March 21, 2016
By Akola Thompson EVERY day, upon a walk through some inner city street, you can see them lying on cardboard boxes, their croaky voices struggling to emerge from
March 21, 2016
By Shauna Jemmott IN another two weeks, small-scale gold miners who operate in and around the Marudi Mountain area will know their fate; Government is about to make a
March 21, 2016
THE richest 10 per cent of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean pay an exceptionally low personal income tax rate compared with the rate applied to waged
March 21, 2016
TWO MEN are in police custody after a man was gunned down execution-style in his backyard on Saturday morning, moments after returning from a city night club.The body of
March 21, 2016
IF THE turnout for Local Government Elections (LGE) was lower than expected, it is not because the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) did not offer education to the voting public;
March 21, 2016
THE Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) has reportedly disposed of six sheep whose meat would have been unfit for human consumption and which themselves would have posed a threat
March 21, 2016
LAX enforcement by the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) has aided in the fall-off in the collection of value-added tax (VAT) in Guyana, Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, has said.The
March 21, 2016
INSPIRE Inc has announced its grand plans for Phagwah Festival 2016 which will be held once again at the Guyana National Stadium on Phagwah Day commencing at 15:00hrs, a
January 20, 2014
Shot bandit unable to communicate –accomplices still unknown THE Guyana Police Force (GPF) has been unable to elicit information from the badly injured bandit, who, with his accomplices, had
January 20, 2014
THE EU Ambassador to Guyana, Mr Robert Kopecký, and Programme Director of ChildLink, Ms. Omattie Madray, yesterday signed a grant contract to implement a project titled “Empowering Children in
January 20, 2014
THE Mashramani Children’s Competition yesterday officially kicked off celebrations in Region 2 with students of nursery, primary and secondary schools doing dazzling and colourful performances under the theme ‘Cultural
January 20, 2014
THE ruling party has called on Leader of the Opposition, David Granger, to respond to the invitation for consultations on the 2014 Budget, issued by the Minister of Finance,
January 20, 2014
– but boat operators continue to flout regulations THE Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) last week reached out to offer assistance to close relatives of persons who have perished in
January 20, 2014
– Rohee HOME Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee, yesterday noted that disciplinary action against police ranks, alleged to have been involved in the brutal sexual baton assault of 23-year-old Colwyn
January 20, 2014
– acting Commissioner confirmed THE Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert M. Persaud, has announced that Mr. Clinton Williams has been appointed new Chairman of the Board
January 20, 2014
Cargo loader should not have been on flight TWENTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD cargo loader, Dwayne Anthony Newton, who died in Sunday’s hinterland plane crash, was not scheduled to travel on that flight.But
January 20, 2014
A REPORTER was arrested last Saturday for taking video footage of the Timehri Police Station, East Bank of Demerara, which has attracted controversial attention since a man was, allegedly,
January 20, 2014
– to resort to old fares in the meantime THE Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, over the weekend, met with the United Minibus Union to discuss the arbitrary