Investment in people and programmes displays vision
– PPP/C MP Neil Kumar COMMENDING the 2014 Budget, Government Member of Parliament Neil Kumar expressed pride to be on the side of the House which led Guyana into eight consecutive years of economic...
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New Guyana Veterans Legion to serve World War and GDF veterans
THE Guyana Legion and the Ex-GDF Association of Guyana last Sunday officially amalgamated to form the Guyana Veterans Legion (GVL). Newly-elected President of the Guyana Veterans Legion, Col. (ret’d)...
View ArticleCop on wounding charge after his service revolver went off
- placed on $250,000 bail A LANCE Corporal attached to Brickdam Impact Base, who is accused of wounding a man when his police service revolver went off, was placed on $250,000 bail with one surety...
View ArticleCanje businessman remanded over cocaine-laden pastries at CJIA
A BUSINESSMAN and taxi driver of Lot 603 Fort Ordinance, Canje, Berbice who was accused of having cocaine-laden pastries while being an outgoing passenger at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport...
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Youth drowns attempting to save someone else
- during excursion at Blue Lake Creek in Linden TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Jemel Thompson (no known address) drowned last Sunday in a bid to save someone else. The tragedy occurred when employees of Qualfon...
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FAM group of visitors wowed by beauty, progress and welcome in Guyana
MR SYED Rayman, Canadian Travel Agent, proprietor of Roraima Travel Services, and organiser of the Familiarisation Tour (FAM Tour), arranged an all-inclusive tour for thirty-five (35) persons to visit...
View ArticleInternational company launches new line of solar light & power products
- hinterland & mining communities to be targeted THE Rehoboth Group, in collaboration with D.Light Design, has launched a new line of solar light and power products at the Canadian International...
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Doctors lose battle to save life of 18-yr-old asthmatic girl
DOCTORS at the Intensive Care Unit of the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) eventually lost the battle to save the life of an 18-year-old asthmatic girl, on life support, whose condition dramatically...
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Notorious bandit ‘Popcorn’ killed in late-night Police operation
- accomplice reportedly eludes police TWENTY-year-old Deodat Seecharran, alias ‘Popcorn’, met his demise in an exchange of gunfire with police ranks aback Betsy Ground Village in the community of East...
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Opposition bullyism defeated!…Principle prevails in National Assembly as...
- despite APNU, AFC walk-out THE combined Opposition, yesterday, walked out when Education Minister Priya Manickchand rose in the National Assembly to give her presentation during the ongoing Budget...
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Speaker declares Jaipaul Sharma’s seat vacant
THE resignation of former A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Member of Parliament (AP), Jaipaul Sharma, was accepted by the National Assembly and Speaker of the House, Raphael Trotman, yesterday,...
View ArticleManickchand refutes APNU claims that budget 2014 has similar theme as PPP...
EDUCATION Minister Priya Manickchand refuted claims made by several Members of Parliament (MPs) of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) that the 2014 Budget Theme is similar to the PPP party’s...
View ArticleTeixeira says Opposition suffering from tunnel vision
…in criticising Budget 2014 GOVERNMENT’s Chief Whip, Ms Gail Teixeira, delivered blow and after blow to the combined Opposition on Monday night, recommending that their Members of Parliament (MPs)...
View ArticleAFC’s Nagamootoo declares…
Time right for government of national unity ALLIANCE For Change (AFC) Member of Parliament (MP), Mr. Moses Nagamootoo declared in the National Assembly Monday night, that the time is ripe for a...
View ArticleHas APNU & AFC really back peddled on their GuySuCo closure plans?
THE People’s Progressive Party (PPP) said it has noted the statements from the Opposition Parties (APNU and AFC) which signals a retreat from their recent position calling for the closure of GuySuCo....
View ArticleCommunity Institutions discuss CARICOM Draft Strategic Plan
THE Draft Strategic Plan that will drive the CARICOM Reform Process continued to be developed with discussions among the Community Institutions at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters in Guyana, on...
View ArticleStop terrorists in Guyana now
RESIDENTS in the East Canje area are once again breathing a sigh of relief and are heaping praises on members of the Guyana Police Force who shot dead notorious wanted man Deodat ‘Pop Corn’ Seecharran...
View ArticlePolice transfers are inevitable and necessary
According to the media, over the last week, some Police Officers have been lamenting the fact that there will be transfers in the Guyana Police Force, usually referred to as a ‘shake up.’ The media...
View ArticlePNC/APNU’s plan to retain Sharma has backfired
I read with great interest the statements made by Jaipaul Sharma regarding his resignation from the political union of sorts, APNU, and I am still having fits of laughter. This comedian for a...
View ArticleAG appeals for ego to yield to reason
- in passing the crucial AML/CFT Bill THE Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, has reiterated Government’s call for passage of the crucial Anti-Money Laundering and Countering...
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