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Fines for forest fires may rise
Faced with a large number of wild fires, the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources is considering amending the Agriculture Fires Act to increase the fines for setting fires. Minister of State...
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UNC Nominations: Gypsy files for Mayaro
Incumbent Mayaro MP, Winston 'Gypsy' Peters, is the first potential candidate to file nomination papers since the United National Congress began its distribution of nomination papers on Monday....
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UNC Nominations: Panday eyes Kamla's seat
United National Congress (UNC) founder and former Prime Minister Basdeo Panday had a nomination form collected on his behalf shortly after noon Wednesday. Panday was in his office at the Rienzi...
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Husband gunned down as wife runs for help
A Claxton Bay woman narrowly escaped an encounter with a gunman who took the life of her husband yesterday even as she ran for help.Police say Super Industrial Services Ltd (SIS) supervisor Vijay...
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Last Road March for Machel?
Reigning Road March champion Machel Montano has hinted that he could withdraw from the Road March.Montano made the suggestion on Wednesday at the prize-giving ceremony for the two main soca...
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Deputy DPP slams PM for Emailgate claims: No One Cleared
Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Joan Honore-Paul last night slammed Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar for her suggestion that she and her colleagues should be cleared in the Emailgate probe,...
View ArticleBusy period for Auditor General 20,773 overpayment cases found in four years
The leakage of funds from government ministries and departments continues to be a major concern to the Auditor General in the wake of the discovery of over $96.9 million in overpayments related wages...
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Panday eyes Kamla’s seat ‘It’s either that or Couva North’
After a hiatus from the Parliament, UNC founder and former prime minister Basdeo Panday has aspirations to return as the MP for Siparia after the 2015 general election. Panday, rather tongue-in-cheek,...
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Supervisor killed in home invasion
Police are probing the murder of Super Industrial Services Ltd’s (SIS) supervisor Vijay Basdeo who was shot dead yesterday during a home invasion in Claxton Bay. Investigators are yet to rule out...
View ArticleMan dies after fight with relative
Police are investigating the death of a 50-year-old man from Morvant who died after a fight on Tuesday night with a male relative. Investigators said around 6.45 pm Antonio Oliviel, of Cipriani Street,...
View ArticleTewarie: ‘Jesus Christ’ among Chag ‘farmers’
A person carrying the name “Jesus Christ” of no other place of abode was among eight people found to have been using a miniscule percentage of Chaguaramas acreage which they had been claiming to farm,...
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Soca monarchs receive prizes
Carnival 2015 business was neatly tied up yesterday as soca artistes received prizes for the two main soca competitions—the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians (Tuco) Road March competition and the...
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Guardian employee dies after long illness
The Guardian Media Limited family is mourning the passing of employee Anne-Marie Revero who worked with the company for over 30 years.Revero, who died yesterday at her home in Trincity, had been ailing...
View ArticleFive employees held in car dealer’s murder
Less than a month after used car dealer Mark Mohammed was shot dead in front of his wife and seven-year-old son, five of his employees were arrested on Tuesday in connection with the crime. The group...
View ArticleIbrahim to rule on application for recusal
Chairman of the Commission of Enquiry into the Las Alturas housing project at Lady Young Road, Morvant, retired justice Mustapha Ibrahim, is expected to deliver his ruling today on an application by...
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Multiracial APNU+AFC coalition unseats Guyana ruling party
GEORGETOWN—Guyana's multiracial opposition coalition has won the national election.The A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition, led by former army brigadier and...
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Rowley to sue for Facebook claims
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley has demanded Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar immediately remove from her Facebook page statements he describes as libellous. He wants the Prime Minister to...
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Jack wants Rowley suspension revoked
Independent Liberal Party (ILP) leader Jack Warner has filed the same motion in Parliament twice, calling on the House to rescind the suspension of Opposition Leader and MP for Diego Martin West Dr...
View ArticlePM thanks Joan
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday described the harsh public criticism by deputy Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Joan Honore-Paul as “vindication” of her own statements that...
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PM responds to Deputy DPP’s Emailgate statement: I am stressed
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday admitted to becoming stressed out after reading the reports of Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions Joan Honore-Paul criticism of her over the...
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