Finance Minister disagrees with cash handouts to citizens from oil wealth
Teach a man to fish and he can feed himself for a lifetime. Give him one every other day, he will remain dependent.
This maxim...
Hotelier charged with shooting driver during confrontation, gets $1.5M bail
The owner of the Tourist Villa Hotel, Erwin Bacchus, was this afternoon placed before the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts where he was charged with manslaughter and released...
Public Service must be insulated from political interference – Granger tells new Commissioners
Six persons were today sworn-in by President David Granger to serve for a period of three years as members of the Public Service Commission...
President’s failure to engage media is departure from norm, will have backlash – Kit...
Kit Nascimento, a former Information Minister under the People’s National Congress (PNC) administration, has cautioned President David Granger, that his inability to hold scheduled press conferences...
Former Natural Resources Minister wants Exxon Foundation to review initiatives to be funded with...
Former Natural Resources Minister, Robert Persaud, has written to the Exxon Foundation requesting that a review be done on the planned investment areas that...
Sovereignty belongs to the people; they must be part of decision-making process
When it comes to the fair distribution of wealth, Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes believes that the people of Guyana must have a say in the...
27 buses, 14 boats donated so far under President’s “Five Bs” Programme
The “Five Bs” initiative began some three years ago, and since then, President David Granger has donated 27 buses and 14 boats to aid...
Cops take divers to Pomeroon River to recover gun used to kill farmer, 73
Detectives this morning took divers to the Pomeroon River, Essequibo to recover a gun that was used by a 46-year-old woman who fatally shoot...
Russian showed punching local miner in video footage arrested
One of two Russian security guards was arrested Tuesday afternoon after a video of him beating and punching a Guyanese miner at a mining...
Govt, NGO team up to tackle drug misuse among adolescent population
The Government and a non-governmental organisation (NGO) have teamed up this week in a training programme to help tackle drug misuse among the nation’s...
