President: Conditional support is a ‘dangerous political culture to foster’
PULL QUOTE: “…what it will introduce will hurt poor people even more. It creates heavy lobbying into politics; and who will be able to lobby but those who have deep pockets’ – President Donald Ramotar...
View ArticlePresident Ramotar commissions new basketball court at Ithaca
HE picked up the molten brand basketball that was presented to him by GABF president Nigel Hinds, one bounce and a smooth mid range jump shot that “swooshed” through the nets was all it took from...
View ArticleCameron and his co-conspirators should be consigned to the scrap-heap of history
I HAVE taken the trouble to read and consider the lamentations of the many scribes who have contributed their respective ounces to the salted potion of the decision of the West Indies Cricket Board...
View ArticleEast Bank vendor remanded for allegedly having 741 grammes of marijuana at...
SEON McDonald, a vendor of Lot 4 Grove Public Road, East Bank Demerara, appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry and denied that on Saturday, June 7, at Coomacka Waterfront,...
View ArticleSalesman placed on $100,000 bail on fraudulent conversion charge
SALESMAN Kelvin Fortune of Lot 4 Public Road, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown appeared yesterday before Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry on a charge of fraudulently converting to his own use and...
View ArticleGEA Head outlines benefits from reduced energy use
CHIEF Executive Officer of the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), Dr. Mahender Sharma is appealing to persons to be more ‘energy conscious’ since there are obvious financial, environmental and marketing...
View ArticleMurder accused ‘Black Boy’ to know fate today : - Justice Navindra Singh is...
JUSTICE Navindra Singh is today expected to sum up the evidence in the trial of Omesh Chaitram, alias ‘Black Boy’, who has been indicted for the murder of Wendell Fresco, called ‘Country’, allegedly...
View ArticleCCJ affirms 4-year jail sentence for Guyanese Paul Lashley, John Campayne
THE Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday (Monday 9th June, 2014) affirmed a 4-year jail sentence imposed on convicted felons Paul Lashley and John Campayne by Chief Magistrate Priya...
View ArticleGuyana invited to become a member of UN’s World Tourism Organization : -...
MINISTER of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, Mr. Irfaan Ali, is currently in Spain seeking support for the further development of Guyana’s tourism product. During his visit to the United Nations World...
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Deputy Mayor threatens M&CC Councillor Kamla Ross: ‘Come talk to me outside...
DEPUTY Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green, yesterday stormed out of the City Hall statutory meeting, after again accusing acting Town Clerk, Carol Sooba, and other councillors of racial practices following...
View ArticlePolice Cadet Officer remanded for allegedly shooting teen in mouth : –...
POLICE Cadet Officer Franz Paul, of Lot 189 Freeman Street, East La Penitence, appeared yesterday before Georgetown Magistrate Fabayo Azore to answer an allegation that he had shot 15-year-old Alex...
View ArticleGay rights activists picket outside Vigilance Court
SEVERAL gay rights activists picketed outside the Vigilance Magistrate’s Court on East Coast Demerara last Monday during the hearing of a case involving a juvenile charged with assault. The protestors...
View ArticlePAHO spearheads sensitising workshop targeting food industry
THE Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Government Analyst Food and Drug Department (GA-FDD) started a Food Nutritional Labelling and Water Testing...
View ArticleSooba assures…
Nothing will prevent City Hall restoration ACTING Town Clerk Carol Sooba has assured that the ramblings with the Georgetown Mayor and City Council and the numerous efforts to have her run from the...
View ArticleUnidentified man with multiple tattoos, stab wounds dies at GPHC
–after being found at Ogle THE body of an unidentified man with suspected stab wounds was found on Ogle Access Road, East Coast Demerara on Monday night.The deceased has the letters A, N, D, Y in the...
View ArticlePolice arrest some 80 suspected touts
–at city minibus parks THE Guyana Police Force (GPF) has, within the past two weeks, conducted operations at the minibus parks in Georgetown, during which some 80 persons were arrested for soliciting...
View ArticleHarvesting of rice crop 99% completed
- but farmers complain about payment HARVESTING of the first rice crop is 99 per cent completed, with the exception of small acreages in Region 3 (Essequibo Islands/West Demerara), Region 5 (Mahaica/...
View ArticleTackling corruption…
President says “We are not sitting on our hands” PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar has reiterated his Administration’s commitment to tackling corruption wherever it is spotlighted. “We are not sitting on our...
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Chaos erupts as T&HD Georgetown wharf steps collapse
CHAOS erupted at the Transport and Harbours Department (T&HD) stelling yesterday as the wharf steps collapsed, forcing commuters to disembark vessels from makeshift precariously placed steel...
View ArticleCARICOM to Observe Antigua/Barbuda elections
THE Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will observe tomorrow’s general elections in Antigua/Barbuda. CARICOM has mounted an eleven-member Electoral Observer Mission, led by Jamaica’s Director of Elections,...
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