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The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday said that its decision to lease the historical state-owned Red House for just GYD$1000 monthly while in government to itself could be justified. The revelation that the PPP government leased the building to itself was made during the recent budget debates by State Minister Joe Harmon. In an […]
Pandemonium broke out early Monday morning as agents of the Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) began pulling down several stalls at the Bourda Market that were reportedly illegally erected. Vendors were called from their homes at the break of dawn and arrived at the marketplace to find that several stalls had already been broken down and their goods […]
The Government has recommitted itself to addressing the issues affecting the residents of Region Six and has announced that a special liaison officer will soon be appointed in this regard. The announcement made by Vice President and Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo, when he addressed hundreds of Berbicians at the Whim Community Center on Saturday at […]
(GINA) Chairman of the Guyana Rice Development Board, Claude Housty, has stated that government has settled all of its financial obligations with rice millers. The GRDB executive joined the Acting General Manager of the GRDB Nizam Hassan and GRDB executive Dr. Peter De Groot for an in-depth examination of the local rice sector with GINA […]
The APNU+AFC government is defending its decision to appoint former Alliance for Change (AFC) Member of Parliament and 2015 elections candidate Dr Veersammy Ramayya as the Regional Executive Officer (REO) of Region #6. In an invited comment on Friday, State Minister Joseph Harmon brushed aside criticisms and contended that the appointment of an REO is […]
The Board of Directors of the state-owned National Communications Network (NCN) and the Guyana Chronicle were finalized at the Tuesday, September 1 meeting of Cabinet. The announcement was made on Friday by State Minister Joseph Harmon who also announced the appointment of the Board for the Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA). The Boards have not […]
An elderly man was robbed of $20 Million on Thursday night after he uplifted the money from a relative who was in the Princess Casino gambling. However, the money was not part of any winnings. According to reports, the gambler reportedly made contact with the relative and asked him to come to the casino to […]
In the face of the resistance from the Berbice Bridge Company to lower the tolls for the bridge, the government on Friday announced its intention to launch a water taxi service. State Minister Joseph Harmon said the service will commence even as the government continues to engage the bridge company to consider and facilitate, in the […]
Police investigators are probing an early morning robbery at the home of City Town Clerk Royston King. It was just after 2:00am today when the armed bandits invaded the home of King and made off with an undisclosed sum of cash. King, in a telephone interview with News Source, said the men were unmasked and entered […]
Just two hours before sunrise on Friday morning two gunmen opened fire on a youth in Albouystown, Georgetown, killing him on the spot. The dead man has been identified as 24-year-old Senassie Lewis of East Ruimveldt, Georgetown. According to reports reaching News Source, Lewis was liming in the vicinity of the Ghetto Flex night spot in […]
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