Even as the city’s parking meter contract continues to face stiff opposition from the business community, contractor Smart City Solutions (SCS) has started to install supporting infrastructure for the meters.
A car that was taken from a Sheet Anchor teenager at gunpoint last week in the vicinity of Angoy’s Avenue, was discovered on Saturday last in Georgetown.
President David Granger, on Tuesday evening, outlined three critical partnership areas for Guyana in support of climate financing in the international fight against the effects of climate change.
As day three of the 2017 National Budget debate continued yesterday, Minister of Public Telecommunications, Cathy Hughes defended the application of Value Added Tax (VAT) to internet service, saying the tax would provide the monies needed to fund the Government’s Infor-mation and Communication Technology (ICT) programmes.
The Government’s promise of “Deliver-ing the Good Life to All Guyanese,” has fallen woefully short, is the conclusion of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) after its examination of the 2017 Budget.
In light of a decision to dissolve the Board of Directors of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), former Chairman, Dr Carl Max Hanoman has come out swinging at Public Health Minister, Dr.
Shadow Minister of Communities, Ganga Persaud in his presentation to Parliament during the 2017 Budget Debate yesterday said the March, 2016 Local Government Elections are still incomplete.
The Central Housing & Planning Authority (CH&PA) has only spent 19.9% of the $5.8 billion allocated to it in the 2016 budget and has only achieved 30.5% of revenue, according to Minister responsible for housing in the Ministry of Communities Valerie Adams-Patterson.
The state of the Region Six healthcare system came under scrutiny by Dr Vishwa Mahadeo during Tuesday’s evening’s budget debate, with the PPP/C MP calling out problems such as the overflow of sewage into the wards and non-functioning theatres and equipment.
Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Dawn Hastings, said on Tuesday at the 2017 budget debate that according to data provided by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), 94.5% of metered customers pay $1,500 or less per month.
The post-mortem reports for Clarissa and Theresa Rozario, the two girls killed in the 2014 Robb and King streets fire, were on Tuesday entered into evidence during the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder charges against the two men accused of their murders.
CASTRIES, St Lucia, CMC – This year’s Caribbean Premier League poured just over US$90 million into the Caribbean region, according to an Economic Impact Assessment released by organisers on Tuesday.
Twenty-one deportees arrived from the United States of America (USA) yesterday afternoon after serving jail terms and those who were charged with serious offences will be monitored.