Two Guyanese businessmen, Robert Badal and Nigel Hinds have joined the race to become the country’s President and Prime Minister with the launch of their political party ‘Change Guyana’ on Tuesday afternoon. The party has among its promises to exempt nurses and teachers from paying taxes along with eradicating poverty. “We will take it beyond…
Days after a 14-year-old boy was reported missing, a 42-year-old rice farmer has confessed to murdering the young man and burying his body in a shallow grave. The rice farmer, Jairam Seiupersaud of Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara admitted that he and the teenager, Christopher Basdeo, were drinking Banko wine on the night of the…
…as high tide ‘lashes’ Mahaicony, West Demerarea AS warned by the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) last week, sections of the low coastal plain, on Monday afternoon, experienced unusually high spring tide, which resulted in overtopping and flooding in some sections, including in Georgetown, and the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara and Mahaica Berbice Regions. CDC Director General,
The owner of the popular Guinness Bar on Durban Street, Georgetown is counting his losses after a fire destroyed the bar Monday night. The businessman Troy Mendonca, who is the Director of Petra Organisation, estimated his losses to be approximately $15M. The News Room understands that the fire started at about 19:30hrs. Troy Mendonca Mr…
Days after a 14-year-old boy was reported missing, a 42-year-old rice farmer has confessed to murdering the young man and burying his body in a shallow grave. The rice farmer, Jairam Seiupersaud of Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara admitted that he and the teenager, Christopher Basdeo, were drinking Banko wine on the night of the…
President wary of actions by Charrandass Persaud …to insist on thorough background checks of all coalition candidates PRESIDENT David Granger has likened the ‘Coalition’ partner’s penchant of late for engaging in debates about ‘personalities’ before clearly establishing principles and policies, to putting the proverbial cart before the horse’. On the local podcast, Inside Sources, aired
Approximately ten persons are homeless after a fire completely destroyed a two-storey wooden house at Peter’s Hall, East Bank Demerara (EBD) and damaged an apartment building Sunday night. The fire started at about 20:00hrs at Lot 28 School Street, Peter’s Hall before engulfing the apartment building at Lot 29. Sixty-year-old Omardai Persaud lived in the…
Days after a 14-year-old boy was reported missing, a 42-year-old rice farmer has confessed to murdering the young man and burying his body in a shallow grave. The rice farmer, Jairam Seiupersaud of Parfait Harmonie, West Bank Demerara admitted that he and the teenager, Christopher Basdeo, were drinking Banko wine on the night of the…
…coalition partners urge swift resolution of disagreements …say APNU+AFC to preserve ‘winning brand’ By Lisa Hamilton As the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) iron out issues surrounding the revision of the Cummingsburg Accord, coalition party executives have called on the two sides to look at the bigger picture
Police are investigating the murder of a 28-year-old Venezuelan woman which occurred at Rock Landing Kaikan, Wenamu River, Region Seven on Friday night. According to information received, Valentina Marelis Pacheco was at Frederick Stafford’s shop which is located at the Wenamu River front –which separates Guyana from Venezuela –with her boyfriend 28-year-old Mark Anthony Gonsalves…
