By Mark McGowan | Wednesday, November 11, 2009 | 45 Comments
-planning high stakes poker match
Construction of a US$2M casino at the Princess Hotel is currently ongoing and the owners are seeking to have the facility …
By Mark McGowan | Saturday, November 7, 2009 | 99 Comments
Opposition parties yesterday flayed President Bharrat Jagdeo’s announcement that he has ordered the police to conduct an investigation into the recent torture of a 15-year-old …
By Mark McGowan | Saturday, October 31, 2009 | 20 Comments
Following Thursday’s deadlock in the conciliation proceedings between GuySuCo and GAWU both entities are now awaiting the start of the arbitration process, even as a …
By Mark McGowan | Wednesday, October 28, 2009 | 12 Comments
Even as investigations are continuing into the two recent infernos on Regent Street, Fire Chief Marlon Gentle says that more evidence is emerging that suggests …
By Mark McGowan | Sunday, October 25, 2009 | 4 Comments
Despite strong objections from the Alliance For Change (AFC), the National Assembly on Thursday evening passed amendments to the Rice Factories Act – a move …
By Mark McGowan | Saturday, October 24, 2009 | 0 Comments
Music is special to David Dewar, the popular singer and music teacher.
David Dewar
Now retired from his job as a water engineer at the country’s utility …
By Mark McGowan | Monday, October 19, 2009 | 61 Comments
Household Plus, other businesses razed
-water a big problem
For the second time in ten days, a fire swept through a section of Regent Street destroying three …
By Mark McGowan | Thursday, October 15, 2009 | 46 Comments
GuySuCo warns of grim financial position
A crippling strike hit the sugar industry yesterday after the main union GAWU called out its members over stalled wage …
By Mark McGowan | Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 31 Comments
The origin of the Friday fire which completely destroyed three buildings and badly damaged another on Regent Street, has left businessmen, employees and residents who …
By Mark McGowan | Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 25 Comments
From next year, Guyanese and overseas investors will be able to benefit from “unlimited and inexpensive” bandwidth when GT&T’s second fibre optic cable becomes operational, …
By Mark McGowan | Friday, October 2, 2009 | 51 Comments
-Jagdeo urges private sector
GuyExpo, the country’s largest trade and investment event, opened last evening with a challenge thrown out to the private sector to see …
By Mark McGowan | Wednesday, September 16, 2009 | 19 Comments
Hours after teaming up with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to commission the Takutu Bridge, President Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday officially declared open …
By Mark McGowan | Tuesday, September 15, 2009 | 104 Comments
Lula: Brazil to explore funding for paving Lethem/Linden road
In the midst of a torrential downpour of rain, President Bharrat Jagdeo and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz …
By Mark McGowan | Saturday, August 8, 2009 | 81 Comments
Parties join forces for gov’t accountability
–to compile dossier on rights abuses
Recent revelations in a US court claiming links between members of the government and drug …
By Mark McGowan | Friday, July 31, 2009 | 52 Comments
-gov’t slams ‘diversionary’ tactics
Backed by a noisy protest on Brickdam, new allegations in a US court of links between the government and drug trafficker Roger …
By Mark McGowan | Monday, July 27, 2009 | 22 Comments
-eyeing four-star rating
Ongoing rehabilitation at the Princess International Hotel at Providence will see the establishment achieving at least a four-star rating and it is moving …
By Mark McGowan | Sunday, July 26, 2009 | 19 Comments
Over the last six to eight months, the Guyana Tele-phone and Telegraph company (GT&T) has lost appropriately US$2 million in revenue through international calls that …
By Mark McGowan | Sunday, July 19, 2009 | 64 Comments
A mother’s worst nightmare became a reality yesterday afternoon, after her reputed husband acted on a repeated threat to take the lives of his two …
By Mark McGowan | Sunday, July 12, 2009 | 3 Comments
-govt refuses request to have bill sent to Special Select Committee
A bill legalising the appointment of lay magistrates and the establishment of Lay Magistrates’ Courts …
By Mark McGowan | Friday, July 10, 2009 | 50 Comments
After a contentious debate, the National Assembly last evening unanimously supported the AFC’s motion which urged the government to make all possible diplomatic and legal …