January 29, 2019

- Police are searching for clues in connection with the suspected kidnapping of five fishermen and a teenager by men believed to be Venezuelan pirates, who are demanding US$200,000 by this Friday for their release. A picture of the…

Ranks of the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) acted on a tip and swooped down at Lot 82 St Stephens, Charlestown, Georgetown where they intercepted large quantities of what is suspected to be marijuana and cocaine. A couple has been…

A young man who sustained serious head injuries while in Police custody at the Sparendaam Police locks-ups died at the Georgetown Public Hospital on Monday night. Dead is Kallicharran Sawack of LBI, East Coast Demerara and the Police are…

Head Coach of the senior National Men’s Basketball team, Junior Hercules, has outlined a programme of preparation ahead of the trip to Colombia for the FIBA AmeriCup qualifiers. Apart from having trials on February 9-10, Hercules, who is…

Akelo Nurse, 18, of Independence Boulevard, La Penitence, appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus Tuesday, charged with the illegal possession of a .45 pistol, which he allegedly had on January 25, 2019 at Charlestown, Georgetown.…

Parents turned up at the Mon Repos Primary school on the East Coast of Demerara Tuesday morning to drop off their children only to be stopped at the gate and told that they are not allowed entry into the compound. The Security Guard was…

The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) and FloSports, the innovator in live digital sports and original content, have announced a partnership that will provide FloSports with exclusive…

Police are on the hunt for driver of motorcycle CJ 5283, who abandoned his Honda cycle and fled the scene of a fatal accident Monday on the Nismes Public Road, West Bank Demerara. Police Headquarters said the motorcyclist who was…

A 23-year-old Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara resident appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus, charged with the illegal possession of counterfeit $5,000 notes. Alston Pierce, a Technician, pleaded not guilty to the…

By Fareeza Haniff The Ministry of Public Health has solicited the assistance of the Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) into the investigation of the deaths of three cancer patients who died under mysterious circumstances after…