Guyana Times

Indian Arrival Day is a special day for Indians in this country. As Ryhaan Shah reminded us, it was the determined efforts of members of ROAR and GIHA who lobbied a reluctant government to set aside a special day in recognition for Indians and to pay tribute to their contributions to the development of Guyana. There were many opponents...

... investing significantly in independence celebration – CCO With the golden jubilee anniversary activities already on the roll, GTT once again has indicated its support, this time with the hosting of its Independence Mega Concert slated for May 26 at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, East Bank Demerara. During a briefing of the event on Tuesday, the company announced the...

By Kizzy Coleman A homeless man was tragically killed on Tuesday afternoon when he was crushed to death by a container truck at Sheriff and Garnett Streets. The dead man, who was said to be in his late 30s, has been identified only as Michael, also called “Jail Boy” of Tiger Bay, Georgetown. According to reports, around 15:00h, the man was...

...for the plebes Scott Fitzgerald supposedly confided to Ernest Hemingway that the rich are different from the poor. To which the paragon of brevity retorted, “Yes...they have more money!” Well, the biggest revelation from the Panama Papers is the rich don’t only have more money – they get to keep it by making the rules. While you and I...

– gun, ammo found Police in the Mazaruni have arrested two armed bandits who on Sunday evening robbed a gold miner of a large quantity of raw gold after they brutally chopped him about his body. Police said that the men were arrested Monday evening. The Police said Neil Jordan, 42, a miner of Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), was at...

Government is collaborating with the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) to revise the Food Based Dietary Guidelines for Guyana. The objectives of the two-day workshop which commenced on Tuesday at the Cara Lodge Hotel in Georgetown, are to preserve the health and nutrition situation of Guyana; present the findings from the evaluation of the existing...

We are living in a globalised age, where the world’s knowledge and scientific prowess to quantitatively determine the economic and societal goods for mankind’s benefit have accelerated tremendously. It is against that backdrop that various nations and States have taken a structured and economic approach in dealing with social issues. Smoking is one such issue. Smoking of tobacco (cigarettes)...

Businesswoman, sons' murder case BY KIZZY COLEMAN The alleged killer, who over the weekend confessed to murdering an Anna Catherina businesswoman and her two young sons in 2012, was on Tuesday remanded when he appeared at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court on the West Coast Demerara (WCD). Abishai Caesar, 31, of Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) was slapped with three...

Satiricus was never surprised by the mud thrown at his favourite politician, Nagga Man. That came with the territory, Satiricus figured. For a fellow like himself without much wattage upstairs, folks just assumed he didn’t know what he was doing and didn’t even bother to comment. But with a brain-box like Nagga Man, they were always imputing negative...

APNU/AFC has a huge propensity to distort the truth and simply lie in order to confuse and distract the Guyanese people. It has made such a colossal mess of the social and economic conditions in the country that it feels compelled to divert people’s attention away from the corruption, incompetence and clueless path on which it has taken...