of Nimrod Street, Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara, was on Wednesday arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan, charged with larceny and possession of narcotics.He pleaded not
March 12, 2016
By Ravin Singh KNOWN to be a constituency that is relatively quiet and not prone to many social ills, Subryanville and sections of Kitty are really still far from
March 12, 2016
OVER twenty-five persons residing on the Essequibo Coast, Region Two, are now equipped to help promote community-based mangrove management.The National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) recently held a
March 12, 2016
A MOTION paving the way for the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to take into account all outstanding work of the previous committee was adopted in the National Assembly on
March 12, 2016
THE National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a motion for Guyana to become a member of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).The motion was tabled by First Vice-President and Prime Minister,
March 12, 2016
By Navendra Seoraj THE newly-appointed members of the Guyana Post Office Corporation (GPOC) Board were on Friday charged to modernise its services, in light of the rapidly increasing world
March 12, 2016
By Shauna Jemmott AS the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Guyana prepares to observe Earth Hour, the call has been sounded for unity in change. Guyana is prompted to take
March 12, 2016
CITY Magistrate Judy Latchman on Friday adjourned the court matter against Kwame McCoy and two others charged with assaulting Freddie Kissoon. Police say investigations are still ongoing.After being released
March 12, 2016
SADEEK Mohammed, 53, of Crabwood Creek, Corentyne Berbice, was yesterday fined $70,000 with an alternative of nine months’ imprisonment, after being convicted as a ‘trunker’ (one who steals from
