Last Updated on Thursday, 19 January 2017, 22:50 by Denis Chabrol Two Indian companies – one  an alloy steel casting manufacturer for sugar factories and another specialised in sugar production- as well as a United States (US)-based company owned by a Guyana-born American freight forwarder are interested in investing in the ailing Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuco), even as government said ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 January 2017, 16:23 by Denis Chabrol Guyana has decided to begin examining the feasibility of establishing an oil refinery, as several local and foreign companies continue to express an interest in setting up such a facility here in response to increasing oil finds offshore. Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman said consultant, Pedro Haas has ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 January 2017, 17:19 by Derwayne Wills While charges have been dropped against reputed wife of convicted drug dealer Barry Dataram, Anjanie Boodnarine, Dataram will have to pay a $60,000 fine and service a concurrent prison sentence of 3 years. The ruling was handed down today by city magistrate, Judy Latchman. Dataram is already serving a ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 January 2017, 14:56 by Denis Chabrol A man was shot during an armed robbery committed on a woman outside Jialing auto store at Charlotte and Oronoque Streets, Georgetown. “A” Division Commander, Assistant Commissioner Clifton Hicken told reporters that at about 12:15 PM police responded to a report of gunshots outside that business premise. He said ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 January 2017, 14:45 by Derwayne Wills It was a bizarre turn of events today in the Georgetown Magistrate Court as city magistrate Fabayo Azore was stopped from reading charges against former Ministry of the Presidency permanent secretary, Omar Shariff. The entire session lasted less than ten minutes. An agreement of sorts was made between the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 January 2017, 16:27 by Denis Chabrol 21-year-old, Jason Howard, accused of murder, pleaded not guilty to three counts of robbery under arms this morning before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan. The court heard Howard of East La Penitence robbed Roopnaraine Boodhoo on October 1 of $800,000 on North Road; Bibi Bacchus of $100,000 in Plaisance on ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 19 January 2017, 11:14 by Denis Chabrol Armed bandits early Thursday morning tied up three security guards and broke into an East Coast Demerara Neighbouhood Democratic Council (NDC) office in search of GYD$16 million, but ended up leaving with a few items far less than the value of the money they went for. Police said the ...