Vendors outside Muneshwer’s Limited on Water Street opposite Bounty Supermarket on Monday suggested that they felt misled by top City officials who they said permitted them to sell on the road just off the pavement on stalls that must be moved at the end of each business day, but now they are being told that they could not ply their ...

Fire fighters were Saturday morning assaulted while battling a blaze that destroyed a house in Linden and left two persons homeless, the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) said Sunday. “Regrettably, during the incident, our firefighting personnel faced assault from residents on the scene. Such actions are strongly condemned, and the matter has been reported to the police,” the fire service said. ...

Remaining stalls outside Muneshwer’s Store on Water  Street, Stabroek were Sunday demolished and taken away in keeping with a High Court order that was secured by that company, City Mayor Alfred Mentore said. ” The talks surrounded the agreed extension which went past the 15th January and our planned action by the City’s engineers dept to enforce the Order of ...

Banks DIH Limited on Saturday voiced a number of concerns about the way the shares of public companies here were being traded on the Guyana Stock Exchange (GSE), saying that its despite developments in the company the share value has not been increasing. “We are able to develop this company with all this capital works without borrowing and selling shares. ...

by Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus As you know, the People’s Progressive Party has a deep bench with the gift of oratory. To no one’s surprise, therefore, PPP cabinet members and MPs, one after the other, rose to the occasion and delivered informed and fact-filled presentations on Budget 2024. I have already written about the performance of the indefatigable Dr ...

Chairman and Managing Director of Banks DIH, Clifford Reis on Saturday said that after failed efforts with the Georgetown City Council to remove vendors from outside Demico, Stabroek, the company would be moving to the High Court to seek redress. He told the hundreds of shareholders that over the years their company had made numerous efforts to remove the vendors ...

By GHK Lall I must deal with Vice President Jagdeo frontally. I had taken the different road of holding my peace, under advisement. Now, in the light of his most recent fabrications, allusions, and delusions, I present him with the facts. I challenge him to manifest how much character he has inside to deal with straight facts, and deal with ...

President Irfaan Ali, on receiving the Global Africa Leadership Award in Ghana, identified himself  as a minority who has risen to become the leader of his country. “Today, I’m proud to lead a country where the people elected a minority. I’m from the minority religion of Islam and the people of that country elected me as their president. That is ...

Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton on Friday pitched support for Guyana’s manufacturing sector by citing the need for policies to ramp up output and increase access to foreign exchange. “The government is advised to establish a broad-based Task Force on new industries and services to ascertain which industries and services should be developed having discussed and formulated policies and programmes based ...

A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) parliamentarian, Volda Lawrence on Friday  recommended that there be a constitutionally entrenched amount of Guyana’s oil revenues that must be saved for future generations in the Natural Resources Fund (NRF). “This House must now consider a minimum percentage value in the NRF that must remain as inter-generational savings and this must be ...