January 26, 2018

A $78.9 million contract has been awarded to S. Jagmohan Hardware Supplies and Construction Services for the construction of the roundabout at Kitty, Georgetown. Minister of State, Joseph Harmon announced at a post-cabinet press briefing…

If Ramnaresh Sarwan had his way he would send a squad of administrators, drawn from those who have served from 1990 onwards, to represent the West Indies in the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers in Zimbabwe. The former West Indies…

Several international firms have expressed an interest in investing in Guyana, Minister of Telecommunications Cathy Hughes said Friday morning, telling sugar workers retrenched from the Enmore estate that when investors come they will need…

Minister of Business, Dominic Gaskin announced Friday morning that sugar workers retrenched from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) will begin to receive their severance pay from Monday, January 29, 2018. Sugar workers cheered to the…

“None of you will be beggars or paupers,” was the declaration of Junior Minister of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes who first addressed hundreds of workers who were retrenched from the Enmore Estate at a meeting Friday morning. In a…

Scores of sugar workers retrenched from the Enmore Sugar Estate have launched a protest ahead of a meeting with government ministers Friday morning. The workers are demanding their severance pay. It is unclear at this time what the…

A 33-year-old man 162 Herstelling ,East Bank Demerara (EBD) who wounded a policeman, was shot twice at around 02:30hrs on Friday, January 26, 2018. According to a police release, the cop and the suspect are both hospitalized and are in a…

The man who was shot during a fracas at Victoria Street, Albouystown, Georgetown has been identified as 44-year-old Imole Fox, a Wildlife Exporter of 94 Regent and King Streets. Police said he was shot to the lower right leg while a…

By Neil Marks “The pain can’t come out so easy, no matter what,” Nisha Khan says, with as much pain as she has felt over the last ten years. Who can really understand this mother’s pain? We met her Thursday morning as she was…

By Devina Samaroo Attorney Charles Ramson Jr, representing a regional councillor, has moved to the High Court to challenge the appointment of Alliance For Change (AFC) General Secretary, Marlon Williams on the Local Government Commission…