Last Updated on Thursday, 31 August 2017, 15:43 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday feared that closure of key operations of the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) might be aimed at eroding the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) support base,  but at least one political analyst believed they would remain Guyana in anticipation of expected oil wealth. “As ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 31 August 2017, 15:45 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger on Thursday indicated that Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo’s latest list of nominees for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) could be discussed at next week’s Cabinet meeting. The list was submitted on Friday, August 25, 2017 to the Guyanese leader, but he ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 18:42 by Denis Chabrol           Government on Wednesday announced that the location for the new Demerara Harbour Bridge will be located at Houston-Versailles, and that lands would have to be acquired. The Feasibility Study and Design for the new Demerara River Bridge has successfully been completed, and a copy ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 15:04 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) on Wednesday announced that shuttle flights between interior locations have been suspended with immediate effect until domestic airlines submit policies and procedures on such operations for approval. “As a result of the accidents and the authority’s preliminary analysis, the authority has now taken ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 11:23 by Denis Chabrol   A Williamsburg, Corentyne mason added murder to his rap-sheet after he was slapped with the charged today at the Reliance Magistrate Court. Forty four-year-old Ivor Thom of Lot 16A’ Williamsburg was not required to plea to the indictable charge when it read to him by Magistrate Renita Singh. ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 11:09 by Denis Chabrol Restaurants and other eateries across Guyana will soon be required to state the amount of energy each food item provides to consumers, as part of efforts to ensure that people do not fall prey to non-communicable diseases, Deputy Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Karen Boyle said Wednesday. Addressing ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 8:43 by Denis Chabrol Five persons, including three teenagers, on Tuesday stood before a New Amsterdam magistrate and were  slapped with the charge of robbery under arms. The matter was held in camera. Twenty two-year-old Parmanand Samaroo and twenty four-year-old Delon Johnson were the lone adults among the three teenagers- aged 15, 16 and ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 15:53 by Denis Chabrol The bandit, who was shot dead while attempting to rob two businesswomen Tuesday morning, has been identified as a former member of the Guyana Prison Service, police said. He is Troydon Munroe.  The 24-year old man  was dismissed from the Guyana Prison Service in March, 2017 for breaches of ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 12:51 by Denis Chabrol Reproduced from Jamaica Gleaner Livern Barrett, Senior Gleaner Writer The Narcotics Police made another major drug bust Monday when cocaine valued at just over JA$100 million was found among a shipment of rice at the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT). According to law enforcement sources, the rice was destined for ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 29 August 2017, 17:02 by Denis Chabrol A suspected bandit was shot dead Tuesday morning on the Liliendaal Railway Embankment Road and Giftland Mall Road, police said. Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department, Senior Superintendent Wendell Blanhum said preliminarily investigators were told a businesswoman and her bodyguard had moments earlier left a business ...