IN keeping with the delivery of yet another promise by the government, President Dr Irfaan Ali announced that indigenous community leaders will see a significant increase in their stipends. At Monday’s opening ceremony of the National Toshaos Conference, President Ali stated that Toshaos and Deputy Toshaos will get a 50 per cent increase in their…

President Irfaan Ali on Monday highlighted his government’s strides to improve access to potable water in indigenous villages across the country. More than $1.5 billion has been invested to improve water access in the hinterland from 2020 to present. Some 20 new wells have been completed to provide service to more than 10,000 persons for…

PRESIDENT, Dr Irfaan Ali insisted that Guyana’s indigenous population will always “have equity in the country.” He emphasised that his government will always listen to their needs and ensure that they are supported as they develop their communities and transform their lives. The President declared this on Monday as he delivered remarks during the opening…

The Amaila Falls hydropower project is still being pursued with the government steadfast on the project’s development model, despite the preferred contractor being unable to fund the project in that manner. This is according to Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, who, on Monday, reiterated that the government may need to re-tender the project. “They want…

Police arrested two men who were found with a 9mm pistol and seven matching rounds on Sunday. The men aged, 30 and 20, are both from Middle Street, Sparendaam on the East Coast of Demerara. “Acting on intel, between 03:45hrs and 04:00hrs on [Sunday], police ranks went to Regent Street where they intercepted the motorcar…

A 29-year-old man of Osamo Street, North Ruimveldt, Georgetown was arrested just after midnight on Sunday with an illegal firearm – a 9mm Glock pistol along with six matching rounds of ammunition. Police Headquarters in a statement said the man was arrested within the vicinity of the Russian Embassy on the Kitty Public Road in…

A Rosignol, West Coast Berbice family has been waiting in agony for three months to confirm if the badly decomposed body that washed ashore at Dantzig, Mahaicony in April is indeed that of their relative, Suraj Dhaneshwar.  Dhaneswar, 28, a fisherman went missing on March 16 after the fishing vessel he was in capsized. On…

Ronald Armstrong known as “Sargie” was on Monday handed two life sentences for raping and robbing a 20-year-old woman in 2013. Armstrong, 34, formerly of Jubilee Drive Friendship, East Bank Demerara was sentenced by Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the Demerara High Court. In June, a 12-member jury found Armstrong guilty of raping the victim on…

Guyanese Kristian Jeffrey made a most sublime return to the track by winning two of his three races in the first round of the Radical Caribbean Cup at Bushy Park Circuit, Barbados, on Sunday. Chief Instructor at the St. Philip facility, Justin Campbell, was the other race winner, while Trinidad and Tobago’s Kristian Boodoosingh claimed…