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Ahead of Monday- the final day of the 2013 National Budget debate, government at the weekend intensified its verbal onslaught on the Alliance For Change (AFC) and again hinted at an early election if the budget is cut in its entirety by the opposition one-seat majority. Less than 100 persons attended a meeting at the Rose Hall, Canje Estate Community ...

There is a call from rights groups for action against discrimination meted out to Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (LBT) women in the workplace and other settings within the society. Red Thread, Stella’s Sisterhood for Service and Support (S4) Foundation, Guyana Rainbow Foundation (GuyBow) and the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) on Thursday teamed up to discuss several issues faced ...

Roraima Airways’ Chief Executive Officer, Gerry Gouveia addressing the opening of Wedding Expo 2013. Seated are (L to R) GT&T’s Mobile Marketing Executive, Allison Dundas; President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Clinton Urling; City Mayor, Hamilton Green and President Donald Ramotar. As the curtains on Sunday came down on Wedding Expo 2013, Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee ...

NCB Group Managing Director Patrick Hylton and his boss, Chairman Michael Lee-Chin (Jamaica Gleaner photo) Two prominent Jamaican businessmen Sunday night arrived in Guyana to explore a number of investment opportunities. They are  Chairman of Portland Holdings and National Commercial Bank of Jamaica (NCB) Group Managing Director Patrick Hylton.

Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill (centre in blue shirt) under fire at a meeting at the Plaisance Community Centre playground. A meeting between Junior Finance Minister, Juan Edghill and residents of Plaisance Sunday afternoon that was intended to discuss the placement of an E-Governance transmission tower descended into disorder and was aborted, Instead there would be a smaller meeting of ...

Wayne Blake Four persons were killed and eight others injured when a truck lost power and fell into a gully, survivors said. The dead persons have been identified as Richard Doobay, Pamela Solomon, Aubrey Evans and George Persaud.

Owner Goolmohammed Bacchus watches his building burn at 34-35 Duncan Street, Campbellville. Fire fighters and police are not ruling out arson, among other causes, of a fire that Sunday morning gutted a heavily fortified concrete bond on Duncan Street, Campbellville between Stone Avenue and Lamaha Gardens, according to Fire Chief, Marlon Gentle.

The APNU has signalled that it will once again be cutting budget allocations for the state-run National Communications Network (NCN) in a repeat of last year’s action. This was disclosed by MP Joseph Harmon when the week-long debate on the 2013 budget estimates continued Friday.

Reepu Daman Persaud Veteran politician and one of Guyana’s longest serving politicians, Reepu Daman Persaud died on Sunday, according to well-placed sources. He was 77.

A building contractor was Saturday afternoon shot several times and robbed of some $350,000 near a construction site on the East Bank Demerara. Injured is 43 year old Umraow Khan of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara.