July 18, 2023

Nicholas Verwey, Avery Arjoon, and Louis DaSilva won gold for Guyana at the ongoing Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Junior Championships in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Verwey followed up his Under-17 gold in 2022 with gold…

Police on Tuesday arrested a truck driver and three porters following the discovery of 702 grammes of marijuana in the tray of a truck during a search outside the Sherima Police Station. In custody are Andre Hollingsworth, 47 of…

Two persons were injured on Monday after the boat they were travelling in collided with another boat in the Mazaruni River. The injured persons were identified as Victorine Miguel and Clifton Adams of Batavia Village, Region Seven.…

Vandell Skeete, a 37-year-old man of Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara, was jailed for a total of four years after he was caught with an unlicensed gun and ammunition. Skeete appeared before Magistrate Rhondell Weever at the…

The Ministry of Housing and Water is keen on developing a new housing scheme at Moleson Creek, Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne), to cater to the Guyanese living in Suriname who want to return home. Subject Minister Collin Croal made…

By Neil Marks in Brussels neil@newsroom.gy  As Guyana looks to shake off the irony of pursuing both rapid, high-volume oil and gas developments and a low-carbon economy, President Irfaan Ali is in the European capital Brussels to…

Nineteen-year-old Matthew Sylvain, of Melanie, East Coast Demerara was on Tuesday remanded for armed robbery while also facing charges related to escaping lawful custody. The teen appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before…

Stephon Howard, the 23-year-old vendor of East La Penitence, Georgetown who recently set fire to mattresses while in custody at the Brickdam Police Station, was Tuesday remanded to prison for attempted robbery. Howard appeared before…

The 13-year-old girl receiving life-saving treatment in New York after suffering severe burns in the horrific fire at the female dormitory of the Mahdia Secondary School will return home in August as she continues her recovery. This was…

Nandranie Coonjah, a PPP/C candidate from Region Two (Pomeroon- Supenaam), will replace Nigel Dharamlall in the National Assembly following his resignation. If all goes as planned, she could be sworn in as a Member of Parliament at a…