A man whose pit bulls allegedly mauled a businessman early Monday morning while he was out jogging at Well Road, North Ruimveldt leaving him with multiple injuries was yesterday placed on self-bail by Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys.
A carpenter of 130 First Street, Craig, East Bank Demerara fell to his death yesterday afternoon while doing work at a house in the Diamond New Housing Scheme.
The family of Rashley Prass who the police said was killed in a shoot-out in the Canje Creek on Wednesday are still pressing for answers on his death.
Some 150 employees of the Demerara Timbers Limited (DTL) location in Mabura downed tools yesterday over wages, bringing operations in the area almost to a standstill, sources told Stabroek News.
Orders came from Office of the President (OP) staffer Kwame McKoy for the placement of the controversial billboards on the maritime tribunal award, the company paid to do the signs confirmed to Stabroek News yesterday.
The Forest Products Association (FPA) is charging the government with displaying a recent tendency to act unilaterally on forestry issues and reacting to attacks on the sector by imposing “wholly impractical restrictions and regulations.”
A small increase was instituted by the National Milling Company of Guyana (NAMILCO) in the price of packaged flour on Tuesday and the 45 kg bag of flour on Monday.
The recent killing of two MMC security guards, Rodwell Clarke and Warren Hutson, has been condemned by the People’s National Congress Reform and the party described the attack as yet another senseless killing by criminal elements.
Inmates at the Lusignan Prison who are suffering from infectious diseases particularly HIV, will now be housed apart from the prison population to facilitate their treatment.
Even when interest-free loans are available, many local businesses would be unable to meet the stringent criteria for accessing them, as a few entrepreneurs found out when they attended a seminar hosted by the interest-free facility Caricom Trade and Support (CTS) Programme of Trinidad and Tobago (T&T).
Richard Winter, one of the most gifted leather crafters in the country, grew up believing that his ability to transform leather into quality footwear and handbags would get him somewhere.
The body of an unidentified woman was yesterday morning discovered in a trench, a stone’s throw from the East La Penitence Police Station.
Work has started on the defective water pump which had halted the potable water supply at President’s College, causing students to stage a protest on Thursday.
A food shortage at the Annai Secondary School which resulted in students at the dormitory only receiving one meal last Wednesday has been addressed, Region Nine Chairman Clarindo Lucas said yesterday.
Following complaints from farmers about the inaccurate weighing of their paddy by the Mahaicony Rice Mills, its licence has been suspended.
Digicel’s first outing and partnership with GuyExpo was successful, Chief Executive Officer Mark Linehan said in a press release.
Magistrate Gordon Gilhuys yesterday ruled in favour of the attorneys representing murder accused beauty queen Carolan Lynch in deciding not to have a statement tendered into evidence at her preliminary inquiry.
A teenaged maid who allegedly stabbed her employer in the abdomen with a knife after an argument over a dirty plate was yesterday remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Melissa Robertson-Ogle.
Kicking off the reform of sex offences laws, Human Services Minister Priya Manickchand yesterday said the system is failing victims of sexual violence because the laws in the country are archaic.
Some 10,081 patients were treated by medical personnel from the USNS Comfort and US$20,000 worth of medical equipment and supplies was donated to persons and institutions during a week of humanitarian service here.
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