Last Updated on Thursday, 27 January 2022, 21:57 by Writer A New York man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in an illegal pump-and-dump stock manipulation scheme. Acting U.S. Attorney Charles J. Kovats made the announcement after Senior U.S. District Judge David S. Doty sentenced the defendant, the United States Department of Justice said Thursday ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 27 January 2022, 21:51 by Writer A 19-year-old man, who was allegedly stabbed by his stepfather during a domestic altercation with his mother,  died on Thursday at the Infectious Disease ‘COVID’ Hospital, police said. He has been identified as Isaiah Edwards of East La Penitence Squatting Area, Georgetown. Police said that the man was stabbed to ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 27 January 2022, 21:49 by Writer A woman was Thursday afternoon stabbed to death by her ex-partner at her mother’s home in ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown, the Guyana Police Force said. Dead is 28-year-old Loretta Simon of Cooper Street, Albouystown, Georgetown. The woman was stabbed at about 1 pm. Police say that the woman allegedly ...

Last Updated on Thursday, 27 January 2022, 21:46 by Writer by GHK Lall The national budget is now out in the public for the people to review the pluses and minuses, the excitements, and disappointments. Purely from the perspective of those lower on the ladder in Guyana, it is an abomination, one more hope shattered. I speak mostly on behalf ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 21:41 by Writer Guyanese who earn $75,000 per month or less will no longer have to pay income tax. Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh made the announcement in his 2022 National Budget speech. “In this regard, we are proposing to increase the monthly income tax threshold from $65,000 to $75,000 monthly, thereby releasing ...

Last Updated on Monday, 31 January 2022, 9:07 by Writer The opposition A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) has asked for time to deliberate about who should emerge as Guyana’s new opposition leader following Mr. Joseph Harmon’s resignation from that post earlier Wednesday. “The Chief Whip of the APNU+AFC has said that they will indicate to me at ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 12:52 by Denis Chabrol Mr. Joseph Harmon on Wednesday resigned as Guyana’s Opposition Leader, a day after he stepped down from the post of General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR)-led A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), sources said. This now paves the way for someone else to be sworn in ...

Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 11:42 by Denis Chabrol A Jamaican man was Wednesday in custody after  he was allegedly caught on a half-acre marijuana farm at Nabaclis, East Coast Demerara. The Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) said that during the operation on Tuesday, a shotgun, several types of ammunition, a crossbow and several arrows were also seized at ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 22:34 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday , one day ahead of the 2022 National Budget presentation, announced that government  has set aside money to cushion the impact of  rising cost of living but indicated that it would not be unconditional cash grants. “A specific sizeable allocation will be made to ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 15:26 by Denis Chabrol The leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Aubrey Norton was Tuesday elected Chairman of the umbrella A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), after Mr. David Granger stepped down. APNU General Secretary, Joseph Harmon also stepped down as General Secretary of that loosely-knit coalition of the PNCR, the major ...