December 15, 2017

By Avenash Ramzan Photos: Ackeem Thomas Jeremy Tenpow, Tommi Gore, Raymond Baksh and Haniff Mohamed qualified on pole for their respective category on Friday evening when the first set of qualifying was held for Saturday’s highly…

Opposition Leader and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo Friday said he is prepared to go to the court to force the Government to deposit the US$18M signing bonus it received from ExxonMobil into the…

By Avenash Ramzan Widely regarded as the Caribbean’s number one karter, Jamaican Collin Daley Jr. is set to light up the GT Motorsports track on Saturday (December 16) when he competes for the first time in the season-ending Georgetown…

Police are on the hunt for two armed men, who attacked and robbed the Soesdyke Post Office, East Bank Demerara on Friday, December 15, 2017. News Room understands that the Post Mistress, 52-year-old Grace Gibson was sitting alone inside…

A taxi driver of 92 Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara, was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Public Hospital, shortly after he complained of feeling unwell on Friday, December 15, 2017. The police said Gloyd Montrose, 39, was operating…

President David Granger has maintained that his government did not commit a “crime” by setting up a special foreign currency account to receive the US$18 million ExxonMobil signing bonus, adding that the account was set up to “insulate” the…

Speaker of the National Assembly, Dr Barton Scotland Friday dismissed a People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) – sponsored motion to have the 2018 Budget amended to incorporate the US$18M the Government received from ExxonMobil. In…

President David Granger Friday said that that the government would ensure that the thousands of sugars being sent home at the end of the year get their severance pay. “As far as retrenchment benefits or the termination benefits are…

Senior Officers of the Police Force's 'A' Division were reprimanded and admonished for having Policemen seated at the press table in the Parliamentary Chamber Wednesday. This is according to Police Commissioner (ag) David Ramnarine.…

Police Commissioner (acting) David Ramnarine Friday said that the Police presence in the Parliamentary Chambers to evict Parliamentarian, Juan Edghill “ought not to have occurred” but said “it did” and that important lessons have been…