Last Updated on Sunday, 27 March 2016, 22:44 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s former Consul General in Nickerie, Suriname, Arlington Bancroft  has passed away. He was 66 years old. Bancroft, who was based in the border district of Nickerie where he served the Guyanese community, died on March 21,  2016 at his residence in South Ruimveldt, Georgetown. Prior to his appointment ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 27 March 2016, 17:46 by Denis Chabrol Reproduced from Canada’s NATIONAL POST and CTV NEWS BRAMPTON—The day after he was arrested by RCMP anti-terrorism police, a 23-year-old appeared in court Saturday to face weapons charges and allegations he was preparing to leave Canada to engage in terrorism. Kevin Omar Mohamed was arrested by members of the ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 27 March 2016, 13:04 by Denis Chabrol A Berbice-based policeman has been placed under close arrest after an unlicensed gun was found in his possession.  Four other men in whose company he was on three motorcycles have been arrested. Police said during yesterday Saturday March 26, 2016, ranks of a police traffic patrol stopped a group ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 27 March 2016, 17:25 by Denis Chabrol The President of the West Berbice Chamber of Commerce, Imran Sacoor on Saturday urged government to provide concessions to rice farmers, amid concerns about the devastation to hundreds of acres of paddy caused by the prolonged drought. Addressing the formal opening of the first West Berbice Business Expo being ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 27 March 2016, 0:07 by Denis Chabrol One sugar estate worker was killed and another hospitalized after a swarm of Africanized bees attacked them aback Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, authorities said.   Dead is 56-year old Ramesh “Satesh” Lalaram of Church Street, Bath Settlement. He was employed by the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) for 23 ...

Last Updated on Friday, 25 March 2016, 18:01 by Denis Chabrol The Full Gospel Church in Guyana has joined the nationwide battle against suicide with the launch of the first in a several Hotlines that will see first responders and social workers interact with suicidal persons. “We would be working in almost all the regions. Where there is a Full ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 March 2016, 18:14 by Denis Chabrol Five days after Guyana’s first Local Government Elections in more than 20 years, Guyana’s President David Granger on Thursday announced plans to promote the creation of capital towns in interior regions and he called for all municipalities to generate their own funds and become self-sustainable. “Municipalities must be capable ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 March 2016, 16:55 by Denis Chabrol Although Venezuela has stopped buying rice from Guyana, government here believes that rice producers in Berbice are shuttling supplies across to Suriname for onward shipment to the Spanish-speaking nation which offers higher than world market prices. Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman said based on casual observations rice production ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 March 2016, 16:55 by   Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo is not too keen on supporting a call for Social Protection Minister Volda Lawrence to be dismissed but says that the Government official should show some contrition and apologize. Calls have been mounted for Lawrence to be dismissed from her post after she commented ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 March 2016, 16:20 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger on Thursday ruled out the commencement of wage and salary negotiations with trade unions before the conclusion of a commission of inquiry into the public service,  a position that was greeted by a  swift rejection from the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU). However, a well-placed source ...