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    -   APNU says it would not be rushed; resumes work in Special Committee -   AFC wants Procurement Commission in exchange for support In an unprecedented move, President Donald Ramotar yesterday sent a message to the National Assembly appealing to all sides of the House to urgently review amendments to the law on financial […]

    State- owned Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil) stations in Berbice have run out of gasoline, dieselene and kerosene. The situation has been this way since the week began. Only the GuyOil facility at Palmyra, Canje has supplies. The situation is fueling outcries from other GuyOil gas station owners in the area. The Palmyra station, […]

    -  Harmon quizzes Gov’t on Environmental Tax Opposition Parliamentarians last evening demanded that Government come clean on the $18 billion it has collected in Environmental Tax over the last 18 years. The demand came as the opposition-controlled National Assembly voted against amendments to the Customs Act dealing with the Environmental Tax, saying tha […]

    The Guyana Defence Force last evening announced that five ranks will be sent to a state prison to serve sentences ranging from three to four months after they were court martialed for being Absent Without Leave and Desertion. According to a statement issued by the Army, Corporal Jerome Gomes, Ordinary Rating Anthony Mortley […]

    A second suspect is expected to be charged for the murder of police corporal Romain Cleto. Kaieteur News understands that Riverview, Ruimveldt resident, Reagan Rodrigues, 34, called ‘Grey Boy is expected to appear in court today. This newspaper was told by relatives of the man that he was arrested on Monday afternoon. This […]

Guyana could very well face penalties if Guyana is not ready for construction of the Amaila Falls hydro project dam by the deadline for financial closure this year end. Government is getting worried as the access road remains unfinished and as the financiers, including the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), continue their due diligence work. After […]

    When people talk bout wasting money dem talking bout Guyana.  De government sign a contract fuh build some new Government offices pun High Street. When dem start de project was nuff boast. Dem break down de old radio station that been deh since Noah was in diapers. When people talk bout historical sites, […]

Housing Minister Irfaan Ali has refuted claims that he spoke with a state newspaper over a contention that involves cattle rearing land which was allegedly confiscated for housing development. Printed on May 3, with the reporter’s name published, Ali said that he never spoke with the state newspaper on the matter that involves the Tuschen […]

  The Guyana Public Service (GPSU) said that last November 20, it submitted to the government, proposals for consideration of public servants wages, salaries and allowances. The submission, however, failed to grab the attention of the government. Union head, Patrick Yarde, is therefore asking for a 15 percent increase for public service workers since approva […]

  …huge losses for them Several fishermen in Berbice are complaining about the unfair competition from other fishermen who smuggle fish and shrimp into Guyana. The illegal activity, they said, is costing them daily losses from which they cannot recuperate. They say that they have invested a lot of money in their shrimp and fish […]

    As the Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations for fifth formers were ongoing on Tuesday, parents of several fourth form students of the St Rose’s High School gathered outside demanding that their children be removed from a sewage-flooded classroom in the bottom flat of the Church Street school building. According to the parents, [. […]

    …Guyanese readies for more flooding The Ministry of Agriculture has warned residents on the coast to prepare for possible flooding as the country readies for another round of spring tides and which is expected to be at the highest on Sunday morning. The spring tides, which come with high waves, have been overtopping […]

  …Suspects foul play The family of Baijnauth Saroop, called ‘Lol’ of Glasgow, East Bank Berbice who has been missing since April 16 is crying out for help to find their loved one.  The 45-year-old man, a father of three, had left to go up the Canje River on a wood cutting expedition with a […]

- sister of accused testifies at voir dire The trial of three former Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard ranks, charged with the murder of a young Bartica gold dealer, continued yesterday at the Suddie High Court in Essequibo before Justice Franklyn Holder. The trial which began almost two weeks ago is now hearing a second […]

  On the heels of recent warnings against counterfeit currency, the Central Bank of Barbados has announced that it will begin circulation of new currency notes from June 4. The changes are for notes of all denominations – $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 – and the Bank stated that they will feature not […]

    -    “If we do not receive the solution, we will surely die ,” kidney patient The lives of nine persons in need of Peritoneal Dialysis are in the hands of officials at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC). These officials are reportedly making excuses for the absence of a critical solution used in […]

  … residents protest water shortage, no street lights, banditry Rehanna Ramsay Residents of Cummings Park, a community east of South Sophia, Georgetown, are at a disadvantage owing to the lack of several essential features that would make any community a livable one. There has been a shortage of potable water in the area for […]

    The Bartica/Potaro road which was built in the early 1900s and which wound its way for 112 miles from Bartica in Region Seven (Cuyuni/Mazaruni) to Mahdia, Region Eight (Potaro/Siparuni) with branches along the way, needs to be resuscitated. This is the view of the Administrative Manager of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners […]

    Antigua (caribarena) – The murder trial of three men accused of the shooting death of Rondel George was expected to begin yesterday at the High Court before Justice Keith Thom. When arraigned, Lasana Riley, Jevorney Richards and Chester Joseph pleaded not guilty to the charge. George was shot to death in Bendals Village […]

  -    Charles Ramson Sr. appointed Commissioner of Information Former Attorney General, Charles R. Ramson Sr. has been appointed Commissioner of Information by President Donald Ramotar, hence enforcing the Access to Information Act of 2011. Journalists and other members of the public would now be able to access information on public authorities. The Act doe […]