The driver who was involved in last Saturday’s accident on Sheriff Street, which claimed the life of 75-year-old Oswy Crum-Ewing has been released on station bail as the investigations into the matter continue.
The opposition People’s Progressive Party /Civic (PPP/C) has condemned what it says are threats by Public Infrastructure Minister David Patterson after he declared that there would be a stepping up of efforts to prosecute officials for alleged wrongdoing under the former government.
Despite the fact that the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) Dialysis Unit is being utilized to its capacity, it has recorded 37 mortalities for the year so far because the number of patients surpasses its resources.
A post-mortem examination conducted on Friday revealed that miner Abraham Mohammed Khan, whose body was discovered in a shallow grave on Wednesday after he was reportedly robbed while transporting raw gold, died from a gunshot injury to the spine
Khan, 24, of Third Avenue, Bartica, was on Wednesday morning found buried in the shallow grave along the 16 Miles Road, at Bartica.
The Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix today said that a full probe will be launched of how fugitive drug trafficker Barry Dataram and his wife managed to obtain fake Guyana passports.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – After a brutal week for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, Democrat Hillary Clinton maintained a substantial projected advantage in the race to win the Electoral College and claim the U.S.
Concerns raised by Auditor-General (AG) Deodat Sharma about the manner in which the administration of George-town spent a $300 million government subvention has led the Ministry of Communities to launch an audit into the city’s spending of these funds.
Noting that government can scrap the controversial Orders made to compulsorily acquire two plots of Carmichael Street land, Attorney General Basil Williams yesterday said all that has happened so far is that a legal process has been triggered.
Fugitive drug trafficker Barry Dataram and his wife, Anjanie Boodnarine, were yesterday afternoon captured by law enforcement officials in Suriname and Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan said he has requested that he be returned as quickly as possible to Guyana.
With the commissioning yesterday of an $83M sluice at Bagotville, West Bank Demerara, residents have been promised relief from flooding woes and have taken up the challenge of making farming vibrant again.
Calling for City Council to have a formal meeting with the Guyana Market Vendors Union, vendors from all around Georgetown armed themselves with placards and picketed in front of City Hall yesterday.
A City Constabulary raid in the area under the clock of the Stabroek Market yesterday resulted in a man being arrested after he was found with a quantity of narcotics.
The Auditor General’s Office has stated that the APNU+AFC government should not have used the “single source” method of procurement for the selection of consultants to conduct the 45 forensic audits it commissioned upon attaining office in 2015.
The Ministry of Public Health paid over $14 million on drugs and medical supplies for unidentified PPP/C government officials in February last year, according to the latest Auditor General’s report.
Based on a directive from Cabinet, the Board of Directors of the George-town Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has instructed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Michael Khan to proceed on leave until the end of his contract in July, 2017.
The owners of the Gafoors Houston Complex only recently secured insurance coverage for the US$2M stocks that went up in flames on Monday and an investigator from the US has been hired to determine what transpired.
After a six-hour-long debate, the National Assembly on Thursday adopted the National Youth Policy, which the opposition criticised for failing to address the reality of young people in Guyana.