The United States Embassy yesterday announced that the $300M Leadership and Democracy (LEAD) project will continue with or without government’s participation, while denying the Donald Ramotar administration’s claim that it had no input.
Less than a month after the Comfort Sleep Bond was gutted, fire returned last evening this time destroying the company’s factory also located in the Eccles Industrial Site, East Bank Demerara.
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) said that while yesterday’s flooding did not reach “alarming” levels, it was ready to deal with emergencies but needed public support.
Security guard Shanta Devi Persaud, who was stabbed on October 19 near her Sophia home, succumbed on Thursday last to injuries from the multiple stab wounds she received allegedly at the hands of her ex partner.
A 47-year-old East Coast Demerara woman was yesterday discovered dead by neighbours, hours after allegedly being severely beaten by her spouse and her family says that given the abuse she faced in the past it was a tragedy waiting to happen.
By Marcelle Thomas with photos by Arian Browne Maybe it’s because every time it rains the village is flooded, that it got its name.
Farmers on the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri reserve are worried that they would be uprooted permanently without due process following the destruction of some of their crops by the contractor for the expansion project.
ANSA McAL has suspended its proposed multimillion-dollar biofuel project here even as government boasts of more bio energy initiatives.
Nurses at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) are under investigation for their treatment of an expectant mother, who lost her baby during labour at the facility.
Travellers may not get relief from spiraling airfares for flights in and out of Guyana anytime soon as legal action in the US has effectively grounded Fly Jamaica’s planned launch of direct flights between Georgetown and New York, while the other prospective carrier Fly Guyana is yet to formally apply to begin operations.
Vendors at the intersection of the Kitty Pump Station and Carifesta Avenue were yesterday given seven days to remove from the location by the Ministry of Public Works.
While the Celina Resort, east of the Kitty pump station, remains closed until sometime in September its proprietor has opened another restaurant and bar a few metres east at another building.
Heart disease tops the list of non-communicable diseases, which account for over 70% of all deaths in Guyana and the Caribbean Heart Institute (CHI) is working to raise awareness about the importance of early treatment and making lifestyle changes to reverse the trend.
By Johann Earle Last evening’s rejection of a bill and debt motion by the opposition has been described by the government as the “funeral” of the ambitious US$840M Amaila Falls Hydropower Project.
With countries throughout the region moving to implement bans on smoking in public places, the government and opposition parties here have mixed views on similar laws.
An 81-year-old Guyanese-born American citizen says he is traumatised after police officers allegedly stormed into his home and attempted to drag him to a station without any explanation.
Photos by Arian Browne A pair of long boots is always hung in a bag on Eon Clement’s gate during the rainy season so that when he returns home he can manoeuvre though the floodwater in his yard that is almost always awaiting him.
An agreement between Canadian-owned Romanex and the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environ-ment for the return of a section of their Marudi Mountain concession is nearing conclusion.
Faced with threats of protest action by residents of Moblissa in Region 10 (Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice), Chinese logging firm, Bai Shan Lin, accused of mining illegally in the community yesterday met residents and made several commitments.
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