News

In a few months, it will be two years since the news first broke about the two sugar workers who had gone missing.

A fire believed to have started in a pile of garbage yesterday afternoon razed a Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara variety store and severely damaged a neighbouring home leaving millions of dollars in damage.

Dear Editor, Mr. Dennis Wiggins’s letter captioned “The results of the 2006 elections show that tremendous voter dissatisfaction exists, the PPP/C is not invincible” (07.03.05) reinforces the disconnect in analyses vis a vis realities on the ground.

Dear Editor, The insults of Dr.Tara Singh that have been hurled at Brother Eusi Kwayana should be unreservedly withdrawn.(See”

Dear Editor, Lisa Scott ends her letter captioned, “Let an Office of Transparency International be set up here”, with the thought “As many modern day politicians have found, it is almost impossible to hide resources acquired through corruption today.

Dear Editor, I applaud Jerome Khan for being objective, fair and balanced in his letter supportive of Shri Prakash Gossai’s appointment as special assistant to President Jagdeo captioned “Mr Kwayana’s criticism of Pandit Gossai is spiteful” (07.03.07).

Dear Editor, The foundation of any aspect of social nation building is naturally supposed to revolve around the historical customs and practices of the group/s involved.

Dear Editor, As an Alumni and former Board Member of Anna Regina Secondary School I am appalled to learn that the school board is non-functioning.

Dear Editor, Reaping of paddy in Region 2 has started and the best price being offered for a bag of paddy is $1,600.Over

Dear Editor, Mr. Vijay Singh’s letter captioned “Many have had bad experiences with the NIS” (07.02.24) gives a spate of inaccuracies including his calling Guyana “the lost backwater at the bottom of the poverty index.”

Dear Editor, As the world celebrated the International Day of Women, in Guyana violence continues to be committed on women and girls with impunity.

Chattergoon to lead U15s Berbice under-15 skipper Harrinarine Chattergoon was yesterday named captain of the Guyana under-15 team which is scheduled to compete in the regional competition in Trinidad and Tobago from April 3-10.

Former Guyana U-19 batsman Ramnarine Chattergoon registered the highest score in the latest round of the Berbice Zone of the Neal and Massy limited-overs cricket competition when he slammed 141 to lead national defending champions Albion Community Centre to a 181-run win over Skeldon Community Centre on Saturday at Albion.

Rice farmers in the Mahaicony Creek say the prolonged dry weather has caused them to incur extra expense to pump water into their rice fields as they try desperately to save their crops.

Strike action at two sugar estates has prompted intervention by Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir who has summoned a meeting for today with the union representing the workers and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) management.

Barama Company Limited is gearing up for value-added timber processing with the establishment of a US$6 million sister company to focus on downstream production of wood-based products including furniture and houses for the local and overseas markets.

Several persons will face prosecution following a $70M bust by Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) personnel of a large quantity of smuggled liquor believed to be for “high-ranking” businessmen.

Two men, one of whom was armed with a gun, on Saturday afternoon attempted to rob a business at Industrial Site Ruimveldt, Georgetown.

Police in Mahaica are investigating the murder of a farmer who was shot and then set afire on Thursday afternoon allegedly by a man with whom he had a land dispute.

President’s College on Wednesday afternoon won the Annual Inter-Secondary School Impromptu Speech Competition finals held at the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Recreational Centre in Bel Air Park.