News Headlines
‘Fine man’ gang eludes Joint Services again
A sting operation in the backlands of the East Coast of Demerara on Monday unearthed another hideout believed to be that of the notorious gang led by wanted man Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins. However, while the security forces managed to recover a number of items, it would appear that the slippery bandits... Full Story
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Stolen vaults recovered from Bartica slaughter
- suspect arrested Diligent enquiries by the Criminal Investigations Department coupled with sound intelligence gathered so far have led to the arrest of another male suspect... Full Story
Psychiatric patient to be charged for hospital fire
- suspect’s mother says son mentally unfit to stand trial “If they charge my son, they have to charge the woman who kill the patient in the Observation Ward. “If they... Full Story
GPF denies claims made by prisoners
- delay of trials compounded by Magistrate’s absence The Guyana Police Force has denied claims made by four capital offence prisoners who had stated that they are denied their... Full Story
GRDB launches probe into mill employee’s death
The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) has launched an investigation into the death of Kenneth Roberts, who died while performing official duties at the Mahaicony Rice Mill Limited. Yesterday,... Full Story
Vlissengen Road pipelines rehabilitated…Water situation to return to normalcy in surrounding areas
Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), Karan Singh, has said that the rehabilitation of the pipelines at Vlissengen Road has finally been completed, after a... Full Story
Beating the radars…Drivers develop ways to beat police checkpoints
Despite the deployment of several radars, sources in the police East Coast Demerara district say that speeding by motorists continues to be one of the major causes of accidents there. Speaking... Full Story
“A Night in India” at Le Meridien Pegasus
The planning committee for the Indian Night Asha Hanif, the Chief Executive Officer of Stars International, in collaboration with Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, will tonight be hosting... Full Story
Carifesta X preparations… Venues almost ready — Minister Anthony
The stage at the National Stadium Despite some earlier setbacks, infrastructural works on the facilities to host Carifesta X are nearing completion. Of the venues to be used... Full Story
Pensioner accuses GPL of trickery
An irate Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) customer, Joy Warde, who is also a pensioner, is under the impression that the power company has tricked her into signing two contracts... Full Story
Features / Columnists
Freddie Kissoon column…A Guyanese nationalist will be honoured today

This afternoon at the Pegasus, the University of Warwick’s... more
Peeping Tom…THE OBSERVATION WARD

I support a call which was made by a letter writer... more
EPA for whose benefit?

By Sir Ronald Sanders On September 2, 2008, some Caribbean... more
My life is full of disappointments

There are some things in life that just wouldn’t... more
CONTINENTAL VOICES: GUYANESE WRITERS ON THE RADIO

By GEMMA ROBINSON Continued from last Sunday . . . Swanzy’s... more
Vampire Around Town (VAT)

Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA Chairman, Vision Guyana INTRODUCTION: As... more
Sports
2008 Cellink Southern Caribbean Squash Championships…Fernandes is lone hope for Guyanese
Nicolette Fernandes Caribbean Women’s Squash queen, Nicolette Fernandes carries Guyana’s lone hope of a top three finish after reaching the semi–finals... Full Story
Solomon to captain G/Town U-17 team
Kevin Ogle Dexter Soloman Ogle grabs 5-21 as trial match ends in draw The Georgetown 14-man... Full Story
LABA Basketball Festival…JETS TAME BULLS, PISTONS FIRE
By Edison Jefford An inconsistent raging bull is tantamount to a toothless poodle! Bulls’ coach Claude... Full Story
Cricket on East Bank Dem. given sponsors boost
20/20 competition to commence shortly With two new sponsors on board, cricket on the East Bank Demerara... Full Story
Ocean View Int. Hotel to sponsor Carifesta 60-mile cycle race
Alonzo Greaves Christopher Holder By Franklin Wilson Come this Sunday, August 24, 2008,... Full Story
Your Letters To Us
- The New Capital can be a low-carbon showpiece
- Mr. Hergash misses the point
- Are these practical ideas or lofty ideals?
- Is military force the best means to defeat terrorist groups?
- Valuable participation at Olympic Games 2008
- Drink responsibly?
- People need a better understanding of Marxism/Leninism
- Listen to the message, ignore the messenger
- Government has no need to hide anything from scrutiny
- I expect people to disagree with commentators
- Honouring our freedom fighters and martyrs
- An opportunity to bring healing to strains in relationship
- Celebrating India’s Independence Day
- What’s playing out at the US Embassy?
- Life in Guyana is a two-sided coin
Editorial
Whither CSME?
Guyana, as one of the founders of the Caribbean Free Trade Area (Carifta) in the sixties, which segued into CARICOM in the seventies and is supposed to end up as the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) by 2015, has expended an extraordinary amount of resources towards the goal of regional integration. However, the news coming fast and furiously out of several capitals of our fellow members of CARICOM, should cause our political leaders to sit up and ask whether we are all reading from the... Full Story
Economic Corner
The “Roop” Economic Corner…The today – need for technology infusion
Peter R. Ramsaroop, MBA INTRODUCTION: Businesses today are more complex than ever. Many different issues and challenges face employees and business owners alike – from catastrophic natural events, to globalization, to the impacts of global terrorism.... Full Story
Rates of Exchange
| Currencies | Buying | Selling |
| US $ | 203.24 | 205.66 |
| CA C$ | 202.76 | 205.09 |
| Pounds £ | 403.07 | 408.07 |
| Euro € | 323.97 | 328.03 |


