Last Updated on Friday, 16 March 2018, 21:11 by Denis Chabrol Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) and government are expected to open negotiations later this year on the possible takeover of the Enmore-East Demerara Estate for the production of molasses. That announcement was made by DDL Chairman, Komal Samaroo Friday at the commissioning of a GY$340 million rum-ageing warehouse at the conpany’s ...

Last Updated on Friday, 16 March 2018, 15:17 by Denis Chabrol One of the men, who was shot dead by police on the Georgetown Seawall, did not have a criminal past, contrary to earlier claims by the Guyana Police Force, Crime Chief, Paul Williams said. In releasing the identities of one of the men, police said late Thursday that Kwame Assanah ...

Last Updated on Friday, 16 March 2018, 13:22 by Denis Chabrol Four armed and masked bandits- one with a gun and others with a knife and cutlasses- Thursday night robbed a  family at Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice. A woman was sexually assaulted and her hus They carted off  jewellery, one laptop and an undisclosed amount of cash after robbing the ...

Last Updated on Friday, 16 March 2018, 11:16 by Denis Chabrol More questions than clear and precise answers surfaced Friday morning, in the aftermath of Thursday’s shooting that left three suspects dead. Head of the Criminal Investigations Department of the Guyana Police Force, Assistant Police Commissioner, Paul Williams said he was confident that “so far, the police actions were justified” ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 March 2018, 18:07 by Denis Chabrol About 50 persons under the  banner of the loosely-knit Movement Against Parking Meters (MAPM) on Thursday-City Hall’s internal elections day-ratcheted up calls for Town Clerk, Royston King and City Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green to be removed from office. They issued the call outside the dilapidated City Hall one hour before ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 March 2018, 17:19 by Denis Chabrol The three men, who were gunned down on the Georgetown Seawall earlier Thursday were identified, with two of them suspected of trailing a customer who had minutes earlier exited Scotia Bank, Robb Street. Those shot dead by police are 46-year old Dextroy “Dutty” Cordis  of Grove, East Bank Demerara ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 March 2018, 15:26 by Denis Chabrol Three suspected thieves were Thursday afternoon shot dead on the Georgetown seawall road opposite the GNS Sports Complex ground. After the crime scene was processed and the bodies were taken away, a police officer described the men as “trunkers”  who break into vehicles and steal property. A wailing woman ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 March 2018, 12:13 by Denis Chabrol A Police Constable has been accused of stealing a Detective Constable’s motorcycle from his yard and fitting it with false number plates. The Guyana Police Force said the accused 21-year old man was arrested Wednesday morning “after he was found in possession of a stolen motor cycle belonging to ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 March 2018, 12:05 by Denis Chabrol Minister of State, Joseph Harmon on Wednesday ruled out the possibility of government asking the  State-owned Guyana Chronicle to revisit the removal of Professor David Hinds and trade unionist Lincoln Lewis as columnists in that publication. “I would not want to say that. That is a matter for the ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 15 March 2018, 11:43 by Denis Chabrol Guyana’s unemployment rate is pegged  at 12 percent, according to the first in a series of periodic Continuous Labour Force Surveys funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). In the area of youth unemployment, that figure is 21.6 percent, of which 28 percent are young women. The survey findings ...