-By Ravin Singh- Guyana’s present value of external debt-to-GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is projected to decline to 8 percent over the medium-term, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in its 2018 country report. Although the report was released in May of this year, the Debt Sustainability Analysis was added to the report and published…
A 32-year-old businessman is counting his losses after two bandits attacked and robbed him in broad daylight at his clothing store in Winter Place, Georgetown at around 1pm Saturday. News Room understands that the bandits, one of whom was armed with a gun, entered the store and ordered the owner, Grey Terborg to lie on…
A Port Kaituma man who savagely beat his wife to death because he saw her dancing with another man, appeared in Court on Friday and was remanded to jail for the woman’s murder. 36-year-old Tyron James was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder charge when he appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is being urged to clamp down on the haphazard burning of raw gold around the city by dealers. The call was made by the Guyana Gold Board which is currently in cleanup mode after a mercury contamination at its Brickdam Office. The Gold Board was forced to relocate its laboratory…
With a bright smile on his face, 38-year-old, Neville Haynes appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today and admitted to fraudulent conversion. He was sentenced to18 months in jail for pleading guilty to taking his uncle’s belonging and converting them into his own use. Magistrate Leron Daly was told that on the 10th April at…
Hundreds of persons living in the Rupununi, Region Nine reportedly have high levels of mercury in their system, raising serious health concerns for the region. In one case, the entire village of Para Bara with a population size of roughly 200 is affected, Regional Chairman Brian Allicock told a news conference on Thursday. Allicock said…
-by Kurt Campbell- Stalled talks between the Government and the Opposition on several matters of national importance may now move ahead following the intervention of former President of the United States, Jimmy Carter. Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo told media operatives at Parliament today that President David Granger has now committed to leading those talks himself.…
Rosanna Ramnarine, a former Accountant attached to the Guyana Gold Board (GGB) was on Wednesday slapped with several charges of manipulating documents in order to scam the entity of millions of dollars. Ramnarine, 34, of Nandy Park, East Bank Demerara appeared before Senior Magistrate Fabayo Azore and denied the six charges. The first charge read…
A former Accountant at the Guyana Gold Broad was today slapped with six fraud charges. The 35-year-old woman, Rosanna Ramnarine made her first court appearance today at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before Magistrate Fabayo Azore. She pleaded not guilty to all six charges. The Court learnt that between the 1st February nd the 30th April,…
By Akeem Greene The Central American & Caribbean (CAC) Games are just two days away and the senior National Rugby team, commonly known as the ‘Green Machine’ are hopping from venue to venue in search of favourable conditions. One would imagine this team has a fixed training facility given the humongous task that awaits in Barranquilla, Colombia but…
