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Parliament must take its role seriously in monitoring Natural Resource Fund – Economist
By Kiana Wilburg Independent oversight for a nation’s Natural Resource Fund (NRF) can take different forms. But one of the most critical ones is a country’s Parliament. This is according to...
Close loopholes to prevent risky investments with oil cash – NRGI Report
By Kiana Wilburg Guyana’s Green Paper on the establishment of the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) presents a few good points on how oil moneys are to be used to invest in certain assets. But there is a...
Independent legal advice should have been sought on no-confidence motion against Town Clerk – COI Chairman tells Mayor
Retired Justice Cecil Kennard is adamant that Mayor Patricia Chase-Green should have sought independent legal advice on the no-confidence motion brought against Town Clerk of the Georgetown...
Contractor ordered to redo Health Centre foundation
Work on the Supply Health Centre, on the East Bank of Demerara, is now in jeopardy after a decision was taken that the contractor must redo the foundation. The project was halted by Region Four’s...
City Hall should ditch contractors, do waste disposal work itself – Solid Waste Director
“Be rid of contractors and do the work ourselves.” This was the suggestion of Solid Waste Management Director of the Mayor and City Council, Walter Narine, after being asked what his suggestions...
Min. Lawrence faces pressure to disclose cost to taxpayers for ministerial medical bills
Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence was yesterday grilled to provide the National Assembly with the cost of medical and dental bills for Cabinet members. People’s Progressive Party (PPP)...
Govt. will not have full access to US$300M earnings from first oil for development – Finance Minister
Minister of Finance Winston Jordan said yesterday that due to fiscal rules, which will be established when Guyana enacts the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) legislation; the full projected earnings from...
Dat Guyana/China MOU could lef you wid you pants down
China has been enticing countries by throwing money in dem face. Everybody know China got two face, one fuh inside and one fuh outside. Inside, if dem find you involved in corruption, dem mek you...
C/ville man charged for discharging firearm outside Palm Court
A man who recently discharged a firearm outside Palm Court after his brother was involved in an altercation with a disabled man, was yesterday charged and released on bail for the offence....
Guyana heightens polio surveillance after isolated case confirmed in Venezuela
Guyana is currently one percent shy of achieving the recommended vaccination coverage needed to ward off the re-emergent of polio. Based on PAHO/WHO statistics, Guyana, and three other territories...
Mayor rejects accusation by Bourda fruit vendor of victimisation
Mayor Patricia Chase-Green has denied an allegation of victimising vendors brought against her at the Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the operations of City Hall. The Mayor faced specific questions...
Man’s skeletal remains found in Diamond backlands
The skeletal remains of a yet to be identified male was found on Tuesday around 13:00 hours in the Diamond, East Bank Demerara backlands, by an individual traversing the area. Police in a statement...
Shooting death at Subryanville hotel… Police Corporal tendered caution statement, PM report
One day after Special Prosecutor Attorney-at-Law Dexter Todd disclosed that he is having difficulties getting two civilians, who are witnesses in the Preliminary Inquiry (PI) into the murder of Jason...
Tourism Awareness Month 2018 launched
The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) in collaboration with Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) and the Ministry of Business yesterday launched the annual Tourism Awareness Month....
Bisram’s Habeas Corpus petition denied in US court
A Federal Judge of the United States District Court in Brooklyn, on Tuesday denied a Habeas Corpus petition by United States-based Guyanese, Marcus Bisram, who has been fighting extradition to...
Procedural errors lead to mistrial for ‘Cobra’
Procedural errors have led to the second trial of Tyrone Rowe, also known as ‘Cobra’, being declared a mistrial by Justice Sandil Kissoon yesterday. The declaration came less than 24 hours...
City Hall owes NIS $206M
The Mayor and City Council has racked up over 206M in debt to the National Insurance Scheme. Louise Bryan, Debt Recovery Manager of the National Insurance Scheme, testified yesterday at the...
First Children’s Court commissioned
With the recent passing of the Juvenile Justice Act, the first Children’s Court was yesterday commissioned in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts. Delivering the feature address at the...
Over 1,000 journalists slain in last 12 years – UN Info Centre
On average, a journalist was killed every four days, over the past 12 years for reporting the news and bringing information to the public on trafficking, political wrongdoing and human right...
GMRSC Ignite Team Wreckers on pole to clinch starlet cup title
Team Wreckers, who have won the Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club (GMR&SC) Endurance Cup for the past four consecutive years, are looking to add the Starlet Cup title into their trophy cabinet...
Reliance Hustlers, Imam Bacchus SC through to final four
Reliance Hustlers and Imam Bacchus Sports Club have secured their places in the semi finals of the Central Essequibo Cricket Committee T20 competition following victories in their latest preliminary...
Fifth suspect held in Kwakwani midwife murder
A fifth suspect has been detained for the murder of midwife Paulette Wade. Wade, who worked at the Kwakwani Hospital, was found dead in her Kwakwani Park, Region 10 home, last Saturday around 06:30...
Region One Inter Zone Athletics C/Ships commences
The Region one annual Inter-zone Athletics championships commenced on Tuesday last at Jungle Recreational ground, Mabaruma. Watched by a sizeable crowd, the events got underway with the boys and...
National Assembly hears first reading of Nurses and Midwives Bill
Nurses and midwives who fail to renew their expired licences within a period of three months will be subjected to a fine. This is according to a clause etched into the Nurses and Midwives Bill 2018,...
‘Shoelace’ murder trial underway
A 12-member mixed jury was empanelled on Tuesday to consider the evidence in the trial of Phillip Paul who is accused of the December 2012 murder of Kamal Ramsahoye. The trial is presently underway...
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Sports
Kaieteur Sports- As previously scheduled, the highly anticipated semifinal matchups in the 11th edition of the Milo/Massy Secondary Schools Under-18 Football Championship have been postponed due to...
Features/Columnists
A Different Silence
Peeping Tom… Kaieteur News- Good Friday in Guyana is not what it used to be. The day has lost its hush. There was a... more
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