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Berbice man reportedly commits suicide
By Royan Abrams
As Guyanese prepare to usher in the new year, a Reliance, East Canje Berbice family have been plunged into a state of...
GDF announces promotions
- In accordance with Part III Section 16 of the Defence Act 15:01 of 1977, the Chief of Staff Brigadier Patrick West is...
CARICOM moves to create world’s first Climate Resilient Region
Incoming Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Jovenel Moïse, President of the Republic of Haiti, in his New Year message, has noted that in...
Caribbean sugar is close to a sticky end
- A century and a half after slavery ended, the plantations are closing. In its 18th-century heyday cane grown in the Caribbean and cut...
SWAT Commander escapes from police custody
By Leroy Smith
Hours after he was detained and placed under close arrest for a quantity of smuggled whiskey, Deputy Superintendent and Commander of the...
SWAT Commander busted with smuggled alcohol
By Leroy Smith
Deputy Superintendent of Police and Head of the Special Weapons and Tactic Unit (SWAT) Motie Dookie was Saturday evening busted with thirty...
Man jumps to death from Diamond Overpass
The newly constructed overpass at Diamond, East Bank Demerara (EBD) has seen its first case of a suspected suicide on Saturday, December 30, 2017,...
Flood-hit Albouystown gets aid
Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon and a team of representatives from the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), the Mayor and City Council (MCC) of...
Lack of proper facility a challenge for CAC hockey teams training
By Avenash Ramzan
The lack of a proper training facility has been identified as a major challenge for the male and female national teams...
Enmore Association of New York spreads holiday merriment
For the 16th year in succession, the Enmore Association of New York (EANY) feted hundreds of children and elderly folks to a grand Christmas...