Phase Two of MOH Wellness Warriors programme commences
THE Ministry of Health on Tuesday commenced the second phase of the one-week Wellness Warriors training programme, at the Foreign Affairs Institute, Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, Georgetown. The programme...
View ArticleSpeeding car lands in East Canje Chinese restaurant
A DRIVER, who was allegedly drunk and travelling above the speed limit, collided with a food stall before damaging a gatepost, a gate and the dining area of a Chinese restaurant, after he failed to...
View ArticleGPF will receive patrol boat after special features installed- Rohee
THE patrol boat purchased by the Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Home Affairs for the Guyana Police Force will not be handed over until critical works and installations have been effected...
View ArticleGuyana has tremendous opportunities for yachting-GTA Director -second...
WITH more than seven yachts already in Guyana, and an estimated 12 to participate in the second Nereid’s Yachting Rally hosted by Guyana, Suriname and Saint Laurent, French Guiana, this event promises...
View ArticlePolice justified in effecting arrest at Patentia school unrest … jury hears...
INSPECTOR Ramesh Singh, officer-in-charge of the police patrol, who ordered Quancy John (now murder accused) to arrest Kelvin Fraser (now deceased), yesterday told Justice Franklyn Holder and a mixed...
View ArticleUmana Yana to be rebuilt soon – Minister Anthony
THE Umana Yana which was gutted by fire on Tuesday afternoon is to be rebuilt soon, according to the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Dr. Frank Anthony. However, a definitive date has not yet been...
View ArticleGranger’s ultimatum for Local Gov’t elections is a political strategy –...
OPPOSITION Leader, David Granger’s letter to President Donald Ramotar seeking to have Local Government Elections called on or before September 15 is being viewed as a political strategy and not...
View ArticlePolice Force emblem on Commissioner’s vehicle… Seelall says law doesn’t...
HOME Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee on Monday said that as, far as he is aware, there is nothing wrong with Commissioner of Police(ag), Seelall Persaud using the emblem of the Guyana Police Force on...
View ArticleHPS postpones retirement – in light of no-confidence motion
HEAD of the Presidential Secretariat Dr. Roger Luncheon has put his option of retirement at the end of 2014 on hold. Speaking to members of the Press Corps yesterday after his post-Cabinet press...
View ArticleSurendra Engineering Company to be blacklisted – as Gov’t scraps Specialty...
THE Government of Guyana, having informed Surendra Engineering Company Limited (SECL) that it will be terminating the contract for the construction of the Specialty Hospital, has also signalled its...
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Gov’t committed to delivering Specialty Hospital – AG – as legal recourse...
GOVERNMENT is moving towards legal recourse following the termination of the contract with Surendra Engineering Company Limited (SECL) for the design and construction of the Specialty Hospital....
View ArticleKarrau schoolchildren get backpacks, other supplies from Digicel
–Karrau is the 2014 Amerindian Heritage Village DIGICEL Guyana on Tuesday visited Karrau Village, Region 7 (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) and distributed backpacks with water bottles, umbrellas and lunch packs to...
View ArticleHEAD of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon last Wednesday informed…
HEAD of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon last Wednesday informed that the 15 members of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) who have been appointed by the Parliament would be sworn in...
View ArticlePolice launch programme to combat crime in the Hinterland
ASSISTANT Commissioner Alvin Ramnarine of the Guyana Police Force is to be the lead officer for a new programme designed to combat crime in the Hinterland. The Force is currently preparing this...
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‘Affordable housing for all’ within grasp as…
First batch of units under Perseverance ‘1000 Turn-Key Homes’ allocated AS THE Ministry of Housing and Water is proving that their theme “Affordable housing for all” is within their grasp, the first...
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Businessman kills mute man in late-night accident
–police have hard time performing breathalyser test LEON Hunt, 55, a Georgetown Mayor and City Council worker, was killed on Wednesday night after being struck down by a car on Lamaha Street, Newtown....
View ArticleMissing money during police operation…
Matter engaging police OPR THE Police have reported that the matter involving the alleged disappearance of from a canter truck while the occupants were being engaged by the police on Monday has been...
View ArticleDeath of mother, child at GPHC…
Health Minister concerned that second theatre was inoperable HEALTH Minister Dr. Bheri Ramsaran on Wednesday told reporters that the maternal death which occurred at the Georgetown Public Hospital is...
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GRA, Glenn Lall accusing each other of being on a ‘witch hunt’
THE Guyana Chronicle’s disclosure that the publisher of Kaieteur News, Glenn Lall, may yet again be at the centre of an alleged duty-free infringement, has resulted in a response in the local daily,...
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As investigations into Glenn Lall’s alleged tax evasion continues…
GRA Head says he will not be intimated - dismisses Harmon’s criticisms as premature COMMISSIONER-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr. Khurshid Sattaur, has taken a firm stance in the face...
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