The Mayor and Town Council of Linden plans to construct a park next year for minibuses that ply the Mahdia to Georgetown route. At the moment, there is no parking facility for Mahdia minibuses in Linden; the park is expected to be constructed in the vicinity of the Wismar market at an estimated cost of…
On the last day of Guyana observing road safety week, five more persons were added to the list of road deaths in two separate accidents. On Saturday night, an accident at Nismes on the West Bank of Demerara involving a mini-bus and a car claimed the lives of four persons including a 12-year-old girl. The…
A 44-year old man died last evening after he was struck to his head by another man at the Kumaka waterfront at Mabaruma, North West District. Dead is Cleveland James. Reports are that James and another man were involved in a heated argument after the young man, called ‘Marcus’, hurled an empty bottle close to
A young Prison Officer was Sunday morning caught with a quantity of marijuana hidden in his underwear when he reported for duty at the Lusignan prison on the East Coast of Demerara. Director of Prisons (ag) Gladwin Samuels told reporters that the officer, who has eight months of service in the prison service, was searched…
A prison officer attached to the Lusignan Prison might soon find himself among the same prisoners he was hired to watch. The Director of Prisons, Gladwin Samuels, this morning announced that a young prison officer was arrested at 6:45 this morning with 70 grams of marijuana hidden in his underwear. The man who has been…
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) has set aside January 10,2020 as Nominations Day. GECOM said on Saturday via newspaper advertisements, that all political parties desirous of contesting the General and Regional Elections to be held in March, 2nd, 2020 are required to submit a symbol for approval by the elections body before nomination day. “GECOM
Police are investigating an accident which occurred at Leonora, West Coast Demerara (WCD) on Saturday, claiming the life of a young father. The News Room understands that 26-year-old Riley Charles Newton of Ruimzeight, WCD was the driver of motorcar PRR 1703 which ran off the road at Leonora at about 04:30hrs and turned turtle. The…
Hours before the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) officially introduced its 2020 Elections Manifesto today, People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Executive Joseph Harmon said he is not impressed. Addressing the PNC Reform’s weekly press briefing at Congress Place, this midday, Mr. Harmon who also serves as the Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, labeled the…
A nurse attached to the Suddie Public Hospital on the Essequibo Coast was on Friday morning struck down by a speeding motorcar at Queenstown. The nurse was identified as Dars Bissoon, age 36, originally from Bartica. She lives at Windsor Castle on the Essequibo Coast. The accident occurred around 8:00hrs on Friday morning in front
By Bibi Khatoon As Guyana joins oil-producing nations from next month, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Portia Simpson-Miller says one of the key areas which should be addressed in the country’s economic plan is inflation. The former Jamaican leader was the guest speaker at the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (GCCI) annual awards ceremony…
