Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 13:00 by Denis Chabrol Guyana and India are set to sign a US$50 million agreement to expand the road network in East Demerara, The Finance Minister, Winston Jordan is Wednesday expected to sign an agreement with EximBank of India for the construction of a road to link the East Coast and East Bank ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 11:05 by   Thirty-nine-year-old Michael Lewis has told the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Camp Street unrest that prisoners at the state penitentiary are treated like beasts. In a written statement by the prisoner, it was declared that “Officers treat inmates like beasts.” According to Lewis, if an inmate becomes ill it ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 0:04 by As the days remaining before Guyana hosts Local Government Polls, President David Granger has reaffirmed the APNU+AFC Coalition’s push for control of both central and local government authorities. Backed by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, the duo delivered a resounding call for persons to cast their ballots in favour of the coalition’s ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 15 March 2016, 0:22 by A former Guyanese agriculturalist, who worked for years in Montserrat, was found dead at his home in Guyana on Monday. Dead is 60-year old Anthony Breedy of Hill Foot, Soesdyke-Linden Highway. The Guyana Police Force said Breedy sustained “multiple injuries to his head” and his hands and feet were tied. Investigators said his ...

Last Updated on Monday, 14 March 2016, 18:54 by Denis Chabrol Government Monday night announced that the Linden-Wismar bridge toll booth would again come under the control of the Linden Town Council following next Friday's Local Government Elections. Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams made the announcement at a public meeting at the Linden Bus Park. Williams ...

Last Updated on Monday, 14 March 2016, 17:06 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Police Force on Monday released statistics in relation to the offences of murder and robbery under arms at the end of February 2016 with corresponding statistics for the same period in 2015 are attached.   Among the serious crimes policed by the Force are murder, robbery under ...

Last Updated on Monday, 14 March 2016, 11:10 by As the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the Camp Street Prison riot continues, a prisoner has testified that the inmates primarily wanted to gain the attention of the media when they started fires in the Capital A block of the jail. The prisoner, Basil Morgan, under cross by examination by Commission ...

Last Updated on Monday, 14 March 2016, 10:35 by The Government of Guyana has expressed “deep condolences” to Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo on the passing of his sister Oma Jagdeo. The 57-year-old woman was found dead in Jagdeo’s Prado Ville 2 mansion on Sunday and police sources have suspected the woman died as a result of a heart ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 13 March 2016, 19:43 by Denis Chabrol A sister of Guyana’s Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo was found dead at their Goedverwagting (Prado Ville 2), East Coast Demerara home. Jagdeo confirmed that the body of his 57-year old sister, Oma, was found by his niece and nephew in the house. “She was the one living with me.” ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 13 March 2016, 13:58 by Denis Chabrol Plans are underway to build a multi-million dollar fish-processing plant at Victoria, East Coast Demerara where at least 200 direct jobs could be generated. “We won’t be able to hire everybody out of Victoria but there will be a need for employment of people from the area,” Proprietor of ...