Last Updated on Tuesday, 2 January 2024, 19:23 by Denis Chabrol President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that Ms Sonia Parag has been shifted from the Public Service Ministry to replace Mr Nigel Dharamlall who resigned last year amid sexual misconduct allegations. Dr Ali said Ms Parag, an Attorney-at-Law by profession, would join Junior Local Government Minister Anand Persaud in ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 2 January 2024, 17:46 by Denis Chabrol A man, who allegedly attempted to smuggle marijuana into the Camp Street Prison by concealing the narcotic in a bowl of soup for an inmate, was arrested on New Year’s Day at that penitentiary, the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said Tuesday. “While the items were being checked at the ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 2 January 2024, 17:28 by Denis Chabrol A fire at La Grange , West Bank Demerara on New Year’s Day 2024 destroyed a house and left nine persons homeless, the Guyana Fire Service said Tuesday. “The fire reportedly started after a child was left unattended while playing with a lighter on a chair. The lighter sparked, ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 2 January 2024, 17:02 by Denis Chabrol The more than GY$1 billion restoration of City Hall has been pushed back a second time, and the project is now expected to be finished around mid-2024 because workers have found more deteriorated parts of the colonial wooden structure, City Mayor Alfred Mentore said Monday. “They gave us a ...