Mark McGowan

-Jagdeo urges private sector GuyExpo, the country’s largest trade and investment event, opened last evening with a challenge thrown out to the private sector to see opportunities in the midst of a harsh economic climate.

Hours after teaming up with Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to commission the Takutu Bridge, President Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday officially declared open the new regional hospital for Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo) at Lethem.

Lula: Brazil to explore funding for paving Lethem/Linden road In the midst of a torrential downpour of rain, President Bharrat Jagdeo and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva yesterday cut the ribbon on the Takutu Bridge, officially commissioning the much-anticipated linkage between Guyana and Brazil.

Parties join forces for gov’t accountability–to compile dossier on rights abusesRecent revelations in a US court claiming links between members of the government and drug trafficker Shaheed Roger Khan have seen six political parties joining forces to sensitize international organizations on the matter and force greater accountability from the government.

-gov’t slams ‘diversionary’ tactics Backed by a noisy protest on Brickdam, new allegations in a US court of links between the government and drug trafficker Roger Khan sparked an exodus of the opposition from Parliament after PNCR Leader Robert Corbin was unable to raise the matter for urgent debate and government MPs later condemned the walkout as an attempt to create a diversion.

-eyeing four-star rating Ongoing rehabilitation at the Princess International Hotel at Providence will see the establishment achieving at least a four-star rating and it is moving ahead with US$2M casino plans, its Operations Director Oguz Tayanc has said.

Over the last six to eight months, the Guyana Tele-phone and Telegraph company (GT&T) has lost appropriately US$2 million in revenue through international calls that have bypassed the company’s network, Chief Financial Officer Yog Mahadeo says.

A mother’s worst nightmare became a reality yesterday afternoon, after her reputed husband acted on a repeated threat to take the lives of his two younger children and then commit suicide.

-govt refuses request to have bill sent to Special Select Committee A bill legalising the appointment of lay magistrates and the establishment of Lay Magistrates’ Courts locally was on Thursday evening passed in the National Assembly, ten years after it was first introduced in the House.

After a contentious debate, the National Assembly last evening unanimously supported the AFC’s motion which urged the government to make all possible diplomatic and legal efforts to protect the rights of Guyanese nationals in Barbados and other Caricom states, ensuring there is no discrimination on the basis of nationality.

The image of a man burying bones in the sand was still on my mind as I engaged in the long and arduous journey out of Lindo Creek.

Agriculture Minister Robert Persaud says that the project to improve the drainage capacity of the Cunha Sluice on the East Bank Demerara, is a priority and that attempts are being made to acquire overseas funding  to see it come to fruition. 

-reaping of financial rewards to be criminalized Two bills, which seek to modernize the laws governing the legal status of children and adoptions, were yesterday unanimously passed by the National Assembly, in a move deemed as progressive in the effort to protect the basic human rights of Guyanese children.

Early warning pilot project for Mahaica Creek The Civil Defence Commis-sion (CDC) has been preparing for the scheduled rainy season and its Head, Colonel (rtd) Chabilall Ramsarup says that in the event of any unforeseen crisis, it would be prepared to minimise the level of disaster.

-Eve Leary: they were arrested for disorderly behaviour Having spent a few hours in the Brickdam lock-ups, Owen John now feels that he can endure anything. 

– finance minister tells Parliament …functions transferred from insurance commissioner to BoG Government sees the need for a single financial sector regulator, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh told Parliament during Thursday’s debate on the bill that will now see the Bank of Guyana (BoG) taking over the functions of the Commissioner of Insurance (CoI).

-was reportedly trying to steal drum A Triumph man was electrocuted yesterday morning while he was reportedly stealing a water drum from the yard of a Justice of the Peace over a wired fence.

A description of Gem Rohlehr-Vogt as a person passionate about life is an apt one.

Liquidation of NAACIE credit union almost done Credit unions have been granted up to May 1 to deliver their financial statements to the Co-operatives Division for them to be audited.

Scores of Georgetown residents lined the streets and even more gathered outside of Parliament Buildings yesterday, braving the intense morning heat as the nation bid farewell to its first female Head of State, Mrs Janet Jagan.