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By Mark McGowan | Thursday, January 1, 2009 | 14 Comments
Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud was greeted with a series of complaints from residents about acts of mismanagement by NDCs and officials yesterday when he visited …
By Mark McGowan | Monday, December 29, 2008 | 6 Comments
Weeks of flooding
Residents of Dochfour/ Hope on the East Coast of Demerara have been trapped in flooded environs for almost three weeks. This week we …
By Mark McGowan | Saturday, December 20, 2008 | 20 Comments
GT&T, internet cafes continuing talks
Following the most recent discussions between GT&T and the Internet Interest Holders Group (IIHG), GT&T has removed the blockage on certain …
By Mark McGowan | Wednesday, December 17, 2008 | 3 Comments
Although fuel prices continue to slide at the different service stations, it is unlikely that there will be any further reductions in bus fares any …
By Mark McGowan | Tuesday, December 9, 2008 | 4 Comments
Brazil company providing funds
The Rupununi River Bridge near Katoonarib, which collapsed under the weight of an excavator earlier this year, will be repaired as soon …
By Mark McGowan | Monday, December 8, 2008 | 0 Comments
The audited accounts for the Cricket World Cup event held here in 2007 will be released before the end of this year, Sport Minister Dr …
By Mark McGowan | Tuesday, December 2, 2008 | 11 Comments
- poor roads, electricity and telecommunication stifling community
For Karasabai villagers, a newspaper is a luxury.
According to villager Festus Thomas, it is one of the few …
By Mark McGowan | Monday, November 10, 2008 | 9 Comments
…as huge aviary remains a dream five years on
A project funded by the Odense Municipality of Denmark to build a giant aviary for the harpy …
By Mark McGowan | Friday, November 7, 2008 | 15 Comments
Several bus operators say that they are not prepared to reduce their fares in spite of the recent announcement made by Minister of Commerce Manniram …
By Mark McGowan | Wednesday, November 5, 2008 | 8 Comments
Minibus fares are expected to be reduced from Friday, Minister of Commerce Manniram Prashad has announced.
This decision comes after consultations were held last week between …
By Mark McGowan | Tuesday, October 28, 2008 | 6 Comments
– minister says they should be paid in two weeks
Several persons who are still awaiting payments for various services they provided for the Carifesta festivities, …
By Mark McGowan | Saturday, October 25, 2008 | 11 Comments
The Institute of Applied Science and Technology (IAST) along with the Ministries of Agriculture and Public Works yesterday launched an experimental road project using kilned …
By Mark McGowan | Thursday, October 23, 2008 | 7 Comments
The two brothers who were given just over a week to vacate a plot of land in Industrial Estate, Ruimveldt that they have occupied for …
By Mark McGowan | Wednesday, October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments
Local craft producers have returned from an exhibition in Barbados with mixed experiences.
Thirty-nine local craft companies participated in the 15th regional Caribbean Gift and Craft …
By Mark McGowan | Monday, October 13, 2008 | 58 Comments
After serving for almost thirty years as the self-appointed caretakers of an old tannery at a Ruimveldt Industrial Estate premises, two middle-aged brothers have been …
By Mark McGowan | Sunday, October 12, 2008 | 0 Comments
Participants at a forum on human trafficking are questioning whether the age of consent under the Criminal Law Offences Act and the age a person …
By Mark McGowan | Wednesday, October 8, 2008 | 27 Comments
More than a month has elapsed since the Carifesta X activities came to an end but several of the employees of the Secretariat as well …
By Mark McGowan | Saturday, October 4, 2008 | 0 Comments
Schoolyard flooding raised at meeting
Minister in the Ministry of Education Dr Desrey Fox says that greater emphasis will be placed on the education of children …
By Mark McGowan | Friday, October 3, 2008 | 1 Comment
Poor water quality, billing among top issues raised
Poor quality of water and the factors influencing billing were two of the major issues discussed during a …
By Mark McGowan | Thursday, October 2, 2008 | 4 Comments
When two iron treatment water plants in central Ruimveldt and Sophia are completed in April, over 40,000 residents in several areas in Georgetown will have …
