March 20, 2019

By Avenash Ramzan The region’s most capped Test batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has thrown his support behind the incumbent Dave Cameron ahead of Sunday’s vote in Jamaica. The 44-year-old former West Indies captain, who appeared in 164…

Dwayne Hamilton, 28, was on Wednesday found guilty by a High Court jury of raping a 4-year-old on February 21, 2007. The trial was heard before Justice Jo-Ann Barlow in the Sexual Offences Court of the High Court. Hamilton was…

The Government is currently seeking accommodation for 66 Venezuelans who travelled to Georgetown in the early hours of Wednesday. Minister of Citizenship, Winston Felix in a video statement released by the Ministry Presidency disclosed…

Residents of various communities on the East Coast of Demerara experienced approximately twelve hours of blackout on Wednesday after a fire at Sophia Dam, Greater Georgetown damaged a Guyana Power and Light pole. According to GPL, due to…

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Wednesday declared that the Opposition will not bow to “fallacies” of the Government regarding house to house registration, saying without it elections can be held in a matter of months. Jagdeo also…

After over a month of striking and protesting, an agreement between the Russian bauxite company RUSAL and the Bauxite Workers Union was signed Wednesday and all 61 workers who were dismissed and 30 who were laid off, have been reinstated.…

The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Wednesday received 200 food hampers and hygiene kits which they have to donate to Venezuelan migrants in Regions One and Seven. Odetta Giddings, CDC Administrative Manager (ag), said this is the…

An agreement between the Russian bauxite company RUSAL and the Bauxite Workers Union is imminent, Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman has indicated, urging patience as the deal is hammered out. “I can’t say a few hours or a few…

West Indies captain Stafanie Taylor struck a masterful century to overshadow a Shemaine Campbelle hundred in Round Two of the Colonial Medical Insurance Women’s Super50 at the Everest ground, Camp Road. Taylor’s knock for Jamaica ensured…