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Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo Saturday disputed government’s claim that Fedders-Lloyd was handed a contract build a Specialty Hospital because it was the second lowest bidder. Jagdeo said technical-experts had disqualified that company but he declined to divulge details of what he knows about the evaluation. Instead, he called on government to release the evaluation report. “I don’t want to justify ...

Diners at the Guyana Marriott on Friday spotted the body of an unidenfified man lying on the beach at the Kingston seawall as the mid afternoon sun blazed ahead. The man who appears to be in his early 3o’s remain unidentified and investigators have found no visible signs of foul play on the man’s body however there was some amount ...

Former and current members of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) as well as other like-minded persons are calling on government to ensure there is a “proper inquiry” into the death of that party’s co-leader, Dr. Walter Rodney. “Guyana needs and deserves a proper inquiry in which all key witnesses give evidence under oath. Only then can our country begin the ...

A Dutch Risk Reduction (DDR) team has recommended that Guyana continues to dredge its drainage system and ensure the water flows off the land properly and implement a high-tech system to improve water management. The Minisyry of Public Infrastructure says that is one of seven key recommendations made by the team as Guyana continues to explore long-lasting solutions to flooding ...

Reproduced from the State Journal-RegisterBy Dean Olsen A shy, soft-spoken boy from Guyana who came to Springfield, Illinois for free cleft palate surgery is on track to be adopted sometime in 2016 by the family that first learned of his plight in South America during a Christian mission trip almost two years ago. The hole in the roof of Satchian Basdeo’s ...

A St. Lucian sales representative Thursday admitted that he was attempting to smuggle almost half a kilogramme of cocaine in his stomach to  the United Kingdom, and he was fined and jailed. Twenty-six year old Kendol Joseph was jailed for three years and fined GYD$1.2 million by City Magistrate, Fabayo Azore on a charge of being in possession of narcotics ...

The American restaurant chain, Pizza Hut, is back in Guyana under a new franchise holder with special emphasis being placed on hygiene and high quality and standards, representatives said Thursday. Director of Marketing for Pizza Hut Guyana, Navin Singh said safety and supply audits have been passed  to ensure that they comply with  United States and international standards. Pizza Hut’s ...

The decision by the Guyana government not to go back to public tender before awarding a contract to build a multi-million dollar Specialty Hospital has come in for sharp criticism, but Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan has rejected suggestions of corruption. One day after the Ministry of Finance announced that the Indian company, Fedders Lloyd, would ...

Guyana plans to ask American oil-giant, Exxon-Mobil, for a huge chunk of profits ahead of commercial production to fund several major projects including a road to Brazil, says Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman. “Government wants to open up Guyana so we are looking at things like the road to Brazil, roads into some parts of the hinterland, ensuring that we ...

The body of the young woman, who jumped into the Kaieteur Falls gorge almost one week ago, has been spotted and preparations have begun to retrieve the remains, the Ministry of Tourism said Wednesday. “The Ministry of Tourism and the National Parks Commission have limited access to certain sections of Kaieteur Falls and confirm that the body of the female ...