Daily Archives: March 27, 2017
PPP calls on Gov’t to reverse ban on used tyres
The ban on the importation of used tyres will take effect from April 01, 2017. The Peoples Progressive Party (PPP)...
Dover ‘keeping cards close to his chest’
By Avenash Ramzan It’s all about being smart and not giving out much information. That seems to be the mantra...
Partial privatization in sugar industry and other standards are steps to improving the economy-Jordan
The Government, Finance Minister Winston Jordan recently disclosed has been doing some work in the ailing sugar sector. He revealed...
‘Top Gun’, Braithwaite top GNRA Smallbore .22 Precision Shoot
Seasoned campaigner Harold ‘Top Gun’ Hopkinson and Jamaine Braithwaite emerged as the best senior and junior shooters respectively when the...
CH&PA hosts planning forum to address critical planning deficiencies; squatting still a major hurdle
By Stacy Carmichael-James The Central Housing and Planning Authority this morning opened its two-day National Planning Forum with one of...
Venezuelan President Asks UN for Help with Medical Supplies
CARACAS, Venezuela, Monday, March 27, 2017 – In an unusual acknowledgement of his country’s desperate situation, President Nicolas Maduro has asked...
One killed, driver on the run following Corentyne accident
A Corentyne family plunged into a state of mourning after a young welder was killed during an accident on the...
Government pledges to guard against “sleaze and malfeasance” as Oil and Gas Conference opens
The Government of Guyana says it is uncompromising when it comes to avoiding “sleaze and malfeasance in public office,” concerning...
Guyana’s transgender activists fight archaic law
(BBC) As a transgender woman living in Guyana, Petronella Trotman has grown accustomed to violence and daily abuse on the...
Food and Drug Department monitoring imports from Brazil amidst meat scandal
Following allegations of Brazilian companies selling unsafe produce for years and the subsequent banning of these products by several countries,...
Story of a horrific life, no woman should endure
By Leroy Smith Bibi Nazarena Houston, 24 years old of East Bank Essequibo (E.B.E) is now childless, has one arm,...
GTT trying to deflect from issues resulting from onset of liberalisation- Digicel
Digicel Guyana on Sunday evening (March 26, 2017) responded to allegations made by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT)...
