By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 13 Comments
Three banks for Diamond branches
The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo] via the Privatisation Unit (PU)/NICIL raked in around $200M from eight property sales last year including three parcels for banks setting up branches at Diamond, East …
By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 19 Comments
Mohamed Irfaan Ali was sworn in as the new Minister of Housing and Water yesterday by President Bharrat Jagdeo, a responsibility which he said is critical and consistently requires a high priority on government’s agenda.
Mohamed …
By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 36 Comments
-info awaited from the US
Nymrod Singh, who had been held by CANU for questioning into a cocaine-filled shipment of furniture seized in Miami, was released yesterday pending further information from the US on the investigation …
By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 7 Comments
A section of the seawall close to the koker at Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara has collapsed and the earthen embankment is being eroded.
At high tide, waves burst past the collapsed concrete wall to pound …
By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 27 Comments
President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said an initiative to improve cooperation between the political parties “unravelled” because of infighting within the main opposition party. But while he called for political leaders to work towards to greater …
By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 5 Comments
President Bharrat Jagdeo is hoping that work on a canal that will constantly drain water from the East Demerara Water Conservancy (EDWC) into the Atlantic Ocean can begin within six months.
The Head of State made …
By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 4 Comments
Floodwaters have been receding in a number of areas along the East Coast Demerara but many residents are complaining about the inches of water still in their homes.
Where to go? This school girl stood on …
By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 2 Comments
Eyes 400,000 tonnes per annum
An interim board set up to steer the local sugar industry as it struggles to recover from a tough year and braces for imminent price cuts from Europe, is expected to …
By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 6 Comments
President says it didn’t address assets of customs employees
President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday said the Auditor General’s report which probed bribery allegations at customs is now with the Director of Public Prosecutions for a review of …
By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 10 Comments
Government has been unable to close the local Marriot hotel deal because the Kingston project suffered financial setbacks, but the project is not dead President Bharrat Jagdeo declared yesterday.
He said that reports of the deal …
By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 31 Comments
The government is not contemplating reducing the tolls for vehicles to cross the Berbice Bridge, President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday.
When asked if the government was considering reducing the bridge tolls, after some commuters complained that …
By Staff | Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 28 Comments
–Yoruba band leader
Leader of the Yoruba Singers band, Eze Rockcliffe who spent three hours in the much-maligned Brickdam Police Station lock-ups, has described the facility as “treacherous” and a “health hazard.”
Like others who have spent …