Last Updated on Monday, 19 December 2016, 16:34 by Derwayne Wills The $500M allocated for Homestretch Development Inc in budget 2017 to pay off its $798M debt to contractors for the D’Urban Park Development Project is all government will be providing, said Finance Minister Winston Jordan. “I think the money that is owed (by HDI- the company which built the ...

Last Updated on Monday, 19 December 2016, 10:54 by Denis Chabrol Guyanese may have to endure more blackouts for the Christmas season because transmission and distribution workers on Monday began strike action to press demands for higher salaries. The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) could not immediately say what contingency plans are in place to deal with the possible impact ...

Last Updated on Monday, 19 December 2016, 12:10 by Denis Chabrol The two bandits, who were shot dead Sunday night shortly after robbing several persons at a family reunion, have been identified as persons who have had previous brushes with the law.  They are ‎Jamal “Gaza” Letlow of John Fernandes Squatting Area  and Shaquielle Fraser of Better Hope, East Coast ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 18 December 2016, 23:18 by Denis Chabrol A suspected bandit was shot during an exchange of gunfire in Campbelville and another man believed to be his accomplice was arrested shortly after they barged in a yard and robbed several persons, Assistant Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken said. The injured man was rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 18 December 2016, 21:53 by Denis Chabrol A Guyanese company that holds the local franchises for several American fast food chains plans to invest in the agriculture sector for the supply of produce to its latest addition, Pollo Tropical. Managing Director of CAMEX Limited, Terrence Campbell said 90 percent of the meat, fish, provisions, rice and ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 18 December 2016, 2:50 by Denis Chabrol Participants of the Hinterland Employment Youth Service (HEYS) programme were assured that they will receive outstanding payments owed by the end of December. Minister within the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs, Valerie Garrido-Lowe met with residents of Moruca, Region One  on Saturday, and offered apologies to HEYS participants that ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 18 December 2016, 2:14 by Denis Chabrol Still reeling from accusations of corruption and discrimination in some quarters during its 23-years in government, the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Saturday set the tone for a makeover of its bruised image in some quarters. At the same time, the PPP took a hard line against patching ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 December 2016, 17:14 by Denis Chabrol ​Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday it is time the‎ People’s Progressive Party unshackle itself from one “isms” and instead focus on what is good for Guyana, even as he said it is time to welcome disappointed supporters of the governing coalition.  Addressing the opening of the PPP’s 31st ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 December 2016, 11:42 by Derwayne Wills Although $30M has been allocated for the Local Government Commission in 2017, the constitutional body is yet to be established pending nominees from President David Granger, as well as Communities Minister Ronald Bulkan. Minister Bulkan told the Supply Committee of the National Assembly earlier this week that the Commission ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 17 December 2016, 10:04 by Derwayne Wills Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo believes government will return to the National Assembly to request hundreds of millions of dollars more to write-off debts to contractors owed by Homestretch Development Inc (HDI) for the D’Urban Park Development Project. Already, government has expended some $450M from April 2016, and will spend ...