March 2018

A 73-year-old pedal cyclist of Lima Sands, Essequibo Coast was on Thursday killed after he was struck down by a speeding motor car. A police report stated that at about 14:00hrs on Thursday, motorcar - PVV 8733 - driven by a 30-year-old…

(New York Times) Nearly all applicants for a visa to enter the United States — an estimated 14.7 million people a year — will be asked to submit their social-media usernames for the past five years, under proposed rules that the State…

Two men have been taken into custody at Weldaad Village, West Coast of Berbice after they were found to be in the possession of a quantity of leaves, seeds and stems suspected to be marijuana. News Room was told that acting on…

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a serious accident which occurred on the Zeeburg Public Road, West Coast of Demerara. News Room understands that two cars collided head-on at around12:00hrs today in the vicinity of…

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon says that the Ministry of Agriculture is working closely with the authorities in the United States to reverse the ban imposed on the export of Catfish to the US market. The Government spokesman told a…

Effective April 1, 2018, Cuban citizens requesting immigrant visas to the United States will be required to visit the US Embassy in Georgetown, Guyana. According to a statement from the US State Department, “we will begin transferring…

A Campbellville Housing Scheme resident was on Thursday remanded to prison for trafficking cannabis. Udok Anthony Nedd appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and denied that on March 24, 2018, at Lot…

Guyana’s high unemployment rate was a hot topic at the Annual General Meeting of the Georgetown Chambers of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Thursday and Minister of State Joseph Harmon reminded that it is the private sector that has the…

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has confirmed the 13-member Windies squad for the imminent tour of Pakistan, which features three Twenty20 Internationals on April 1, 2 and 3 in Karachi. The squad, to be led by Trinidad and Tobago batsman,…

Prominent Attorney, Nigel Hughes is fuming about the comments made by Commissioner of Police (ag), David Ramnarine, who discredited the allegations made by an eyewitness to the March 15 shooting death of three suspected bandits by ranks of…