September 26, 2023

Twenty-four-year-old Akeem Smith called “Family Man” was arrested with 25 pounds of marijuana on Monday at the Weldaad Police Station in Region Five. Smith, a mason of Norton Street, Georgetown was a passenger in a Toyota Noah vehicle…

A 70-year-old man identified as Hardat Harriram died in an accident at Agricola, East Bank Demerara (EBD) on Tuesday morning. A report from the Guyana Police Force noted that Francis Kam was driving a jeep (PJJ 9372) at about 05:20hrs…

Police are investigating an accident which claimed the life of an unidentified vagrant on Monday night on Avenue of the Republic and Regent Street, Georgetown. According to Police Headquarters, truck driver Lincoln Corlette, 38, was…

For the year so far, the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) has seized 12,670 pieces of “poor quality” and “improperly” labelled electrical fittings and equipment and 4730 packs of illegal cigarettes from outlets across the country.…

The Guyana Boxing Association (GBA) will officially stage the 2023 edition of the Andrew 'Six Heads' Lewis National Novices Championship from September 29 to October 1 at the National Gymnasium on Mandela Avenue. The event, which will…

Guyanese investors will soon commence cultivation of black-eyed beans at Kimbia, Upper Berbice River in Region Ten, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha disclosed on Tuesday. During a telephone interview with the News Room, the…

Sections of North Road in Georgetown have long been the stomping ground for male and female sex workers. However, a new wave of prostitution and associated drug use, mostly by migrant women, is disrupting the neighbourhood beyond the…

Imran Tahir, the captain of the Guyana Amazon Warriors team that clinched its first CPL title on Sunday, has thanked Ravichandran Ashwin for predicting that his team would win the tournament. Tahir mentioned the India spinner at the…

GAICO Construction and General Services says it will recommence dredging of the Pomeroon River on October 5, after securing a dredge that can operate in a  very shallow draft environment. The company had in April 2022 secured a $569…

Director of the Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG), Shaikh Moeen ul-Hack is representing Guyana at the 12th Conference of Ministers of Culture in the Islamic World. The conference started on Monday in Doha, Qatar. It is being…