Last Updated on Monday, 26 August 2024, 22:49 by Writer Three men charged on Monday with robbery under arms of three gas stations on the East Coast Demerara were refused bail and remanded to prison, the Guyana Police Force said. The trio – Joel Joshua Williams, 21, Akeem Marques, 27, and Tyron Peters, 19 – from Bachelor’s Adventure pleaded not ...

Last Updated on Monday, 26 August 2024, 23:04 by Writer The Private Sector Commission (PSC) is canvassing locally-owned businesses to find out whether they are being outcompeted by numerous Chinese-owned businesses that are selling at cheaper prices. PSC Chairman, Komal Singh did not believe that a “special” wholesale price offer by a prominent manufacturer to Chinese supermarkets was dislocating locals, ...

Last Updated on Monday, 26 August 2024, 20:56 by Writer At least one Guyana Police Force officer was seen assisting in the distribution of People’s Progressive Party (PPP)-branded backpacks at a party event in Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takatu-Upper Essequibo). The PPP Region Nine Facebook page states that the activity was done by members of the PPP’s youth arm, the ...

Last Updated on Monday, 26 August 2024, 20:50 by Writer The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Monday called on government to prove that a study has been conducted to determine whether the construction of a new Berbice River bridge would be feasible, and if there would be any legal risk involving the existing Berbice Bridge Company. The AFC also wants ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 August 2024, 21:40 by Writer Britain’s Trade Commissioner for Latin America and the Caribbean, Jonathan Knott said he would ask his government to increase its United Kingdom Export Finance (UKEF) funding to Guyana once all of the already increased amount has been exhausted. “The first thing we’ve got to do is exhaust the limit of ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 August 2024, 20:12 by Writer A total of two persons have succumbed to gunshot injuries they received early Saturday morning outside V’s Delight, Lodge, Georgetown where there was an All Black party, the Guyana Police Force said Sunday. Police said Lawrence ‘Boy-Boy’ Wayne died Sunday morning at about 9 hours. ‘Boy-Boy’ was not named in two ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 August 2024, 13:08 by Writer By: Dr. Vivian M. Williams, Esq. ConocoPhillips knew it was in for a rough ride when it gave in to the lure of Venezuela’s oil and an array of concessions. Oil it was that put Venezuela on a slippery path to conflict on the global stage. Before bedazzling ConocoPhillips in ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 August 2024, 12:18 by Writer by GHK Lall Members of Guyana’s indigenous community came to Georgetown for their own power convention and ended up at a PPP Congress. The Toshaos may have thought that this was going to be their 2024 summit meeting, a version of their state in the state, only for matters quickly ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 25 August 2024, 12:10 by Writer By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus We all love truth, but they are different kinds of truths. The truth most universally loved is moral and transcendental. We can call this truth in itself; it is spaceless and timeless. Then there is truth that is based on rationality. In this case, ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 24 August 2024, 19:11 by Writer The motorcar, which was allegedly used in an early Saturday morning drive-by shooting that left one person dead and six others injured, was found later in the day in South Ruimveldt, police said. At about 9:30 Saturday morning, detectives said they went to Manatee Place, South Ruimveldt Georgetown, where they ...