The Ministry of the Presidency and the Minister of Public Telecommunications Cathy Hughes, have both denied that the Video Mega Production company, which was founded by Hughes and managed by her until she became a Minister, had been granted a “multi-million dollar contract” by the Department of Energy. Opposition Member of Parliament Gail Teixeira in…
Dear Editor, I DO not love it for the opportunity to satisfy my own aggrandizement. I love it because the forceps did not crack my skull, and the hands of a caring nurse placed me, wrapped in a blanket, into the bosom of my mother in a ward and under the roofs of the Mackenzie
“I am very impressed with what I see and I am quite excited for it to be completed and be in use.” These were the sentiments of the honourable Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr. George Norton, following visits to both the synthetic tracks being constructed at Linden, Region 10, and in Berbice, Region Six. Dr.…
A Copa Airlines flight to Panama City was this afternoon delayed at Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan Airport after the airline received a bomb threat. Passengers were already on board the aircraft when the threat was received. The passengers were quickly evacuated as the Police and Bomb squad hurried to the plane and started to carry out…
I REFER to an article featured in the Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 edition of the Kaieteur News, titled: “AG’s Chambers lacks expertise to fine tune oil laws.” The Attorney General’s Chambers and Ministry of Legal Affairs is of the view that this headline and the contents of the article represent a misinformed view of the role of
At the start of three Police training programmes Monday at the Police Officers’ Training Centre Eve Leary, Commissioner of Police Leslie James had a direct message for Police officers accepting bribes to prop up their salaries: leave if the salary is not good enough. At the same time, he said the Police would be pursuing…
Almost 20 years ago, several families from the Tiger Bay Community were moved to the old Housing Compound in the Tucville community. Some were promised and granted house-lots, while others have found themselves still living under less than comfortable situations in small wooden shacks in the compound with their plastic roofs. Today, Minister responsible for…
HALF-centuries from Winston Forrester and Timothy McAlmont propelled the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) to an emphatic 162-run win over the Everest Cricket Club in the final of the New Building Society (NBS) Second-Division 40-over tournament, which culminated last evening under lights at the DCC Ground. The win was the fourth for GCC in the seven
Police have arrested a 52-year-old miner of Stanleytown, Berbice who shot his reputed wife in the left arm in the wee hours of Sunday at Third Avenue Bartica Beach Front. Police Headquarters revealed that the 49-year-old victim, Ava Abrams who is also a miner, had just closed her shop at around 02:00hrs and was sitting…
Former Policeman 37-year-old Clinton Doris, was today sentenced to 26 years in jail after he was found guilty of raping a 7-year-old girl. The verdict was handed down by the jury three weeks ago, but Justice Jo-ann Barlow handed down the prison sentence at the High Court today after the Court was provided with a…
