August 13, 2018

The discussion of what to do with the country’s oil revenues should be focused more on developing key social sectors and improving security rather than on a cash handout to citizens, U.S. Ambassador Perry Holloway Monday night suggested.…

A taxi driver attached to the Diamond Cabs Taxi Service was robbed of his car, cell phone, a gold ring valued $56000 and $13000 cash at about 17:00hrs on Monday. News Room understands that 30-year-old Terry Persaud was plying his trade…

(Ministry of Communities)- The Ministry wishes to inform the general public that by way of Order No.27 of 2018 published in the Official Gazette dated 2018.08.09, Mahdia in the Potaro-Siparuni region has been designated a township. The…

Senior national basketball captain Stanton Rose is the beneficiary of a scholarship to attend Jacksonville College in Texas, United States of America. At the recent Caribbean Basketball Championships held in Suriname, Rose was deemed the…

By Avenash Ramzan The benevolence of Kaieteur International Sports Club of Canada was on full display on Monday morning as three local cricket clubs were presented with a set of new and used cricket gear. The presentation ceremony,…

Sixty-seven-old Abdool Jamil was on Monday sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl. The sentence was handed down by Justice Priya Sewnarine-Beharry at the High Court. “My penis dead,” Jamil told the court in his…

A 28-year-old man of South Ruimveldt, Georgetown was on Monday charged with the rape of a 15-year-old girl. Travis John appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and was not required to plea to the charge which was read in camera.…

The Guyana Techers’ Union (GTU) has dispatched letters to schools across the country urging teachers to ignore threats from high offices and proceed with a strike action for better salaries. The GTU took a decision to proceed with the…

Guyanese scholar Yogeeta Persaud, who died suddenly while on a volunteer medical outreach in Peru, was planning to return home to serve in the medical field after completing studies overseas. She would have celebrated her 22nd birthday on…

Police headquarters has been legally advised to charge two foreign nationals, who were caught on video attacking and abusing two Guyanese gold miners on July 28 and August 3, 2018. A statement from the Guyana Police Force on Monday noted…