Last Updated on Friday, 28 April 2017, 23:39 by Denis Chabrol Parts of a loan fund raised originally for a road rehabilitation programme by the previous administration is now being re-shifted to the housing sector for its expansion, Finance Minister Winston Jordan announced. The Government Information Agency (GINA) reported that Jordan said government is working with the Inter-American Development Bank ...

Last Updated on Friday, 28 April 2017, 23:17 by Denis Chabrol Counting of less than 3,000 votes in Thursday’s election for a new executive of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is yet to be completed, sparking off allegations of voter fraud in one of the most keenly contested elections for the first time in years. Supporters of the Change Team ...

Last Updated on Friday, 28 April 2017, 23:22 by Denis Chabrol A man was Friday arraigned for an alleged murder that police said stemmed from a brawl over the filling of water bottles. Charged with the indictable offence is Shelton John Marks is accused of the murder of Mark Ifill on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at Water Street, Bagotstown, East ...

Last Updated on Friday, 28 April 2017, 23:21 by Denis Chabrol Twenty-two year old Dwayne Christiani, a driver at Tower Suites, was Friday morning charged and placed before the courts for causing death by dangerous driving. Christiani appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan where the charge read that on April 22 at Eccles Public Road, East Bank Demerara he drove motor ...

Last Updated on Friday, 28 April 2017, 21:15 by Denis Chabrol A man, who allegedly robbed a passerby in commercial Georgetown, was shot and injured after he refused to heed calls for him to halt, City Police said. The man was shot by City Constabulary Corporal, Cadogan who was on duty at Robb Street and was proceeding to Avenue of ...

Last Updated on Friday, 28 April 2017, 20:47 by Denis Chabrol The Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry, John Tracey has retired with effect May 1, 2017, according to a high-level source. He previously proceeded on annual leave and then later opted to proceed on retirement. Tracey did not accept several calls to his mobile ...

Last Updated on Friday, 28 April 2017, 7:50 by Denis Chabrol Background checks would be conducted on prospective appointees to the post of Police Commissioner, according to Minister of State, Joseph Harmon. The question of whether background checks are made before the Police Commissioner is selected was posed to the Minister. However, Minister Harmon pointed out that since the government took ...

Last Updated on Friday, 28 April 2017, 7:09 by Denis Chabrol Former Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has defended government paying his law reports subscription during his tenure, saying it was to compensate for a loss of income. “I requested that… and the State granted it because when I took this job, I took it at ...