Government should turn to PPP manifesto for plan to fix sugar industry -Dr. Roger Luncheon

As the opposition People’s Progressive Party, prepares to reject the Government’s White Paper on the future of the sugar industry, former Cabinet Secretary and PPP Executive, Dr. Roger Luncheon believes the government should refer to the Party’s 2015 manifesto, if it is serious about salvaging the industry. The Government intends to lay the document and […]

Guyanese 2017 CARIFTA athletes to get University Scholarships

Director of Sport, Christopher Jones, on Friday evening  announced that the 12-member team that attended the CARIFITA  Games in Curacao last weekend will all be awarded full scholarships to the University of Guyana, compliments of  the National Sports Commission.  The announcement  came on the heels of Jones advocating for  more student/athletes scholarships to those  remain […]

Ed Ahmad sentenced to 2 years in jail over US mortgage fraud

A Guyanese born,  Queens businessman who hoped he could skip prison for helping bring down a powerful politician did not get what he wanted. Instead, Brooklyn Federal Judge Dora Irizarry sentenced cooperator Edul Ahmad to two years behind bars Friday for running a mortgage fraud scam. Ahmad was an asset in the feds’ case against […]

Businessman charged for issuing forged cheque to hardware store

53-year-old businessman, Jerome Singh, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today and was placed on $75,000 bail after he was charged for issuing a forged cheque at a local Hardware store. The Prosecution’s case states that on the 21st October, 2011 at Toolsie Persaud Limited, the accused presented the cashier with a cheque knowing it […]