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-by Handel Duncan- Following Wednesday’s meeting between the Government and City Hall, Minister of State Joseph Harmon today announced that several steps will be taken by the municipality to address the complaints of concerned citizens. One of the initial steps is to have the punitive aspect of the Parking Meeting programme suspended. “That is to […]
(GINA) The National School of Music will target five schools to implement a pilot music programme aimed at helping students to develop as well rounded personalities with a keen sense of patriotism. It is part of a broad initiative of the Ministry of Education to reintegrate music into the schools’ curriculum. In an interview with […]
The Animal Welfare Bill of 2016 was sent to a Special Parliamentary Select Committee for further consideration, on the recommendation of the Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder and repeated calls from the Opposition side of the house following Thursday’s lengthy debate. In presenting the Bill, Minister Holder said animal welfare is an issue of high […]
Several persons have been left homeless following an early morning fire in the Kitty area. Firefighters were called to the scene of the blaze in Sandy Babb Street in the wee hours of this morning as the fire engulfed and completely gutted at least three buildings, including one that housed a liquor store. The cause […]
The New Building Society Limited, through Senior Counsel Ashton Chase, has jumped into the parking meter furore in Georgetown and has filed court action against the By-laws governing the parking meters. In the action, which was filed against the Minister of Communities, the NBS, which is lending institution, wants the court to grant a Writ […]
The Regional Executive Officer for Region Nine, Carl Parker, was today slapped with sexual assault charges and placed on $200,000 bail. He is accused of sexually assaulting an official from the same Region Nine community. When the case was called, the proceedings were held in camera, in keeping with the sexual offences laws. After the […]
A 36-year-old Nigerian national was today remanded to prison for intent to defraud two popular retail stores in Georgetown. His name was given as Bab Rasaki, and he was slapped with the fraud charge after he allegedly attempted to purchase a number of items totaling more than one million dollars with a credit card that did […]
In an effort to reverse its decline in revenue stream, the Guyana Post Office Corporation is entering the internet shopping market. The Post Office Corporation has partnered with the PAKYA shipping company out of Miami to ship packages to Guyana. Initially, shipping will be done once weekly to Guyana, this will subsequently move to twice weekly […]
The lunchtime protest against parking meters in Georgetown continued today with a much larger crowd gathered outside City Hall. This time, there were no counter protesters but hundreds more joined the Movement Against Parking Meters, as they declared that they now want a revocation of the parking meter system and not a reduction in the […]
The Special Organised Crime Unit is continuing its probe into a suspected multi million U.S dollar fraud at the Guyana Rice Development Board, under its previous management. Late last week officers from SOCU swooped down on the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRBD) office following the findings of a Forensic Audit. A file has been already prepared […]
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