July 2018

Four men arrested by the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) with an estimated $158 million worth of marijuana have been denied bail. The men are Jason Dhanpat, InderjeetBeepat, Jermain Hikel and TeairreAckeem Cush. They were arraigned…

KFC (Guyana) is contributing to a nationwide initiative against suicide and abuse led by Caribbean Voice, a Non-Government Organisation. The KFC donation will particularly go towards training persons in various communities “to…

The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit (CANU) has arrested four men after a quantity of marijuana was found in a wooden vessel and a taxi at Hope/Nootenzuil Lowlands, East Coast Demerara on Saturday. “During the early morning hours of Saturday…

Police are investigating an accident which occurred Sunday night on the Bee Hive Public Road, East Coast Demerara (ECD) claiming the lives of two persons. Dead are 19-year-old Varsha Khemraj and 37-year-old Satyanand Harripersaud of 97…

The University of Guyana – the country’s premier tertiary institution – failed to mark its name as one of the top universities in Latin America and the Caribbean after it was unable to make the Times Higher Education University Rankings.…

A large sum of money along with a quantity of electronics have been stolen from the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) over the last several days and its President Patrick Yarde suspects that this is a targeted effort to undermine the…

In 2016, Selvon Bruce Whatley Bruce snared a gold and a silver when the championship was held in the Dominican Republic. Now in 2018, he went even better by winning gold in the Masters and Middleweight when the 45th edition of the…

Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Irfan has been called up by the Barbados Tridents for the upcoming Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL), which runs from August 8 to September 16. The 36-year-old will replace fellow left-armer Junaid Khan, who…

A fire, which is believed to have started from a lit stove, has left a 64-year old man dead. Reports are that the man resides at Lot 10 Bissoon Street, Better Hope South, East Coast Demerara (ECD) with his common-law wife, Anita…

A 36-year old labourer is expected to appear in court on Monday for allegedly injuring his reputed wife, her mother and a four-year-old at about 02:00hrs on Saturday. Reports are that Julian Sargeant lives with his reputed wife,…