Finance Minister Winston Jordan yesterday warned that Guyana’s economy is being battered by global economic conditions and crucial remittances have also taken a hit.
April, 1978 saw deteriorating power and water services in addition to the shortage of food and other items leaving a US embassy cable to say that the average Guyanese seems to have become demoralised over the “sharp decline in his standard of living”.
President David Granger yesterday said that the interventions that the Government has made to tackle crime are already showing some positive results.
Continuing its efforts to justify significant salary increases for its ministers, the APNU+AFC government yesterday said that both Presidents Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar received monthly tax-free salaries of $1.7 million and now earn pensions of $4.5 million each per month in addition to perks.
A Government Technical Institute lecturer was yesterday placed on $200,000 bail after he was charged with physically abusing the mother of his child.
The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) on Tuesday blasted the government’s decision to give it only one seat on the trade union recognition board compared to two for its longstanding rival, the Trades Union Congress (TUC).
The recent invasion of a Region Seven gold mining camp was not a case of robbery, according to Divisional Commander Senior Superintendent Ravindradat Budhram, who said investigators will be pursuing reports that it stemmed from a land dispute.
Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder on Monday recommissioned the Tapa-kuma Cassava Processing Factory.
The annual Mashramani celebrations will proceed as usual except for the Annual Republic Lecture series and the annual float and costume parade both of which have been rescheduled for May to coincide with the 50th independence anniversary festivities.
A man who was charged with chopping a teen to death before throwing his body into the Mahaicony River in 2014 was yesterday committed to stand trial in the High Court.
Nigel Inniss, one of four alleged bandits who stormed a Mahaicony supermarket late last month and carried out a brazen armed robbery, was yesterday slapped with six charges and was remanded to prison.
A 19-year-old man yesterday made a court appearance before Magistrate Judy Latchman, charged with having over 2 kilogrammes of cannabis and cocaine in his possession for the purpose of trafficking.
A third person allegedly involved with a gang of men who stole millions from America Street money changers during an ambush earlier this month is expected to be charged for the offence today, according to Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum.
Keshawn Williams who pleaded not guilty to the charges of having ammunition and a dangerous weapon in his possession without being the holder of firearm licence was refused bail by Magistrate Judy Latchman on Tuesday.
The driver accused in the Bath Settlement Public Road accident that claimed the life of an eleven-year-old boy was yesterday charged with three offences including causing death by dangerous driving.
A Mazaruni miner was yesterday sentenced to 18 months in prison by a city court after he admitted to stealing a quantity of quick silver, a gas bottle, $1,000 and a cellphone.
The United Nations (UN) yesterday held a consultation workshop at the Arthur Chung International Convention Centre, Liliendaal with government officials, civil society and non-governmental organisation to draft the next cycle of the development goals.
A North Sophia man was yesterday remanded to prison after police reportedly found him smoking a “joint” and with a quantity of cannabis stashed in a chair at his residence.
SAINT DENIS, France, (Reuters) – A suicide bomber blew herself up in a police raid yesterday that sources said had foiled a jihadi plan to hit Paris’s business district, days after a wave of attacks killed 129 across the French capital.
A water vendor accused of having 18 grammes of cannabis in his possession for the purpose of trafficking was yesterday sentenced to three years’ imprisonment together with a $30,000 fine.
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