Month: August 2015

Georgetown : At about 8:35 pm yesterday, two men armed with firearms held up two female cashiers at the Popeye’s Restaurant, Vlissengen Road, Georgetown, and took away a total of…

Georgetown : As the 2015 batch of the Burnham Education Scholarship Trust, (B.E.S.T) awardees received their bursary, they were urged to see education as an entitlement and to grasp at…

Georgetown: The National Assembly has given its approval to Government’s 2015 health spending plan. The measures, approved late last evening includes an total appropriation of  $6.612 billion incurred under the former…

Georgetown : The National Assembly today approved the 2015 expenditure of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC.) The $4.010 billion operating cost includes a current expenditure totaling $3.951 billion and capital…

The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) is urging residents of the Leeward Islands to get ready for Tropical Storm Erika’s passing, as the system is within hours of passing…

Georgetown  : The National Assembly today approved $865.7 million for the Ministry of Tourism. This covers a $685.8 million allocation to the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce, for the…

Georgetown : The police has issued a wanted bulletin for a man for now only known as “Gun Man” for questioning in relation to investigations into the murder of Antonio…

Georgetown : The People's Progressive Party (PPP) this afternoon calls on the David Granger Administration to provide a proper explanation on the inadequate budgetary allocations for the proposed increase in…

Georgetown : This morning at about 1 a.m, taxi driver Haslington Edwards of Diamond, East Bank Demerara, was attacked and robbed of his motor vehicle at North Ruimveldt, Georgetown, by…