March 16, 2018

President David Granger, today, met with a group of disgruntled security guards at New Amsterdam, who were laid off by a private security firm based in Georgetown. According to the workers, the firm has not paid salaries since December…

The police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 49-year-old resident of Number 5 Village, West Coast Berbice (WCB). In a statement, the police said at about 06:30hrs on Friday, a motorcar driven by a 39-year-old…

Police are probing the torching of a minibus in which employees of GWI’s disconnection crew was travelling in on Thursday at Buxton, East Coast of Demerara. During a press conference today, Managing Director of the water company, Dr.…

A Berbice family was on Thursday evening beaten and robbed by four masked gunmen who were also armed with cutlasses and knives. During the ordeal, a female family member was sexually assaulted after two of the bandits stripped her naked…

Government parliamentarian, Charrandass Persaud had called for fired sugar workers to be prosecuted for not sending their children to school but Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo today upbraided him for making such uncaring remarks.…

By Fareeza Haniff The aftermath of Thursday’s gunning down of three suspected bandits by the police has left more questions than answers. As a matter of fact, the family of Kwame Assanah, claim that he was wrongfully killed. They intend…

President David Granger is yet to deliver on his promise to have the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) brief parliamentarians on its heightened border security measures and Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo is very much concerned. “We’ve…

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has continued its efforts to strengthen coaching and ultimately improve the quality of regional squads and players in the region. CWI and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have collaborated on another…

Minister of Public Security, Khemraj Ramjattan on Thursday tabled the Juvenile Justice Bill, paving the way for the Parliament to begin considerations of the proposed changes to the juvenile justice system. In reading the Bill for the…

The employment rate in Guyana is at 49.2% according to the Guyana National Bureau of Statistics’ (GNBS) Labour Force Survey (LFS) for the third quarter of 2017, which was released on Thursday. According to the report, “the…