Workers from the Ministry of Public Works visited the partly constructed Cubana disaster monument at the junction of Camp and Lamaha streets yesterday in what appeared to be an attempt to remove the controversial structure.
Another prisoner has escaped, this time from Ward B2 of the Georgetown Public Hospital.
Millions of dollars went up in flames when a fire of unknown origin raced through a foam factory at Eccles Industrial Site on Monday night.
North Timehri could just as easily have been called Samsville or Samstown as there have been Sams living there longer than the current airport has been where it is.
–requests made for private hearings Only one member of the public turned up yesterday afternoon at the first hearing of the Commission of Inquiry into the state of affairs in the City Treasurer’s and Town Clerk’s departments at City Hall.
NGOs submit plan Rain doused burning garbage at the Princes Street dump yesterday causing clouds of noxious smoke to drift over nearby communities as the city and government mobilized machinery to fight the menace.
Residents in the vicinity of the Princes Street dumpsite may be faced with ongoing woes as the only solution thought of so far is to mobilize equipment to tackle sporadic fires which have generated noxious smoke that has blanketed parts of the city.
Former wanted man Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins was laid to rest in his home village of Tempe West Coast Berbice yesterday after a viewing at Lyken’s Memorial Chapel in Georgetown and a brief sojourn in Buxton where squibs were set off near the coffin.
Akon delivered the goods but not until 2 am yesterday and Brutal Jammers and Fusion entertainers tried desperately to calm the crowd which began calling for the star performer and pelting polar ice cans.
Carifesta X Photos and interviews by Melissa Charles This week we asked the man/woman in the street what their favourite Carifesta event was and what made it stand out.
The Antigua National Youth Choir wowed the audience during a night of superb entertainment at the Sophia Exhibition Complex on Tuesday.
“I started this pageant with a one-track mind, aiming to win,” said the new Jamzone queen, 21-year-old Lavonia Springer days after she won the coveted crown.
20 dominoes teams to compete for $700,000 The Turning Point Sports Club and Club 75 fifth overseas Memorial Competition has reached its final stage after six weeks of competition.
“She wasn’t just my daughter, she was my friend,” sobbed Karen Jennings mother of X Factor dancer Andrea Roach who succumbed to her spinal injuries around 8 am yesterday while still in the Intensive Care Unit at the GPHC.
The Olympic Games Interviews and photos by Melissa Charles and Sara BharratThis week we asked the man/ woman in the street about their favourites at the Olympic GamesCollin Christie, GPL employee: ‘I’m waiting for the boxing to begin.
Steps being taken for 24-hr crisis service Guyana Water Inc (GWI) CEO Karan Singh yesterday confirmed that there was a chlorine leak at the Shelter Belt on July 27 due to damaged tubing and acknowledged that the public should not have been kept in the dark about the matter.
Lightning and a thunderstorm sometime yesterday afternoon again caused runway lights at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri to go out.
Regional Executive Officer (REO) in Region Four Shafdar Ali says that he has issued a cease-order on all works for the filling of the trench along the northern side of the Railway Embankment obliquely opposite the NDC building at Plaisance.
With one more week remaining for the Jamzone ‘summer’ break, dubbed the “biggest event of the summer,” preparations are moving at a frenzied pace to ensure that fans are treated to a day (and night) that will be in their memories until next year’s event.
The law on drinking and driving This week we asked the man/woman in the street about the amendments to the law to target drinking and driving.
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