Portia Simpson-Miller urges Gov’t to tackle inflation to benefit the nation’s poor
By Bibi Khatoon
As Guyana joins oil-producing nations from next month, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson-Miller says one of the key areas which should be addressed in the country’s economic plan is inflation.
The former…
GBTI signs three-year sponsorship deal with GCC female hockey team
The Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) on Friday morning confirmed a three-year sponsorship deal with the GCC female hockey team. The GBTI GCC side is the leading female hockey team in the country.
Executive Director of GBTI…
Three years jail, over $300k fine for ganja found in Lamaha Park
A 29-year-old East Bank Berbice resident was on Friday sentenced to three years imprisonment and slapped with a $367,000 fine for trafficking cannabis by City Magistrate Rhondel Weaver.
Cordel David was found guilty of having 245 grams…
SUPER50: Nedd, Sinclair spin Emerging Players into final
(Report and Photography by Akeem Greene in Trinidad)
The dream run by West Indies Emerging Players continued after they survived some tense moments to beat Barbados Pride by three wickets and the reach the final of Colonial Medical…
COEMA joins KFC and Petra for Goodwill Football Series
COEMA Construction and Services Inc. on Thursday joined hands with KFC and the Petra Organisation to pull off the year-end Goodwill Football Series. The six-team competition is slated for December 14-22.
The mother company of COEMA,…
Trigger happy Security Guard at MovieTowne fined $15k
The young Security Guard who was caught on camera recklessly firing his gun while on duty pleaded guilty Thursday to discharging a loaded firearm in a public place.
Twenty-three-year old Damario Embrack of South Vryheid's Lust, East…
TEST: Holder wraps up Afghanistan as West Indies win big
West Indies took just an hour on the third morning to wrap up the one-off Test against Afghanistan, winning by nine wickets in Lucknow.
Resuming the day on 109-7 in their second innings - under floodlights due to poor visibility -…
Mocha man found guilty of four counts of rape; victim says she wanted to kill herself
A 12-member jury on Thursday night found 48-year-old Jegede Hodge guilty of four counts of rape.
Hodge of Mocha, East Bank Demerara was on trial before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the Georgetown High Court.
Hodge was found guilty…
Gov’t approves foreign observers for 2020 elections
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has approved several international organisations to serve as Electoral Observers for the upcoming general and regional elections.
Among those approved are the Carter Center, the Organisation of American…
‘I did not get billions, I work hard’- Robert Badal
Presidential Candidate of Change Guyana Robert Badal is not denying claims that he received billions of dollars in tax concessions from the Government but said he was entitled to it because of his contributions to the country’s…