Mark McGowan

The PPP has written to the Guyana Elections Com-mission (GECOM) requesting that it considers some measure to facilitate the registration of eligible persons who have not yet done so.

Widening the trade union base to include various groups of currently unorganised workers could be the key to bridging the racial and political divide pervasive in the local labour movement, social activist Andaiye believes.

A condemned two-storey building at the south-western corner of High and Barrack streets, Kingston, was yesterday afternoon completely gutted by fire, leaving dozens homeless and destroying huge amounts in valuables and household items.

Erik Helland-Hansen, the Head of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)’s expert panel commissioned to evaluate the Amaila Falls Hydropower project in Guyana, has reportedly withdrawn a statement where he expressed concerns that the project’s developer Sithe Global LLC had not as yet taken adequate environmental considerations into their plans.

Should PPP presidential candidate Donald Ramotar win office there are unlikely to be any sweeping changes to the country’s constitution but advice may be sought on altering the immunity from prosecution afforded to presidents.

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of parliament on Monday urged the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region Four Donald Gajraj to take disciplinary action against regional officials who would have facilitated the overpayment of almost $1.8 million to a contractor back in 2006 for work that was only about 60 percent complete.

A stormy relationship between a Timehri couple ended tragically yesterday morning when a man chopped his former reputed wife to death in front of one of their three children. 

For just about an hour on Saturday night, internationally acclaimed gospel singer William McDowell led thousands gathered at the National Park tarmac in worship. 

Is it legitimate for governments to receive gifts from companies that have been awarded contracts?

The developer of the Amaila Falls Hydroelectric Plant (AFHEP) yesterday admitted that there may be delays in securing financing for the project.

The state of the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) is cause for concern for some knowledgeable engineers, who say the facility remains inadequately managed despite the large investments being made by the government.

With flooding now a norm for some villages along East Coast of Demerara, many affected residents have resigned themselves to being under water for several more days.

Bauxite workers affected by ongoing disputes between the BCGI and the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union (GB&GWU) hope that the favourable ruling on the issue of union recognition would  pave the way for the quick resolution of all outstanding issues between the two parties.

Local Information Techno-logy (IT) experts are divided over whether netbooks are the ideal instruments to be distributed to 90,000 poor families under the One Laptop per Family (OLFP) initiative.

A fire last evening completely destroyed a popular Lethem business establishment consuming millions in stock and leaving at least 20 persons jobless.

Chinese company Huawei donated the first set of netbooks distributed under the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative but the next batch of computers will be procured by an open international competitive tender, President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday.

Two parliamentary parties have excoriated the government’s One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) initiative with GAP’s MP Everall Franklin calling for an immediate review of it.

For almost two hours last evening, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh berated the parliamentary opposition for its “incoherent” and “inconsistent” criticisms of this year’s budget and said that the foundations of Guyana’s economy have never been stronger.

An assertion by AFC MP Sheila Holder that the government has been using the Old Age Pension Pro-gramme to divert public funds riled members of the government benches last evening who sought unsuccessfully to have House Speaker

Licensed firearm holder Orin Hudson wounded two gunmen who invaded the Serenity Restaurant and Bar at Joseph Pollydore Street, Lodge last night.