April 16, 2019

Former West Indies batting star Ramnaresh Sarwan said he has welcomed the invitation to work with the West Indies team ahead of next month’s Tri-Nations One-day International Series in Ireland and the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 England…

A private citizen has filed an application in the High Court to block the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) from going forward with the house-to-house registration exercise. The application, filed by Bibi Zeenatoun of 317 East Street,…

Natasha Henry, a mother of four, was on Tuesday remanded to prison on a wounding charge after she allegedly stabbed a Policewoman with a broken bottle to the leg. Henry, 23, appeared in court before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel…

There are plans to have a nurse station at the Shaheed’s Girls Orphanage in Oleander Gardens, East Coast Demerara. The orphanage has completed major construction works six months after it was destroyed by fire last October. Raheema…

A Mocha, East Bank Demerara woman, Sophia Kissoonlall is calling for justice after her husband of 22 years was killed in a ‘hit and run’ accident at Providence, East Bank of Demerara (EBD) Monday. Forty-three-year-old Arnold Kissoonlall,…

Passengers at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) are now required to pay an additional US$35 or GY$7,315 (round trip) “to support improvements at the airport.” Previously, the charge was US$25. Departing passengers are…

A 35-year-old Port Kaituma man who spent seven years on remand for a murder committed in 2012, was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment by High Court Judge Justice Navindra Singh Tuesday on the lesser count of manslaughter. Ignatius France…

Two armed bandits in the wee hours of Tuesday tied up and beat a Mibicuri, Black Bush Polder family before they escaped with over $1.5M in cash, cellphones, jewellery and a motorcycle. According to 60-year-old Naziran Hussain, it was…

Police are on the hunt for two gunmen who they say were dressed in "Muslim garb" when they robbed and killed a Money Changer on High Street, Georgetown Tuesday. Police Headquarters revealed that 57-year-old Prince Phillip Alleyne was…

A brazen daylight shooting has left an America Street, Georgetown Money Changer dead after he was shot in the head outside the Ashmin’s Store on High Street. Dead is Phillip Alleyne, 57, of 88 Public Road Grove, East Bank Demerara.…