BIG QUESTION FOR THE APNU/AFC COALITION
FOR HOW much longer the parliamentary opposition of the APNU/AFC intend to avoid passage of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) legislation with all the contrived...
View ArticleDecrease noted in use of National Library
- Acting Chief Librarian ACTING Chief Librarian, Ms Emiley King, has found that there has been a steady decrease in the number of persons who have used the Guyana National Library over the past three...
View ArticleGPL successfully completes engine overhaul at Anna Regina
DURING the period February 27 to March 12, 2014, the No.1 Wartsila Unit at Anna Regina underwent a rigorous maintenance process. Cognizant of the power difficulties experienced in Essequibo, GPL...
View ArticleSugar production on target, thanks to favourable weather
–-Dr Ramsammy AGRICULTURE Minister Dr. Leslie Ramsammy has said that continued favourable weather has assisted sugar production to remain on pace, and production now stands at 22,500 tonnes as at last...
View ArticleHomeless teen laid to rest at Mahaica
ANDRE Moti, 13, who was found on the parapet of 20th Street Foulis, East Coast Demerara, with his skull crushed on March 5, was laid to rest yesterday following a church service at Mahaica. The body...
View ArticleMurder at Port Kaituma…
Investigators accompany pathologist to crime scene FIRE and police investigators travelled to the interior location of Port Kaituma with a Government pathologist yesterday to investigate the murder of...
View ArticleNigerian medical students in Guyana donate useful items and bring cheer to...
THE Nigerian Student Association of Guyana (NiSAG) brought joy to the hearts of the less fortunate children housed at the Ministry of Human Services’ Shelter for Children on Friday when they donated...
View ArticleBandits target Lamaha Park again
–residents appealing for police patrols RESIDENTS of Lamaha Park in Block PP, East La Penitence, Georgetown are deeply perturbed at the recent resurgence of rampaging bandits, and their concerns have...
View ArticleUG Turkeyen campus tightens security measures to combat on-campus robberies
THE University of Guyana campus at Turkeyen has implemented quite a few security measures to identify, propose, and execute management in every area at the university. This initiative, implemented for...
View ArticleRegion Two Councillors agitating for better phone service from GT&T
REGION Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) Regional Democratic Councillors of both the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) and the Opposition grouping A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) are...
View ArticlePolice confront and shoot armed bandit as he tried to rob woman
‘C’ DIVISION police on Friday apprehended Keron Cummings, a known character, after he attempted to rob a Sophia woman at gunpoint in “C” Field Sophia. A police source has since confirmed that Cummings...
View ArticleNew team seeking to “build winning formula”
…for Miss Guyana World Pageant delegates SENTIMENTS have been shared by stakeholders, for several years, that not enough time is allocated to the training of contestants for local pageants. However,...
View Article2014 Miss Guyana Universe to receive $2M cash – Lumumba
FRANCHISE holder of Miss Guyana Universe, Odinga Lumumba, on Saturday evening said that this year’s winner of the pageant will receive a cash prize of $2 million.Lumumba was speaking at an appreciation...
View ArticleCarnegie School of Home Economics: producing excellence for the hospitality...
GUYANA’S only culinary school, the renowned Carnegie School of Home Economics, was founded in 1933 by the Scotsman Andrew Carnegie through the Trade Centres for Women of New York. A grant was donated...
View ArticleCitizen alleges police harassment; seeks justice from higher authorities
THIRTY-NINE-year-old Ricky Ramdannie of Section ‘C’ Block ‘Y’ Golden Grove, East Bank of Demerara, a father of five daughters, aged 11 months, two years, five years, 13 and 15 years respectively, is...
View ArticleMon Repos father of two hangs self in bedroom while children watch
A FATHER of two, whose only name was given as Vicky, took his own life by hanging himself in his room on Friday evening, even as his two sons, aged eight and nine, looked on. Reputedly in his early...
View ArticlePassengers slam Route 44 minibuses for overcharging
MINIBUSES plying Route 44 on the East Coast Demerara are facing resentment from passengers who claim that they have been unscrupulous in overcharging. Recently, the minibus operators have been...
View ArticleShadehouse project launched
THE main aim of organisers of a national Shadehouse Vegetable Production Project is to organise hydroponic and organic vegetable farmers into geographic clusters. Participants at the official launch...
View ArticleRemembering Cheddi Jagan
I also wish to appeal to the residents of all communities – urban and rural, coastal and interior, – to take pride in keeping your surroundings clean and beautiful. Community Development Councils,...
View ArticleForgetting differences is message of Holi –President
… expresses hope for unity in National Assembly AN atmosphere of joy and jubilation filled the grounds of the Indian Cultural Centre in Bel Air when President Donald Ramotar and First Lady Deolatchmee...
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