Guyana records 50 reported cases of suicide in six months
Guyana has recorded 50 reported cases of suicide for the period January to June, of this year.
While this figure has caused some concern, it...
$63.5M awarded to rectify collapsed Indian Immigration Monument in Palmyra
Following its collapse more than a year ago, government has awarded two contracts totalling $63.5M for the construction of the supporting structure for the...
Govt.’s Green Paper on Natural Resources Fund takes Guyana back to square one –...
Leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, is not impressed with Government’s Green Paper – “Managing Future Petroleum Revenues and Establishment of Fiscal Rule and...
58 murders recorded in seven months
The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has recorded 58 murders at of the end of July, 31, 2018 with disorderly murders topping the list at...
WPA endorses Prof. Thomas’ call for US$5000 pay out from oil proceeds to poor...
The Working People’s Alliance (WPA), recently endorsed the call made by Professor Clive Thomas to make some of Guyana’s petroleum money directly available to...
Taxes represent more than 90 percent of Govt.’s revenue for first half of 2018
Finance Minister, Winston Jordan proudly told the National Assembly on Thursday that the agriculture, fishing and forestry sectors showed great improvements this year. In...
Green State Development Strategy to be presented to Cabinet next month
The Department of the Environment (DoE) is in the advanced stages of finalising the Green State Development Strategy (GSDS) which will be presented to...
CH&PA begins review of housing application backlog to determine those more in need
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), has begun the sanitisation of the government housing programme’s application backlog. The exercise will help the CHPA...
Taxi driver caught dropping unlicensed gun remanded
Following a high speed chase on Thursday, during which a 38-year-old taxi driver was caught by police ranks dropping a gun as soon as...
Gold declarations fell 19.4% below original projection – Mid-year Report
In the first half of 2018, declared gold production fell to 288,114 ounces, which translates to 19.4 percent below the original projection and 9.1...
