Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 November 2017, 14:28 by Denis Chabrol Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday threatened “major expressions of disapproval” if House Speaker, Dr. Barton Scotland blocks a full debate on a GY$10 billion allocation for constitutional agencies. “If the Speaker and the government try to truncate us raising these legitimate concerns of people across Guyana and try ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 November 2017, 8:04 by Denis Chabrol Fire early Tuesday morning ripped through a house and a nearby fuel tank at Turning Basin, Port Kaituma, sources said. No one was injured in the fire that started at about 4:30 AM. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known, although there is some suspicion that it ...

Last Updated on Monday, 13 November 2017, 19:54 by Denis Chabrol A  cashier attached to the Woodlands Hospital Susan Daniels and a man, who she allegedly falsely claimed had robbed her of GY$1.4 million belonging to the health institution, were arraigned on a charge of simple larceny. The cashier, 33-year year old Susan Daniels, and 32- year old Anif Peters, ...

Last Updated on Monday, 13 November 2017, 19:38 by Denis Chabrol As the City struggles to get its garbage collection system right, plans are in train to bring back the country’s two major waste management companies- Puran’s and Cevons- in combination with other smaller operators and the city’s trucks to remove garbage at a lower cost, a senior City Hall official ...

Last Updated on Monday, 13 November 2017, 19:00 by Denis Chabrol Georgetown’s City Council waived GY$19 million in interest rates to rake in much needed GY$7 million in rates and taxes, the same day that municipal workers picketed City Hall to vent their frustration at repeated late payment of salaries. Deputy Mayor, Lionel Jaikarran announced that he collected the GY$7,511,130 ...

Last Updated on Monday, 13 November 2017, 13:50 by Denis Chabrol Homicide detectives are expected to lay charges in the coming days for the murder of the Richard Ishmael Secondary School teacher who died three days after she was found in an unconscious condition on a city roadway. Kescia Branche, 22, of Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown succumbed to severe head ...

Last Updated on Monday, 13 November 2017, 13:20 by Denis Chabrol Two unmasked gunmen on Sunday evening relieved a West Berbice money changer of GY$1.2M and one Blu cellphone. A police source close to the investigation revealed that cops discovered an abandoned car matching the description given. However no arrests have been made so far. Thirty-eight year-old Jaipaul Harrilal of ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 November 2017, 16:55 by Denis Chabrol   “I am happy and thankful that I won the million dollar”, said David Sital,  a cattle farmer, butcher and vendor  at the Mon Repos Market, after he emerged the winner of the GTT  Million Dollar Smile promotion held at Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara Friday evening, November 11. ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 November 2017, 16:49 by Denis Chabrol President David Granger has pledged to work through the Guyana Defence Board, which he chairs, and with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), the Guyana Veterans’ Legion (GVL) and civil society to ensure that the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry that was launched to investigate the living conditions of ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 12 November 2017, 11:20 by Denis Chabrol A Canada-based Guyanese high-tech cyber-security expert has urged Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) to drop reactive strategies to cyber threats – including chasing alerts — and instead be more proactive if they want to stay ahead of attackers. “The reactive strategy has failed,” Nik Alleyne, senior manager of cyber security ...