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The government has revised downwards the projected domestic economic growth for the year as a result of the poor showing of sugar up to the mid-year mark. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh at a news conference Friday night where he added that there had been robust growth outside of the sugar sector. “The full year ...

Opposition Leader David Granger says the country is sitting on a “time bomb” where youth unemployment is concerned with the government applying band aids to a chronic problem. He was speaking at an APNU news conference on Friday where he cited a decade-old International Labour Organisation survey which found that 44 percent of the working age population was not “economically ...

Lightning shocked at least seven sugar workers at Blairmont estate, West Coast Berbice Friday morning and they were rushed to a nearby hospital, according to sources. A number of the field workers were rendered unconscious but they later recovered at the Fort Wellington Hospital. No one was killed. The men were loading a punt at the time of the incident. ...

A man, who allegedly assaulted his eight-month old baby , was Friday granted bail when he appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court. Police alleged that Anthony Francisco on August 20 at 158 Laing Avenue assaulted his eight month old daughter and allegedly threatening his 19-year old stepson. The prosecutor objected to bail stating that the facts state that he dealt ...

Dino Bouterse, son of  Suriname’s president, Desi Bouterse,  was arrested Thursday by the United States (US)  judicial authorities, the Surinamese news website, Starniews reported Friday. This  happened in Panama. Officially, there are no announcements made ​​about the reason for his arrest. Star News learns that the Americans suspect him of arms trafficking.  Starniews reported that Bouterse might have been entrapped ...

Residents of Ituni and Kwakwani in the Region 10 area Thursday blocked a section of the roadway restricting travel between the area and Linden . Reports are that around 8 O’clock persons in the area placed several logs across the roadway resulting in a complete halt to vehicular traffic passing through the area. A resident of the area noted  that ...

A wanted bulletin was Thursday issued for a man implicated in the stabbing death of a man in Albouystown earlier this month during a dispute over money, police said. The suspect has been identified as Muammar Jabbar of 33 James Street, Albouystown, Georgetown. He is wanted by the police for questioning in relation to the murder of Tolasicy Marshall called ...

The Government on Thursday signed off a US$8.16M aid agreement with the Chinese which will be used overtime to undertake several projects. While no light was shed on the projects on which the grant will be expended, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh noted at the signing ceremony at the ministry’s boardroom that  the financing will be utilised in the months ...

A customs broker charged with trafficking in marijuana was Wednesday acquitted because there was no evidence to link him to the crime. Malcolm Sonaram was accused of trafficking in 19 kilogrammes 930 grammes of the narcotic between December 2011 and January 2012 at the Guyana National Industrial Corporation wharf. The prosecution’s case was that the marijuana had been found concealed ...

Residents close to a “critical area” for the extension of the runway at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) were Wednesday encouraged by a team of senior government officials to relocate to Yarrowkabra but no time frame has been set, according to a source. At least 60 households- an estimated 200 persons- would have to remove to Yarrowkabra where housing ...