The APNU is calling for the creation of a special institution to tackle domestic and other inter-personal violence which it says has reached epidemic proportions over the last few years. Leader of the Opposition and APNU David Granger told reporters on Friday that they had lost all confidence in the Ministries of Human Services and Home Affairs and the regular ...

Almost two weeks after the decomposed body of fisherman Quincy Sooklall was pulled from the Demerara River, a suspect in his killing was early Friday morning arrested, police said. The suspect was among 23 men and five women who were arrested during raids in Albouystown, Alberttown, Sophia, Meadow Bank, Charlestown and West Front Road. The detainees were expected to be ...

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN).-A lobby group representing US airlines has taken issue with the fuel subsidy that Caribbean Airlines (CAL) benefits from and is attempting to use the subsidy to block an application by the T&T airline to fly directly between Guyana and North American destinations. Responding to questions from the Guardian, CAL yesterday confirmed that it had applied to the US ...

One day after a man was jailed for five years for exporting cocaine in ochroes, a senior private sector representative on Thursday said the United States (US) usually puts Guyana’s agriculture exports under greater scrutiny after such busts. Addressing the final of a two-day National Economic Forum at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), member of the President’s Committee on ...

Former President Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday maintained that the now stalled Amaila Falls Hydropower project would not have incurred any debt to Guyana’s treasury, even as the major opposition party called for an independent assessment to determine the feasibility of the project. Addressing the closing of the 2013 National Economic Forum at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), Jagdeo said ...

The Guyana Mining School and Training Centre Inc. got underway on Thursday with a Sector Skills Training Seminar. The five-day event, which had a ceremonial launch at the Guyana Forestry Commission, will address Confined Space Entry (Awareness); Transportation of Dangerous Goods; Fall Protection; and Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System. Representative of the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) William ...

A lone gunman on Thursday grabbed GUY$16.9 million dollars from two accounts clerks and guns and bullets from two guards while they were on their way to a city bank for Toolsie Persaud Limited , police said. Investigators said the incident occurred around 1 PM when the vehicle that the four men were inside stopped at Sussex and Charles Streets, ...

The Public Works Ministry has terminated a multi-million dollar sea defence contract that was undertaken by Toolsie Persaud Quarries Inc.,(TPQ) and suspended the contract for M&B Construction due to the companies’ unsatisfactory performance and total disregard for residents’ convenience and safety, the Government Information Agency (GINA) reported. Public Works Minister Robeson Benn, according to GINA, on August 14 requested that ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) is pleading with its supporters for time and understanding as it continues to face public backlash from its decision to support the now in limbo Amaila Falls Hydropower Project. Persons have taken to the social media sites and the comments section of the news websites to vent on what they see as the party’s “betrayal” ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) on Wednesday congratulated the successful performers at this year’s CXC examinations but wasted little time in demanding what the government was doing about remedying the failures in the education system. At a news conference MP Trevor Williams began by extending congratulations to CSEC top performers Zimeena Rasheed and Yogeeta Persaud, CAPE top performer Shalita Appadu, ...