Two shot in separate incidents
–in less than 24 hours TWENTY-year-old Corwin St. Hill of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, was on Saturday morning involved in an argument with a man when he was shot and injured to his...
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Health Ministry to launch National Mental Health Action Plan soon
THE Ministry of Health will soon be launching a National Mental Health Action Plan to deal with the numerous aspects of mental health. The Ministry is hoping to launch it in October on World Mental...
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Woman claiming police harassment slapped with seven charges
…Police source refutes claim, alleges woman was drunk & bit cop TWENTY-seven-year-old Odessa Seenanan of 8th Street, Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara has accused police ranks at...
View ArticleCrime Chief confirms receiving Junior Torrington’s file from PCA
CRIME Chief Leslie James told the Guyana Chronicle on Friday, that the file pertaining to the Junior Torrington torture investigation has been sent to him from the Office of the Chairman of the Police...
View ArticleREHAB TIPS
Occupational therapy (OT) helps people engage in activities that they need or want to do in their daily lives. These activities, or occupations, bring pleasure or a sense of purpose to one’s life, and...
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First stone depot opens in Georgetown
– 1,000 tonnes expected every three days THE first stone depot in Georgetown yesterday received its initial shipment of 1,000 tonnes of stone at Battery Road, Kingston, just behind the Guyana Forestry...
View ArticlePPP rejects APNU’s call for COI into shooting of protestors
–Says matter should go to Parliamentary Oversight Committee THE ruling party, yesterday, rejected A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) motion, which was passed by the National Assembly last...
View ArticleEducation Minister anticipates on-time delivery of quality furniture for schools
- Gov’t will apply penalties if requirements are not met EDUCATION Minister Priya Manickchand and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education Delma Nedd last Friday held a meeting with contractors...
View ArticleThe Court should exercise leniency and compassion
A FATHER and his son from North Road, Georgetown, were this week’s latest drug busts at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri. They were caught trying to traffic cocaine concealed in the...
View ArticleI blame both Government and Opposition
–for non-passage of AML/CFT Bill THE failure to pass the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Finance of Terrorism legislation exposes a glaring lack of effective political leadership, and...
View ArticleHow can the PPP/C govern under such duress?
GRANGER is poised to return as PNCR Leader. If Granger is all the PNC has, and Greenidge is not challenging him for leadership of the PNC, then what is the PPP/C waiting for? This is exactly why the...
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‘Small-business’ Trust to release $550M to 700 families this year
THE Small Business Development Finance Trust Inc. (SBDF) is slated to release some $550M for at least 700 families in 2014, according to the institution’s Chairman, Mr. Sattaur Gafoor. Mr. Gafoor noted...
View ArticleGov’t, Ruling Party join in condenming imprisonment of Al Jazeera staff
BOTH the Guyana Government and the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) have joined other countries the world over in condemning the sentencing in Egypt Monday of three Al Jazeera journalists to a...
View Article36 graduate with MBAs via Nations University programme
THIRTY-SIX students graduated last Saturday evening from the Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme offered by Nations University in collaboration with the Australian Institute of Business...
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RODNEY’S DEATH: AN ENIGMA BEING ANSWERED
Special Report on the Rodney Commission of Inquiry by Shaun Michael Samaroo McLean and Lewis instructed Smith to kill Rodney - Says Gates DEEPER, darker details of why Guyana’s development nosedived...
View ArticleGuyana’s ‘blacklist’ fate still hangs in the balance
–FATF ‘likely to make a decision’ today or tomorrow PRESIDENTIAL Adviser on Governance, Gail Teixeira, yesterday told the Guyana Chronicle that the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)’s International...
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SCA Premier League : HACC look set to retain top honours
TORONTO, Canada — Despite losing the services of former West Indies One-day middle-order batsman Royston Crandon and national fast bowler Trevon Garraway, four-time defending champions Hawaiian Arctic...
View ArticleWinning the CBC could be Marshall’s biggest challenge
RAWLE Marshall’s story of reaching the NBA where he played for the Dallas Mavericks and the Indian Pacers is an inspiration for anyone – not just Guyanese – having a dream of playing in one of the...
View ArticleSuarez faces another World Cup ban : …’bite’ accusation overshadows 2014...
NATAL Brazil (Reuters) – Uruguay striker Luis Suarez looks almost certain to be banned from the World Cup for the second successive tournament after he bit Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder...
View ArticleCoca-Cola Promotion winners to witness FIFA World Cup match in Brazil today
THE three winners of the ‘Coca-Cola Win Your Trip to Brazil Promotion’ and their guests have left Guyana for neighbouring Brazil to witness the FIFA World Cup match between Ecuador and France today in...
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