While bank capital adequacy ratios appear comfortable (averaging 25.4 percent as of end-2016), non-performing loans remain high and bear close scrutiny, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday. 0
Head of the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) Sydney James and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the State Assets Recovery Unit (SARU) Major (rtd) Aubrey Heath-Retemyer are in Florida, USA and it is believed that they will make an attempt to speak directly to Winston Brassington about matters pertaining to NICIL. 0
A Berbice couple who recently lost their newborn child as a result of what they alleged to be “gross medical negligence” has lodged a complaint with the Medical Council of Guyana and is requesting a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the neo-natal death. 0
The National Frequency Management Unit (NFMU) yesterday commissioned a spectrum monitoring system that will detect and analyse radio waves across the country, aiding in radio frequency management, and improving the delivery of radio and television signals. 0
Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo foresees a ‘‘constitutional crisis” if President David Granger continues to delay the selection of the chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM). 0
The United States government has declined to take a position on a request by Guyanese businessman Ed Ahmad to be kept in a minimum security facility except to say that it doesn’t want Ahmad and the man he successfully testified against, former New York State Senator, John Sampson kept in the same facility. 0
There are several disturbing things that the current rainy season has forced into the spotlight. Chief among them is the torpor that seems to have damned local government systems – and not just in the city. 0
Hoff Van Aurich is a sleepy little village on the Essequibo Coast situated 26 kilometres from Supenaam. The village is home to approximately 100 people, whose presence dates back to the 1800s when their fore parents arrived here on indentureship contracts.
– 30 staff to be severed, will import paper for box production
The local paper and paper container manufacturing company Caribbean Container Inc (CCI) has announced that with effect from the end of June it will be suspending the operations of its Paper Recycling Plant and reverting immediately to imported paper as the primary raw material for its box manufacturing facility. 0
(Trinidad Express) Former police prosecutor Harry Ramlochan, who raped a 17-year-old child at the San Fernando police station when she went there to make a report, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison with hard labour.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – The Venezuelan government hunted on Wednesday for rogue policemen who attacked key installations by helicopter, but critics of President Nicolas Maduro suspected the raid may have been staged to justify repression.
Tired of being alerted to all that was negative in Guyana on the worldwide web, a couple decided to fight the bad with the good and created a space specifically designed to showcase all that was positive in the Land of Many Waters, giving birth to the Visit Guyana Facebook page.
This article submitted by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GUYSUCO) contends that tackling the challenges facing the sugar industry has broader implications for the Guyana economy as a whole.
GLASTONBURY, England, (Reuters) – Johnny Depp yesterday apologized for joking about assassinating U.S. President Donald Trump, saying his remarks were in “poor taste.”
“The Pirates of the Caribbean” star spoke during an appearance at Britain’s Glastonbury music festival on Thursday when he pondered how long it had been since an actor had killed a U.S.
