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Some key players in the local rice industry are sending a strong message to the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) government that the game is over for the 22 – year – old administration with indications that they will encourage other rice farmers and millers to vote for the newly formed opposition coalition when Guyanese […]
The Office of Professional Responsibility has launched an investigation into the death of a West Coast Demerara man who was found lying on the floor in the lock ups at the Parika Police station and later pronounced dead at the Leonora Hospital. The man, 28-year-old Zaharadeen Razan was taken into police custody on Tuesday evening […]
Prime Minister Samuel Hinds has indicated that he has no worries over comments made by the PPP’s General Secretary Clement Rohee who described the Civic component of the of the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) alliance as a “loose arrangement.” The Prime Minister who reportedly headed the civic component since it was added to the PPP […]
The government has announced that it intends to utilize some $166 million dollars to distribute a total of 6000 home solar systems to households in Amerindian communities and other riverain and coastal communities. The announcement comes at a time when the administration is already being accused of seeking to buy the votes of the electorate, particularly […]
The lifeless body of a Barbadian man was found on Tuesday evening in a room at the Hicksville Hotel in Georgetown and investigators suspect that the man may have suffered a heart attack during an escapade with a woman he had checked in with. Police investigators were called to the hotel just after 6:30pm on […]
Local advertising company, Tagman Media is celebrating a win at the Caribbean Advertising Federation’s American Advertising Award 2014. The company which is managed by veteran Broadcaster and Public Relations Consultant Alex Graham, captured the Silver Addy Award for a 60 second television commercial that it produced for Igloo Ice Cream. The advertisement was produced by […]
The Ministry of Health is urging consumers to be on the look out for expired food items. The warning came after a canter truck full of expired food products was seized on Tuesday. It is believed that the products were being taken to be sold to unsuspecting shop owners. The bust was made by the […]
The Government of Guyana and the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) have signed a loan agreement totaling US$32.16M for the strengthening of the environment sector and the Citizen Security Programme. The agreement was signed at the 4th IDB Caribbean Governors’ Regional Meeting which was held in Freeport, The Bahamas, on February 19, 2015. Finance Minister, […]
President Donald Ramotar has announced that the 10th Parliament of Guyana will be dissolved on Saturday February 28, 2015 to clear the way for national elections to be held on May 11. In an Address to the Nation on Tuesday, the President said he has issued the Proclamations that identify 28thFebruary, 2015 as the date of […]
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) on Tuesday defended its recruitment policy and indicated that the body has no intention to budge in the face of criticism from the governing Party. The People’s Progressive Party wants GECOM to publish photographs and names of all of the persons it will be hiring for election day duties so […]
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