‘Grey Boy’ charged with threatening Crum-Ewing’s mother
Regan Rodrigues called ‘Grey Boy’ was once again hauled before the courts this morning, this time for using threatening language against the mother of slain political activist, Courtney Crum Ewing.
As Donna Harcourt arrived at Court this…
Fire erupts at GPL in Berbice
A fire has erupted at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) facility in Onverwagt, West Coast Berbice (WCB).
According to information from the Department of Public Information (DPI), the Guyana Fire Service has the fire under control but the…
45 persons to lose job after City Hall ends contract with Cevons, Puran Bros
Forty – five persons will now be plunged into the unemployment bracket after City Hall terminated its contracts with two major garbage collecting services. The contracts were terminated after the firms raised concerns with the huge debt…
Guyana closer to U-19 50-over title defence
A top-class performance by Guyana has brought the South American nation closer to retaining the Regional Under-19, 50-over title in St. Kitts. The Guyanese trounced Barbados by 10 wickets to rack up their fourth win from as many games.…
Female security guards forced to perform sexual favours to keep jobs
The Women and Gender Equality Commission today raised concerns with females being molested while working night shifts.
At a forum hosted by the Department of Labour under the theme “Repositioning the Elderly and Single Mothers within the…
Second Guyana Girls Academy camp set for January
Girls football development will once again take centre stage in early 2018 when the Guyana Girls Academy hosts its second camp in Georgetown.
Coming off the successful hosting of the inaugural camp in July at the Transport Sports Club…
US$50M Bauxite Project for Bonasika, Cuyuni-Mazaruni
Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Thursday received a courtesy call from Executive members of the First Bauxite Corporation (FBX) at the Ministry of the Presidency, where he was updated on their project at Bonasika in Cuyuni-Mazaruni…
Power Company blames GPL for blackouts
By Devina Samaroo
The frequent power outages across the country are not as a result of faults in power generation aspect of the process which occurs at the various power plants, but defects in the transmission of the electricity from the…
Keith Scott says prepared to resign if he tolerates companies breaching labour law
Minister with responsibility for Labour, Keith Scott today called out several companies which exploit workers and which are in breach of the Labour Act. During a seminar with private security service providers hosted at the Ministry’s…
$1M bail for GDF driver involved in fatal accident
A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) driver was released on $1M bail by City Magistrate Judy Latchman for the death of an elderly pedal cyclist, who was killed in an accident at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara in March 2017.
Lance Corporal Zamani…