Guyana is set to have its first Black business chamber aimed at promoting and sustaining the development of enterprises owned by Guyanese of African descent, the organisation said in a statement. “Part of its goal is to strengthen efforts at national development and achieving surety of economic inclusion through support for the growth of private businesses owned by Guyanese of ...

Canada predicts that Venezuela will not accept not accept a ruling by the International Court of Justice on the Guyana-Venezuela border controversy, as part of a plan to keep the issue alive. “If it goes to the International Court of Justice, Venezuela does not recognise the ruling of the International Court of Justice and they will simply say ‘ we ...

The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC) wants Guyana’s Auditor General to conduct a forensic audit into the parking meter project, but Deputy Mayor Sherod Duncan said that makes no sense. Duncan said assessments of the parking meter contract by the Minister of Finance and the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs were sufficient and there was no need for ...

Investigations are ongoing to identify person or persons who may have been responsible for the leak of examination papers before the sitting and assessment of 250 nursing students on October 19 and 20, 2016, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported on Tuesday. Nurses who sat the Clinical and Functional examination in October were informed by Principal Tutor of the Georgetown ...

A suspected sheep thief, who allegedly drew a loaded firearm at police, was shot dead early Tuesday morning and investigators later seized numerous items believed to have been stolen. Another man, who was at the farmhouse where the stolen sheep were discovered was allegedly held with another handgun and a another set of items. Police believed that the farmhouse is ...

Government is preparing to give former Prime Minister, Hamilton Green possibly more than GYD$1 million pension and other benefits, a move that has already set the David Granger-led administration on a collision course with the opposition People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPPC). When Parliament meets on November 21, Finance Minister Winston Jordan is expected to table a Bill to ensure that ...

A twenty six year old serial robber of 86 Nelson Street, Mocha Arcadia, EBD who used a motor cycle to allegedly commit a spate of robberies on Gas Stations and Supermarkets on the East Coast of Demerara was Monday remanded to prison He  was remanded to prison until December 15, 2016, after he was charged with six  counts of armed ...

A businesswoman and her common-law husband died after they stabbed each other during a “argument” over the management of their business, police said. The incident occurred Sunday at their business premises located at Ekereku Hill top, Kamarang. Investigators learned that Selima Norton, AKA ‘Shelly’, 45 years of New Providence Housing Scheme, EBD and Kurt Reynolds, 37 years of Silverballi Street, ...

Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said there is no indication that there is a political motive behind the recent spate of armed robberies, even as the Guyana Police Force is ramping up its espionage on criminals and their networks. “People also respond to sentiments expressed in the media thinking that this is a cause they may be helping so indirectly it ...

Embattled by a sex scandal with several women that was made public through the release of videos and pictures on Social Media one week ago, Pope Emmanuel “Philbert London said repeatedly “I’m sorry” for what has happened. “I am here to tell you from the depths of my heart that I am sorry for anything, sorrow, embarrassment or shame that ...