President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Thursday night announced that the government will spend about $400 million to upgrade roads in the community of Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara (EBD). The President, during an impromptu walkabout, also said funds will be spent to upgrade other roads in the nearby communities of…
Guyana is undergoing a massive law revision process that would see local law books being updated with new pieces of legislation and reflecting amendments made soon, according to Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall SC. The last consolidation and revision exercise of Guyana’s laws was carried out…
Doctors at the Linden Hospital Complex have successfully removed a warhead from the throat of a five-year-old girl and handed it over to the Police. Police Headquarters revealed that the child remains at the hospital in a stable condition. The warhead was photographed, marked and sealed, and will be escorted…
Joshua Da Silva wrapped up West Indies’ on-field preparations for the Frank Worrell Trophy by hitting a century against a Cricket Australia XI in Adelaide. Five days out from the first Test in the South Australian capital, Da Silva offered the tourists hope on Friday with a fine 105 against an…
Leroy Williams called ‘Buxton’, one of the three suspects in the 2015 grenade attack on the Kaieteur News, died on Wednesday night, hours after he was shot by an armed security guard. Police Headquarters said the shooting unfolded at about 19:10hrs at a hotel on the corners of Robb and…
The People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) delivered four national budgets since its return to office in 2020 but none of those fiscal plans imposed new taxes on Guyanese. In fact, those budgets reversed a number of taxes, new or increased, by the former APNU+AFC government. Similarly, Vice President Dr. Bharrat…
A five-year-old girl of Wismar, Linden, Region Ten, is currently at the Linden Hospital where she is slated to undergo surgery to remove a warhead that is lodged in her throat. Police Headquarters said they are investigating the incident which occurred at about 22:00hrs Wednesday at Half Mile, Wismar, Linden…
Some 16 years after Ovena Braithwaite was gifted a wooden house by public spirited persons at Lot 6 Yarrowkabra, Soesdyke/Linden Highway, it was destroyed by a fire last week. The 38-year-old unemployed woman and her four children – 13, 11, 9 and 5 -are staying with a neighbour as they…
Welding and fabrication company Morgan’s Investment Inc. opened its headquarters in Guyana on Monday. Public Works Minister Juan Edghill who attended the commissioning ceremony said this will provide reliable services for the country. The company specializes in welding, fabrication, and contracting services. According to a statement from the company, the…
Responding to a recent Stabroek News editorial that criticized and blamed the government for delays on several ongoing projects, General Secretary of the incumbent People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) said it was not the government’s blame to take. While ‘undesirous’, Jagdeo said some delays are understandable even as he pointed…
