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A lasting handprint on Guyana’s landscape
Dr Yesu Persaud is a ‘Special Person’ “I love what I do. I like to see people develop themselves and help themselves. This is what life is all about. I am a student of philosophy. Money...
East Bank four-lane highway to extend to Diamond
by Leonard Gildarie As the traffic situation on the East Bank Demerara worsens, Government has announced that it is looking at plans to extend the four-lane highway from Providence to Diamond. In the...
Bicycle taxi taking Wismar by storm
In the trying economic times, people are daily conjuring up creative ideas to earn their livelihood. And 35-year-old Seon Semple, of Christianburg, Wismar, classically fits the mould of enterprising...
Demolition hammer falls on Mon Repos
By Fareeza Haniff Public Works Minister, Robeson Benn, is at it again. This time his hammer has fallen on residents in Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara, more particularly on the business community. It...
PNCR track record with rice industry dismal
…as GRDB says it never attempted to protect farmers The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) yesterday lambasted the Peoples National Congress Reform (PNCR) and to some extent the Alliance for...
Thieves hit New Amsterdam court again
Thieves on Friday for the second time in a week broke and entered the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s court, this time carrying away a laptop computer. According to reports, the staff locked up around...
MRL pays $24M to farmers
Mahaicony Rice Mills Limited (MRL) has finally paid $24 million to farmers in Regions Five and Six. This is according to General Secretary of the Guyana Rice Producers Association (GRPA), Dharamkumar...
Essequibo Night deemed a success
The annual Essequibo Night 2009 event was officially declared open Friday night at the Anna Regina Community Centre Ground, after the ceremonial cutting of the ribbon by Prime Minister, Samuel Hinds....
ERC consults with hinterland women
In an effort to empower women to make informed decisions and to be more involved in community development, the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) is continuing to implement various aspects of its 2009...
Police shoot drug suspect
A 27-year-old Kitty resident is nursing a gunshot wound to his right shoulder, which resulted from his alleged attack on a policeman. The incident occurred around 23:00 hours on Friday when Kevin...
GUYOIL forced to buy fuel from other terminals
For almost one week now the Guyana Oil Company (GUYOIL) has been forced to procure fuel from other companies in order to meet the fuel needs of its customers. This newspaper was informed that GUYOIL...
Fugitive drug dealer terrorising Aranka backdam miners
An Ann’s Grove, East Coast Demerara mining employee is urging the speedy arrest of a drug dealer whom he says is terrorising persons in the Aranka Backdam. Orvin Adams, one of the victims, is...
Reepu Daman Persaud should be disciplined – AFC
“If it was anybody else making such an obviously out-of-line Party statement, he or she would already been hauled up for disciplinary proceedings by the General Secretary of the People’s...
‘Buxton Girl’ sustains second stabbing in two months
Gavin Hersham, 22, of Number One Public Road was stabbed in the left side abdomen on Friday night at 7:15hrs. Last night he was a patient in the Male Surgical Ward at the Georgetown Public Hospital...
Selective participation, parliamentary boycott a disservice to constituents?
By Gary Eleazar One arm of Guyana’s administration is the legislative branch which meets at the Parliament Building. When the President is not in the gathering it is referred to as the National...
Police officers sworn in as Justices of Peace
A number of senior police officers of the Police B Division were recently sworn in as Justices of the Peace in a new move by the administration to give more power to the police in cases of emergency....
LBI planting gang on strike
All does not seem to be going well at the La Bonne Intention Estate (LBI). In less than two weeks, sugar workers are once again engaged in strike action. This time, the workers in the planting gang...
Berbice bandits strike twice in one night
Police in Berbice are being kept busy in the wake of two more robberies on Friday night. In the first robbery attack, two armed bandits attacked an elderly couple in their home at Letter Kenny,...
Legal irregularities frustrate land issue
By Prakash Persaud I wish to express my disappointment with the sordidness being practised by some individuals whom we expect to display some degree of moral standings, but who instead contribute...
Visiting cricket team reaches out to local Orphanage
The Bless the Children Home yesterday received food and toiletries from the United Charges/US Cricket team. The orphanage was dedicated on September 27, last year, and is today the home for 17...
UG trained doctor sees greater opportunities in the USA
By Dale Andrews Dr. Bertrand Orin Harry left Guyana in April 2002 to further his career in medicine. A graduate of the University of Guyana in 2000, Harry felt stagnated at the Georgetown Hospital...
Jagdeo’s nonattendance
Dear Editor, On the 1st October the Hindu community had an historic event which commemorates the opening of the newly renovated Radha Krishna Mandir on Camp Street. The ceremony was officiated by Pt....
Unscrupulous nursing school will not be tolerated – Health Minister
No medical training institution should be allowed to operate unless it is registered and accredited by the Accreditation Board of the Ministry of Education. Minister of Health, Dr Leslie Ramsammy,...
Don’t judge Freddie on a 39-year-old incident
Dear Editor, There have been several learned responses in all of the media on an unflattering allegation relating to your controversial daily columnist, Mr. Freddie Kissoon. I do not think Mr....
THE BLUNT OF THE DAY
Sports
-Milo/Massy U18 Football C/ship Round II Kaieteur Sports- The Petra Organisation wrapped up the second round of the 2025 Milo/Massy Under-18 Boys’ Football Championship yesterday at the Ministry of...
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Development for whom?
Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- The Vice President of Guyana, Bharrat Jagdeo, has declared with great confidence that there... more
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