May 28, 2019

Shivnarine Chanderpaul has debunked claims in an online article, which reported he died on Tuesday morning following a vehicular accident “at the Toronto Mall” Monday night. The article, titled ‘Man knocked down by vehicle in Toronto…

Following the capture of a Jaguar –Guyana’s national animal - by residents of Lima Sands, Essequibo last week, the Guyana Wildlife Conservation and Management Commission (GWCMC) has reminded that such practice is illegal. The animal was…

A Bartica man was remanded to prison on Tuesday by Chief Magistrate (ag0 Sherdel Isccas-Marcus for allegedly trafficking cocaine and cannabis. Errol Grenion, 50, of Four Miles, Bartica pleaded not guilty to the charge which alleged that…

A 37-year-old miner appeared before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isccas-Marcus charged with the murder of his friend Erick Nurse called ‘Black-Boy.’ Lexroy Garraway known as ‘Bam-Bam’ of Enterprise, Lower Pomeroon, was not required to…

A 45-year-old sluice attendant is in a stable condition at the Suddie Hospital after he was shot to the left hand by two armed men who broke into his Onderneeming Sand Pitt, Essequibo Coast home Monday night. Police said that Vickram…

The Mayor and City Council (M&CC) in a statement Tuesday announced that  “a majority decision was made to cancel the contractual arrangement with Dartmouth skip rental which was placed at Bourda market.” Darmouth Skip Rental was paid…

A new Combatting of Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Act to better fight against TIP in Guyana has been drafted and will be put forward to legislators for consideration shortly. Coordinator of the Counter Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) Unit,…

By Akeem Greene ‘No pain, no gain.’ It’s a popular idiom in sport, and its meaning is aptly demonstrated by the superlative success of Guyana’s Table Tennis superstar, Chelsea Edghill. Balancing the hectic life of school, travel…

The highly favoured Sparta Boss and the menacing West Front Road have been booted from the Corona Futsal tournament following quarter-final action on Monday evening at the National Gymnasium. Former champions Sparta Boss and Tiger Bay…

By Bibi Khatoon Businessmen and women in Region One (Barima Waini) are being forced to pay between $8,000 and $15,000 for five gallons of fuel as a result of a shortage of the commodity. The shortage has led to an increase in land and…