January 7, 2020

The ProFuturo digital and interactive Information and Communication Technology (ICT) programme was launched in Region One on Monday. The programme will allow primary level students to access digital content and interactive material to…

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) Tuesday evening announced that the 2019 gold declaration stood at 634,905 ounces. The declaration was 18,682 ounces above what was declared in 2018 (616,223). The Ministry said that of the…

A post mortem performed by Dr. Nehaul Singh earlier today revealed that the 12-year-old Rotterdam East Bank Berbice girl died as a result of food particles blocking her airway, and not from being strangled in a hammock she was playing with.…

Hemwattie ‘Mona’ Singh has commenced legal proceedings in the High Court against Attorney General Basil Williams, Commissioner of Police Leslie James, Woman Special Constable Neishet Park and Onkar Sooknanan, in violation of her fundamental…

Top People’s Progressive Party (PPP) representative in Lethem, Allister Charlie was on Tuesday charged with sexual assault of a 16-year-old boy and for also attempting to prevent the course of justice. Charlie, who served as a Member of…

Three-year-old Chayanne Parboo of St Monica in the Upper Pomeroon was a healthy, joyful and playful child before being hospitalized on December 8 last year. The little girl is now in urgent need of platelets to be able to conduct a bone…

The Ministry of Education on Tuesday signed a contract with BK International to construct a secondary school at Yarrowkabra on the Soesdyke Linden Highway. The school is expected to be completed within 12 months and will cater for 600…

Quick action by neighbors on Monday saved children from a burning house; the fire was accidentally set by a child who was playing with matches. According to information at approximately 10:30hrs at Lot 121 Main Street, Cumberland, four…

Led by Alzarri Joseph’s four-wicket haul, West Indies restricted Ireland to 180 in the first ODI at Kensington Oval, Barbados, on Tuesday. Winning the toss and electing to bat in the day/night contest, the Irishmen found the going tough,…

The 81-year-old woman who was struck down on the pedestrian crossing at Nigg on the Corentyne, had just collected her pension and was heading home, relatives said. Dead is Parvidi Ramcharran. The woman lived a short distance away from…