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On 66th Enmore Martyrs’ Day… : President spotlights need for fight to remove...
THE 66th anniversary of the death of the five sugar workers, the Enmore Martyrs, was observed yesterday, with a rally that included the laying of wreaths at the Enmore Martyrs’ monument on the East...
View Article‘Blondie’ to know fate today in fish cleaner’s murder trial
THIS morning, Justice Navindra Singh who is presiding in the Meadow Bank Wharf fish cleaner’s murder will sum up the evidence to the jury. Then he will hand over the case to the eight men and four...
View ArticlePolice, Public Works take control of Stabroek ‘bus park’ confusion
THE Traffic Department of the Police ‘A’ Division (GPF), in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Works (PWD), yesterday aggressively moved to end the congestion and lawlessness pervasive among...
View ArticleNo proposal, no $21M subvention for cash-strapped M&CC
–Whittaker THE cash-strapped Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) is currently eligible for more than $21M in subvention, but is unable to benefit from it as a result of failing to provide the...
View Article‘Church’s Chicken’ UG outlet still under construction
THE Church’s Chicken Food Court to be located at the Turkeyen campus of the University of Guyana is in its sixth month of construction, having exceeded its February 2014 construction deadline by at...
View ArticleMan stabbed in neck by workmate in Bartica readmitted to GPHC
–urges police to visit him in hospital to take a statement GOLD miner Sadeek Muhammed, 27, of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, who was stabbed in the neck at Bartica, Region 7 on May 17 last, after...
View ArticleGPF withdraws support for Police Wives’ Association
THE Guyana Police Force has announced its withdrawal of support for the Police Wives’ Association (PWA) because of concerns about the way that body has been operating. The Force will, however, continue...
View ArticleRehabilitation works on UG, Sophia access roads to commence tomorrow
MINISTRY of Public Works Force Account Department will tomorrow begin major rehabilitation work on the access road to the University of Guyana (UG) and the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE), as...
View ArticleMother pleads for public’s help in solving son’s murder
FOLLOWING the murder of 17-year-old Bhaker Azeez, whose body was found on Ogle Access Road, East Coast Demerara, last Monday, his mother is pleading for members of the public to assist by coming...
View Article$100M earmarked for restoration works in Le Repentir Cemetery – Whittaker
SOME $100M of the $1B that was set aside in the 2014 national budget for the ‘Clean up Guyana’ project will be spent on restoration works in Le Repentir Cemetery in Georgetown. Minister of Local...
View ArticleMinistry gives progress report on local CARILED projects
THE Caribbean Local Economic Development Programme (CARILED), which was launched close to two years ago, is now going full steam ahead with its implementation phase, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry...
View ArticleGuyana braces for heightened blacklisting by FATF next week
GOVERNMENT’S efforts to get the select committee as an instrument of the parliamentary political parties, to consider newer perspectives with regards the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the...
View ArticleGuyana urges review of basis by which countries are classified : - at Eighth...
FOREIGN Affairs Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett has called for a review of the basis by which countries are classified, and by which they are graded as low-income or middle-income countries. At the...
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Murdered Lusignan teen laid to rest : - suspects remanded until June 24
FAMILY members and friends paid their last respects yesterday to the late Dhanraj Latchman, the 17-year-old car owner of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara who was murdered in Parika Backdam, East Bank...
View ArticleFish cleaner ‘Blondie’ jailed for 57 yrs : - for killing Marlon Greene
JUSTICE Navindra Singh yesterday sentenced 49-year-old Quaison Jones, called ‘Blondie,’ to 57 years’ imprisonment after an Assizes jury found him guilty of murder committed on Marlon Greene. Greene had...
View ArticleNew Education Bill for Parliament today
AS the Ministry of Education continues to reform and modernise Guyana’s education sector, the Honourable Minister of Education, Ms. Priya Manickchand will be presenting a new Education Bill to the...
View ArticleNational Conversation to focus on effective, sustained implementation of $1B...
THE Government of Guyana, through the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, will host a National Conversation on a clean environment for members of the public to discuss challenges and...
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New Indian High Commissioner accredited : – plans to strengthen political,...
NEWLY-appointed Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, Mr Venkatachalam Mahalingam, yesterday presented his Letters of Credence to President Donald Ramotar and called for more efforts to enhance...
View ArticleDrunk driving has become a death threat
The PPP/C Government has been in Office for 22 years now, and during this period, there has been an undeniable economic transformation in Guyana. The manifestation of this ‘boom’ in the economy can be...
View ArticleParliament sits today but… : Last opportunity to pass AML/CFT Bill lost : –...
THE National Assembly today makes its last sitting before the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) meets on Monday. This is a critically important development, given that Guyana has been...
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