Major delays and other problems were reported by the Office of the Auditor General on the East Bank Demerara road improvement project, one of the major initiatives of the former PPP/C government.
President David Granger yesterday convened a high-level security meeting on developing a strategy to address the recent upsurge in crimes and government afterward emphasised that it would be going after criminals.
The suspect in the murder of Nandy Park resident Travis Rudder, who was arrested over the weekend, was yesterday positively identified as being involved in another murder, Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum has confirmed.
Former Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee has criticised the new government’s initiative to curb the sale of alcohol after 2AM, saying there is no evidence that suggests the hours of operations of nightspots have any correlation to crime rates.
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has returned the file on the vehicle transfer scandal involving former Public Service Minister Jennifer Westford and several others but there is silence on what advice was given.
Courts (Guyana) Inc is branching out into Optical Stores.
In an advertisement in the July 5th Sunday Stabroek, UNICOMER (Guyana) Inc, the parent company for home furnishers, Courts is seeking an Optical Chain Manager whose purpose will be to roll out and oversee the operations of the Optical Stores.
Mere months after her entry into active politics, it appears as if former PPP/C prime ministerial candidate Elisabeth Harper is making a hasty retreat as her name was not on the list of 32 names released yesterday by the PPP/C to take up its Parliament seats.
CineGuyana, a film organisation that was founded by local artists, will be seeking to promote Guyana’s culture through film, according to its new President Phillip Williams, who says training local content makers will also be pursued.
The Indian Action Committee (IAC)—formerly the Indian Arrival Committee—has voiced concern over the “numerous incidents of crime” in many parts of Guyana.
The need for a better system of governance, were among concerns raised by residents of Rockstone, during a ministerial outreach conducted on Sunday by the Ministry of Indigenous People’s Affairs.
Two men were yesterday remanded to prison after they were charged over cocaine found in shoe soles in the toilet area at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), Timehri.
The trial of Omeka Henry, who is accused of the fatal stabbing of her partner Wilkinson Halley, called ‘Winkie,’ began yesterday before Justice Dawn Gregory at the High Court.
BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Euro zone members have given Greece until the end of the week to come up with a proposal for sweeping reforms in return for loans that will keep the country from crashing out of Europe’s currency bloc and into economic ruin.
The sentencing of Anthony De Paul Hope and Ralph Tyndall, the two men found guilty of murdering caretaker Colleen Forrester and dumping her body in a septic tank, has been deferred until probation reports on the men are presented.