November 18, 2019

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has suspended the disbursement of funds to the Chinese contractor for the US$31 million Sheriff Street/Mandela Avenue road expansion project, David Patterson, the Minister of Public Infrastructure…

The multi-party bloc APNU, which has President David Granger as its leader, on Monday night said it had agreed on a formula for the allocation of seats with the AFC if they go as a Coalition and win the March 02, 2020 general and regional…

Guyana Jaguars pacer Ronsford Beaton has been reported for a suspect bowling action during his side’s game against the United States last Monday in the Colonial Medical Insurance Super50 Cup. Cricket West Indies confirmed on Monday that…

District Six (Corentyne) again reigned supreme, copping the cycling title at the 59th National Schools Athletics, Cycling and Swimming Championships. The Berbicians accumulated a whopping 288 points, 51 more than their nearest rival…

A six-year-old student of the Greenwich Park Primary School was on Saturday killed in an accident on the Farm, East Bank Essequibo public road. The incident occurred at about 17:00hrs. The News Room learnt that Kelissa Richards left…

The High Court on Friday struck out a Statement of Claim made by the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA) to recover $224 million from the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI). SARA had claimed that GBTI purchased its Lot 109 Young…

Troy Resources Limited –an Australian mining company –has decided to terminate the services of 375 workers who were laid off for the last six weeks, as the company mulls restarting its Kairouni, Region Seven operations. In a memo seen by…

The world’s largest floating book fair, MV Logos Hope, will arrive in Guyana within two weeks. The on-board book fair will offer an expanded selection of over 5,000 different titles of books at affordable prices. They cover a wide range…

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan on Sunday said it is the government’s intention to utilize oil revenues to benefit citizens, saying there will be “direct income changes.” He stopped short of using the word cash transfers, which has…

Thirty-year-old Orin Jules was on Monday sentenced to 17 years behind bars for killing his 23-year-old brother, Dexter, during an argument at their ‘D’ Field Sophia home on June 18, 2016. Jules was sentenced by Justice Sandil Kissoon at…