While Junior Public Health Minister, Dr. Karen Cummings said her Ministry knows where the gaps are in the public health system her colleague minister, Junior Natural Resources Simona Broomes, was more forthright saying that those who are caught stealing the hospital drugs will find themselves on the wrong side of the law. It was during […]
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UG Staffers dispirited by delayed wage talks, Protest inaction
One day after Vice Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Professor Ivelaw Griffith announced that the university’s Council would be moving to address the issue of staff salaries, staffers of the institution have taken to the protest line to vent their frustration over what they say is a delay in addressing the issue. Backed by […]
UPDATE: Beating granny arrested
The beating granny at Tain Corentyne Berbice was arrested Tuesday afternoon and taken into custody at the Whim police station following media reports of her abusing the 9-year-old child of her late daughter. The motherless girl has been reportedly enduring physical and emotional abuse by the woman who was expected to care for her and […]
Woman discovers body in gutter outside school compound
The body of an unidentified man was Tuesday morning found in a gutter along Woolford Avenue, just opposite the Richard Ishmael Secondary School. The discovery was made by a staff on what happens to be her first day at the institution as an Administrator for Technical and Vocational Education. The woman said she was about […]
No Free Parking: Minister’s suspension of city by-laws null and void
Town clerk Royston King who is in the hot seat regarding the controversial Parking Meter Project said he obtained legal advice on the proposed suspension of the project by the government and the suspension of the City by-laws, by the Minister of Communities Ronald Bulkan. The council’s attorney Roger Yearwood believes, that the order of […]
Taking back Rose Hall Town through divine intervention
Taking back Rose Hall Town, through divine intervention, churches from the community said the focus is to give youths hope and persuade them from a life of crime. The community recently has seen the involvement of several young people involved in high profile murders and robberies that sent shockwaves through the country. During a ‘Prayer […]
Farmer brutally chopped to death by fellow villager
Tragedy struck the community of Moruca early Friday morning after a businessman was chopped to death by a fellow resident. According to reports, the farmer who was identified as Jimmy Ganga was so badly chopped that one of his foot and hand were severed. The man who also goes by the alias ‘Khrishna’ was confronted […]
GTU General Secretary urges the closure of ailing Private Schools
As revelations regarding the finances of private schools are being disclosed, the Guyana Teachers Union General Secretary, Coretta McDonald feels that people are not being fair to the public education system. McDonald is of the opinion that many of the Private Schools should not be operating. She noted that many of those schools do […]
Royston King says suspension of Parking Meter Project is impossible, breach of contract
City Hall and the Ministry of Communities are not on the same page regarding the suspension of the parking meter project. The pressure is piling on City Hall, this time from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, which has stated that permission was not granted for parking meters along roads it controls. This development comes […]
Vigilante assault victims dispute police statement
The two men who were the victims of an alleged vigilante assault are disputing aspects of a statement issued by the Guyana Police Force. Vernon Beckles and Damion Gordon were last weekend beaten by residents of Canal Number 1 Polder after a man accused them of stealing the rearview mirrors on his car. […]