Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 21:30 by Denis Chabrol The General Manager of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Nizam Hassan was Wednesday sent on leave pending the outcome of a fraud charge on which he was arraigned earlier this week, according to well-placed sources. The GRDB’s Board of Directors on Wednesday decided to allow Hassan to first ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 20:51 by Denis Chabrol Small scale miners are being afforded the use of machinery from Romanex Guyana to help increase their recovery rates in the Marudi Mountain mining area, Region Nine. The Government Information Agency (GINA) reported that small miners raised the complaint that alluvial mining is not yielding production in the Marudi ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 20:43 by Denis Chabrol A car that was used by three  gun-toting bandits to escape with a quantity of valuables from former Home Affairs Minister, Clement Rohee’s house was Wednesday found abandoned on Croal Street, Georgetown. Police said they are reviewing surveillance footage obtained, and “several latent prints” were uplifted from the house ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 20:13 by Denis Chabrol Guyana and the rest of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) are being warned that United States (US) foreign policy towards Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela could be rather aggressive. Political Science Professor, David Hinds said that with the likelihood of President-elect Donald Trump selecting Newt Gingrich as the next Secretary of ...