Guyana Times

Can you talk about something if there isn't a name for "the thing"? Look at the term "photo-op", which came into use in the Nixon White House. Before then, politicians certainly weren't bashful to position themselves with "power people" - to be photographed for the papers and the message they were well connected. You just have to look...

-suspect on the run Police in Linden are investigating the circumstances surrounding a shooting incident at Linden, which occurred in wee hours of Sunday morning, leaving two people seriously injured and the perpetuator on the run. Injured are Simone Croal, 41, of lot 604 Half Mile, Wismar and her cousin Sherwin “Cuttie” Hughes. Reports indicate that the two were shot...

The aftermath of the inclement weather has left countless already deplorable roads across the Linden community in an even more deplorable state, with Regional Chairman Renis Morian blaming the lack of remedial work on the rain. As is evident, numerous roads have been destroyed due to erosion and exhausting potholes have become even larger. Residents have voiced concerns over the...

The Ministry of the Presidency is being repainted green – the colour symbolic of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) arm of the coalition Government. The building, located on Shiv Chanderpaul Drive in Georgetown, is currently barricaded with plywood boards as rehabilitation works are being undertaken. Earlier last year, People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Executive Member and Parliamentarian Priya Manickchand...

With hundreds of millions owed to the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL), the State’s holding company has hired special lawyers to “aggressively” go after its debtors. Only a few days ago, Finance Minister Winston Jordan, in an interview with another media entity said “there is nothing to hide at NICIL, beyond the fact that they are not...

Farmer’s brutal choppin By Davina Ramdass Months after 22-year-old Vashti Mahase was brutally chopped by her ex-lover, who attempted to kill her when she tried to end the relationship, the man has been released on bail as evidence was reportedly destroyed. In an interview with this publication earlier this week, the young lady’s mother, Zorina Mahase, of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara,...