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In the wake of two separate alleged home invasions and killings, a psychologist wants Guyanese police to examine their records to see if there has been a pattern of such incidents which might be due to sociopathic behaviour. “Sociopathic behaviour is when people behave as if they have no moral conscience so that a person can look at somebody and ...

The South Central People’s Development Association of Rupununi, has become one of 20 organisations to capture the United Nations Development Fund’s  Equator Prize for the year 2015, according to the Ministry of the Presidency. This is the first time Guyana has managed to capture that prize. The South Central People’s Development Association is a local non-governmental organisation that aims to ...

by Tamara Rodney Raj (not his real name) smokes one and a half packs of cigarettes each day. At 37, this goldsmith  is among the large number of smokers in Guyana who started this habit in their early teens. “I start to smoke when I was about 14. Me father show me how to do it and I never stopped ...

Government plans to revive an agricultural and development bank, a financial institution the Private Sector Commission (PSC) welcomes but emphasises must be properly managed.  Prime Minister Moses Nagamoootoo at the weekend announced at the Berbice Expo that government has decided to re-establish the bank more than 10 years after it was wound up. “To provide seed capital to investors and ...

The Integrity Commission could soon be given stronger legal teeth to go after public officials who fail to declare their assets, government said at the weekend. “I can tell you that it is something that we are very concerned about…it will be law that by a certain time of the year, you declare your assets, and if you don’t, the ...

Minister of Finance Winston Jordan has reiterated that all monies owed to millers for rice shipped to Venezuela have already been paid by government. The minister, speaking exclusively to GINA, made it clear that the new administration was aware of the plight of some 7,000 farmers after it was discovered that the Petro Caribe Fund was left depleted by the ...

Days before travelling to New York, President David Granger rolled into Linden Friday afternoon on his first interaction with residents since generale elections four months ago and was greeted warmly on a walk-about of several areas. He told persons along the way at Mackenzie and Wismar that he went to say “thanks for your support,” presumably for the general elections ...

Guyana’s President, David Granger is continuing to lobby hemispheric support against Venezuela ahead of his address next week to the United Nations General Assembly. Granger said while in New York, he is scheduled to hold meetings with UN Chief  Ban Ki Moon and possibly his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro. “Today (Friday) I spoke at the Chilean National Day. Earlier this ...

Minister of State within the Ministry of the Presidency, Joseph Harmon, announced today that Finance Secretary, Nirmal Rekha, has abandoned his post. According to Harmon, Rekha had requested leave to which he was entitled and that request was granted. However, the Finance Secretary failed to resume duties after the period of leave came to an end at July 31, 2015. ...

by Tamara Rodney Young people were warned of the dangers of the use of cigarettes and other tobacco products  at a Wellness Week activity under the theme “Smoking kills: Pass the tobacco law”. The event was facilitated by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Education. Guyana joined the ...