September 4, 2017
A 61-YEAR-OLD MAN was on Monday remanded to prison by City Magistrate Judy Lachman for drug trafficking. Ishwar Persaud of Leopold Street, Georgetown denied that on August 31 at
September 4, 2017
–police believe escapee still trapped in mining town POLICE Public Relations Officer Jairam Ramlakhan is of the belief that death row prison escapee Royden Williams is still in Linden,
September 4, 2017
A FREAK storm roared through the Soesdyke-Linden Highway on Sunday uprooting utility poles and toppling and cracking trees in its path. The occurrence happened even though the hydromet website
September 4, 2017
— President tells Pan-African Movement Conference PRESIDENT David Granger has called on the Guyana branch of the Pan-African Movement to take up the mantle of helping to restore villages
September 4, 2017
MORE than 100 Guyanese will be graduating in the field of medicine next year, adding up to a total of 790 to have graduated in Cuba and Cuban Ambassador
September 4, 2017
— police reportedly paid to cover up matter THE parents of a 16-year-old Aishalton teenager plans to leave no stone unturned following the savage “torture” of their son which
September 4, 2017
— some 900 acres of land soon to be opened up for farming THE Rural Agricultural Infrastructure Development project (RAID) which will open up 900 acres of hitherto unproductive lands
September 4, 2017
REGION Five school vendors were among several food handlers in the region who were sensitised about safe preparation of food produced for human consumption at a one-day seminar on food safety last Tuesday
December 18, 2015
COMMISSIONER-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur, has been sent on 200 days’ leave to facilitate a full-fledged audit of the GRA.Acting Deputy Commissioner-General Ms. Ingrid Griffith
December 17, 2015
THE Caribbean Association of Judicial Officers (CAJO) has congratulated Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards on her appointment as acting Chief Justice of Guyana. President David Granger met with the Leader of
December 17, 2015
THE GAFOOR Foundation has donated $2M to several charitable organisations at a simple ceremony at the Marriott Hotel on Tuesday.The organisations which benefitted from the kind gesture are the
December 17, 2015
A COMPLEX to house staff of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) will have to be built next year to effectively facilitate rehabilitation of the City Hall building.The
December 17, 2015
THE management and staff of Julius Variety Store yesterday gifted the non-governmental organisation (NGO), Women Across Differences (WAD) about $100,000 worth of items for babies and children.The presentation took
December 17, 2015
OVER the years, consistent increases in the number of minibuses and cars used for public transportation have congested the Stabroek Market area and have brought disorder to a central
December 17, 2015
A FORMER facilitator for the United Nations (UN) in the Guyana–Venezuela border controversy has been appointed the new Foreign Affairs Minister in Argentina and she has signalled her country’s
December 17, 2015
THE right-wing coalition of parties known as the MUD, which won a supermajority in Venezuela’s National Assembly elections of Dec. 6, has laid out its plan for a radical
December 17, 2015
IN A determined effort to develop a thorough appreciation of the public health issues and challenges facing Region One, and to devise better strategies to address those issues, Minister
December 17, 2015
DEMAND notices are currently being served on citizens, especially those in the business community, who have not paid their rates and taxes to the Georgetown Mayor and City Council