Last Updated on Monday, 5 December 2016, 14:05 by Denis Chabrol The death of A 9-year-old boy from the Kako village in Region 7 and the brain-dead state of his 11 year old brother has health officials still asking questions about the circumstances surrounding their death. But Health Minister Dr George Norton told the press corps today at the Public ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 December 2016, 13:54 by Derwayne Wills One year after a Guyanese man paid his wife US$9,000 to leave their homeland and join him in New York, he nearly decapitated her on a Queens street corner early Monday-sawing through her neck in front of a witness who mistakenly asked if he needed help before he realized ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 December 2016, 13:03 by Denis Chabrol The heated exchanges in budget 2017 debates have already started with Opposition MP Joseph Hamilton taking to the floor to denounce what he called a “poisonous” budget presented by Finance Minister Winston Jordan, which would cause “sufferation and murderation to Guyanese people.” “It is the first death announcement budget ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 December 2016, 11:59 by Denis Chabrol The European Union and the Georgetown Mayor and City Council have signed a contract that will facilitate a study for a Comprehensive Restoration and Sustainable Conservation Management Plan for City Hall. The Contract which has been awarded to EURONET Consulting GEIE for EUR 279,196 [G$64M] is expected to be ...

Last Updated on Monday, 5 December 2016, 13:05 by Denis Chabrol The  2017 budget debates begin Monday in the National Assembly, and arriving parliamentarians were greeted by a long line of PPP protesters led by several MPs including Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo. “It’s bad economics that many of the measures in the budget are not in keeping with even what ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 December 2016, 21:29 by Denis Chabrol Health officials suspect that toxicity of a waterway in Region 7 (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) may have caused the death of a boy and the “brain dead” state of his brother, Public Health Minister, Dr. George Norton said Sunday night. Based on symptoms and an autopsy, he said medical experts have ruled ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 December 2016, 17:38 by Denis Chabrol Cabinet has agreed to cancel the remaining US$1.3 million allocated to National Hardware (Guyana) Limited, under the Japanese Non-Project Grant Aid (JNPGA) of  2013 and to instead spend them on clean energy street lights. The Ministry of the Presidency said the  procurement of renewable energy and energy efficient street lights ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 December 2016, 17:14 by Denis Chabrol First Lady, Mrs. Sandra Granger on Sundayt hosted Prince Henry of Wales, familiarly known as Prince Harry, at a reception on the Lawns of State House where he had the opportunity to interact with teenage mothers and victims of Trafficking In Persons. The Ministry of the Presidency said the Women’s ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 December 2016, 16:25 by Denis Chabrol The United States (US) wants to see Guyana’s telecommunications sector liberalized while at the same time ensuring that contracts are not violated. Deputy Chief of Mission of the American Embassy in Guyana, Terry Steers-Gonzalez’s comments come against the background of impending negotiations between government here and the Guyana Telephone ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 4 December 2016, 15:26 by Denis Chabrol As Guyana’s government and opposition parliamentarians prepare to begin a week-long debate on Monday, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman has urged Guyanese to stop complaining about the budget and “get busy”. “So what are we to do, complain about the VAT on water and electricity and do nothing ...