August 18, 2015
AN unassuming itinerant vendor on Monday walked into a King Street store in Georgetown just after 16:00hrs. The store was being closed, but the vendor defied a security guard’s
August 18, 2015
PRESIDENT David Granger has underscored the need for massive investments in dredging the main rivers and channels in Guyana to facilitate ocean-going vessels, and applauded Chief Executive Officer of
August 18, 2015
CRIME Chief Wendell Blanhum yesterday said that the police will certainly get those responsible for the brutal murder of the owner of Jade Stone Chinese Restaurant. He added that
August 18, 2015
FOLLOWING a 25% increase in the long-established school uniform voucher programme, some parents are suggesting that the arrangement should be tied into the $10,000 cash grant initiative because
August 18, 2015
THE shortage of health personnel at facilities in outlying areas has been a worry, but Minister within the Ministry of Public Health Dr Karen Cummings has said that
August 18, 2015
AN accused serial carjacker was on Monday remanded to prison by Magistrate Ann McLennan in Court Two of the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court after he appeared before her to answer
August 18, 2015
THREE men were on Monday jointly charged for the murder of Edward Beharry security guard Wilbert Stewart in 2014 after an application by Prosecutor Sergeant Neville Jeffers, who requested
August 18, 2015
RAYON Paddy, one of the three men jointly charged for the murder of Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) engineer, Trevor Abrams in February, on Monday complained that he
March 27, 2013
“AT a time when bauxite plants around the world and even in our Region have been closing operations, the domestic bauxite industry continued producing.” This is according to Minister
March 27, 2013
MINISTER of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh, during the unveiling of the nation’s largest budgetary estimate of $208.8B, said that the PPP/C Government had been strengthened by an unswerving commitment
March 27, 2013
I HAVE been a strong advocate for budgets that expands the base of the Middle Class. The 2013 Budget presented by the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh contained
March 27, 2013
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) has set itself a three-year deadline to address the constraints affecting the performance of the once vibrant industry, Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh
March 27, 2013
GOVERNMENT has again demonstrated its commitment to providing affordable electricity services to the general public, in spite of challenges to this effect. Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh, Monday
March 27, 2013
The $2.9B allocated to maintain the electricity subsidy in Linden and Kwakwani will benefit 10,363 electricity customers in Region 10. This intervention will enable these customers to continue to
March 27, 2013
WITH effect from May 1, 42,500 pensioners will see a 25 percent increase in their monthly pensions which will amount to $12,500. This was announced Monday in the 2013
March 27, 2013
DURING the presentation of the $208.8B, 2013 National Budget in the National Assembly, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh said the health sector will advance development of a new strategic
March 27, 2013
PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar has said that plantation slavery was one of the most horrendous forms of tyrannical rule in modern history. “It was the embodiment of the worst excesses
March 27, 2013
The People’s Progressive Party extends its best wishes to all Guyanese, and particularly our Hindu brothers and sisters, on the occasion of the traditional festival of Holi. The story