Last Updated on Thursday, 24 March 2016, 13:29 by An inmate whose name has been repeatedly mentioned at the Camp Street Prison riot Commission of Inquiry (CoI) was finally called to testify before the tribunal on Thursday. 27-year-old Collis Collison told the three-person commission that since March 2 fires were being lighted and he had made steps to secure his ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 March 2016, 13:29 by Denis Chabrol Even as a Guyanese businessman awaits trial in the United States for alleged money laundering, the Guyana government on Thursday could not give a clear-cut commitment on whether it would discontinue purchasing heavy duty machinery from the company headed by the suspect. Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, when ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 March 2016, 13:11 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana government has been told that it should consider buying its own fleet of aircraft because it is too expensive to charter planes to shuttle government officials across the country and overseas, a senior government official said Wednesday. Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman, who  hosted a post-cabinet ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 March 2016, 9:58 by Denis Chabrol A suspected burglar was Wednesday night shot to his buttocks in a store on Charlotte Street, Georgetown. He has been identified as 35-year old Jermaine of ‘D’ Field, Sophia.  He has been hospitalised under guard at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation. The Guyana Police Force said in a statement ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 24 March 2016, 9:49 by Denis Chabrol A man wanted for murder and implicated in several other offences was Thursday morning found dead in the Le Repentir Cemetery. Police identified him as Steve “Cheesy” Mohammed. Investigators intend to confirm his association with his alleged crimes by matching his finger-prints. The Guyana Police Force said in a ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 March 2016, 14:31 by Denis Chabrol The body of a badly injured farmer was Tuesday night discovered in a hammock at his Crabwood Creek, Corentyne residence. The Guyana Police Force said that at about 9:30  Tuesday night (March 22, 2016), the body of 78-year old Kublall Gomes was found in a hammock under his home ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 March 2016, 14:17 by Denis Chabrol An outgoing employee of the United Nations (UN) system is tipped to be appointed Commissioner of Guyana’s Lands and Surveys Commission, according to reliable sources. The official, who previously was a Senior Land Development Officer in at the Commission, could take up the appointment as early as next month. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 March 2016, 13:16 by Denis Chabrol In the wake of an announcement by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) that it cannot afford to pay wage and salary increases for last year, the two unions said their next move would be to await the outcome of talks next weeks. President of the Guyana Agricultural and General ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 23 March 2016, 15:21 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Government is urging that the local private sector get ready to cash in on the opportunities that will be made available to them as Guyana’s celebrates 50 years of Independence in May 2016. This was the message delivered to an audience of tourism and private sector stakeholders ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 March 2016, 23:32 by Denis Chabrol As Guyanese prepare to celebrate the festival of Holi or Phagwah on Wednesday (March 23, 2016), President David Granger, Tuesday evening, joined members of the Hindu Swayamsevak Sangha for a Chowtal session on the lawns of State House. Chowtal is a genre of folk music originated from the Bhojpuri ...