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April 3, 2016
-despite minor setback A FIFTY-FOOT Totem Pole is expected to be erected in Georgetown to commemorate Guyana’s 50th Independence Anniversary, Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Sydney Allicock, has said.
April 3, 2016
-furious that laws, regulations are enforced selectively By Ariana Gordon MINES officers of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) were on Saturday reminded of their need to be
April 3, 2016
By Neil Marks “Katahar” is an Indo-Guyanese Creole word that carries the idea of nothingness. If someone were to tell you you’re a Katahar, they are really dismissing you
April 3, 2016
THE Mabaruma Town Council at its first meeting Saturday arrived at a stalemate when the election for the posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor was called.The council met around
April 3, 2016
By Vanessa Braithwaite A SLOTHFUL response by some stakeholders is stalling the work of Region 10 Broadcasting Incorporated, the company overseeing the setting up of a TV station in
April 3, 2016
– Special facilities also announced for youths, non-traditional agri sector By Rabindra Rooplall THE Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED) has announced that it has set aside $50M in
April 2, 2016
PRESIDENT David Granger has expressed condolences to the wife and relatives of the late Clyde Roopchand, CCH, who died on March 30, 2016 in New York.Roopchand served for many
April 2, 2016
By Ravin Singh DESPITE being shelved after 2011, talks on the establishment of a tripartite budget committee could possibly resume, given that the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) is ready
February 4, 2014
FIFTEEN-year-old Leon McCurdy of La Penitence, Georgetown, shot in the Paradise home of a businessman last week after an invasion, was part of a Kitty-based gang that would normally
February 4, 2014
A PLAINCLOTHES policeman, who was reportedly under the influence of alcohol on Sunday afternoon, drove a car into a drain at Sophia and smashed the nearby fence of a
February 4, 2014
TALK of a constitutional crisis as a result of the recent ruling of Chief Justice Ian Chang on the 2012 Budget cuts which were made by the combined Opposition
February 4, 2014
FOREIGN Affairs Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett yesterday said that a sub-commission has been appointed, and the relevant parties are conducting their work, following Guyana’s application to the United Nations for
February 4, 2014
– President questions Opposition’s motives PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar is questioning whose interest the combined Opposition is representing, since neither the country’s economy nor its people stand to benefit from
February 3, 2014
Jeopardises 300 students preparing for CSEC exams in April-May, 2014 THEAlliance For Change (AFC) Chairman, Attorney-at-Law, Mr. Nigel Hughes, seems incapable of staying out of legal trouble. On the
February 3, 2014
– objects to PSC observing committee meetings OPPOSITION parliamentarians last evening walked out of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Special Select Committee meeting, in response to Government support for the
February 3, 2014
AUDITOR General, Deodat Sharma is sticking to his 2011 report on the financial management at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), where several areas have raised red flags for the
February 3, 2014
RICHARD Bacchus (no address given) was yesterday remanded to prison when he appeared before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry to answer the following three charges: (1) Discharging a loaded firearm
February 3, 2014
MARK Singh (no address given) was yesterday sentenced to three months’ imprisonment for using threatening language to his reputed wife. His case was first called before Chief Magistrate Priya
