September 20, 2018

A 20-year-old labourer of lot 100 Block 22 Squatting Area Wismar, Linden is now dead after he was crushed by a log at his place of employment. News Room understands that Stephan Brathwaite called ‘Grinch’ was servicing a truck at R.I…

Mohamed’s Poultry Farm has been in operation since 1994 but though it has expanded its production to include value added products, it has not been able to penetrate international markets. As the Guyana Trade and Investment Exhibition…

A 34-year-old man lost his life last week after he was struck down by a speeding truck outside his home in the Grove Housing Scheme on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD). Ryan Calvan was struck by motor lorry GGG 5366 around midday on…

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed disappointment with the level of representation made by the Guyana Government during the bilateral talks and subsequent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Trinidad and Tobago…

Drivers plying the Linden to Kwakwani route have reduced bus fares from $3,000 to $2,500, following significant upgrades to the Linden/Ituni/Kwakwani road, the Department of Public Information (DPI) has reported. In 2017, drivers had…

The design of the new Moruca Bridge in Region One is being finalised, the Department of Public Information (DPI) has stated. Hinterland Engineer Jeffrey Walcott is quoted by DPI as saying that the geotechnical investigation for the new…

An estimated 8,000 hinterland nursery and primary-level (Grade One) children have seen significant improvements in emergent literacy and numeracy following the successful completion of the Guyana Early Childhood Education Project (GECEP),…

One day after the government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Trinidad for cooperation on energy and other sectors, President David Granger has announced that there will be a similar agreement with Barbados. “We hope to…

Guyana has received US$900,000 in grant assistance from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) to support the rice sector. Minister of Finance Winston Jordan signed the so-called Reverse Linkage project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The…

A 53-year-old construction worker was on Thursday remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan for cocaine trafficking. Andrew Jordan pleaded not guilty to the charge which read that on September 15, 2018, at his Lot 15 Craig…