Two former government ministers have been appointed to the board of directors of the Caricom General Insurance Com-pany Inc, the former Guyana Fire, Life and General Insurance Com-pany (GuyFlag) Inc.
President Bharrat Jagdeo is pleased that the recommendations of two studies commissioned during Guyana’s chairmanship of the Rio Group have been accepted by the group and there are plans to deal with their implementation.
Ernest Brassington, one of the architects behind the Guyana National Service, died at the Georgetown Public Hospital yesterday an hour after a minibus struck him down.
A policeman patrolling Regent Street caused quite a commotion yesterday when he accidentally shot himself in the hip.
Trinidadian Prime Minister Patrick Manning believes that the energy requirements of the region can be supplied by Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela together.
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) urges a re-dedication of all Guyanese to uprooting evils of crime and corruption and other evils that still persist to Guyanese, in particular the Hindu community on the occasion of Phagwah.
A 29-year-old driver accused of stealing a quantity of items worth over $200,000 was released on bail when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
A young man who allegedly robbed another man at gunpoint of his Motorola V3 Razr cellular phone and was found with the weapon and ammunition was on Wednesday refused bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.
It’s official: Guyana’s senior national male and female basketball teams will be returning to the Caribbean Basketball Confederation (CBC) championships scheduled for Puerto Rico in August of this year.
Wednesday evening at the Toucan Industries Inc. Mash junior squash tournament turned out to be a night of five-setters.
A second test run for the Providence Stadium is being considered.
The curtains came down Thursday night when national badminton player Candyss Odle Speirs and president of the Guyana Badminton Association (GBA) Gokarn Ramdhani won the women’s and men’s Open singles trophy respectively at the Cliff Anderson Sports hall.
Demerara ended the first day of the Castrol inter-county under-15 two-day cricket competition in a comfortable position after routing Essequibo for a paltry score at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC) ground, yesterday.
Mortimer Stewart, Banks DIH Sales and Marketing representative, yesterday pledged the company’s continued assistance to the `I’ Movement Group promoters of tomorrow’s ‘Rasta’ versus ‘Baldhead’ football clash.
In a statement to the United Nations on October 9 last year, following an in-depth study conducted on all forms of violence against women, UN Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs Mr Jos
A man who allegedly caused the death of his best friend early yesterday morning when he drove his pickup dangerously was placed on $100,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan.
A third woman was yesterday charged for her alleged involvement in the CLICO insurance company fraud and she was granted $150,000 bail by Acting Chief Magistrate Cecil Sullivan at the George-town Magistrate’s Court.
A man who took gasoline without paying for it was fined $25,000 with the alternative of three months imprisonment when he appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
In observance of Mashramani 2007 the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport will kick off a one-day knockout seven-a-side football tournament today at the Carifesta Sports Complex Ground from 10am.
The final and third place play-off in the Guyana Football Federation/Pepsi inter-association under-17 football tournament will be played today at the GFC ground.
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