2017 shallow grave murder: Farmer jailed for 12 years
A 30-year-old farmer of Kumu Village, Central Rupununi, who admitted to killing his cousin and burying his body in a shallow grave, was on Thursday sentenced to 12 years imprisonment for the offence of manslaughter.
Initially indicted…
Educators on mission to raise Blind Awareness
The Special Education Needs Unit of the National Centre for Education Research Development (NCERD) Thursday held an outreach activity to commemorate Blindness Awareness Month, which is observed every year in May.
The outreach at NCERD’s…
Guyanese pick their Cricket World Cup favourites
Compiled by Akeem Greene and Avenash Ramzan
Which group of men will lift the Cricket World Cup 2019? That would be the trending question over the next six weeks as the 10 best ODI nations compete for global supremacy in England and…
Four years jail for Ecuadorian national caught with fake US visas in Guyana
Julio Herreira, a 36-year-old Chef from Ecuador, South America, was on Wednesday sentenced to four years imprisonment for cocaine possession and conspiracy to commit forgery.
He was reportedly involved in a United States Visa Scam in…
75 years jail for youth who murdered Mocha man
Twenty-five-year-old Kenkassie Lynch was on Thursday sentenced to 75 years of imprisonment for the murder of a Nelson Street, Mocha Arcadia, East Bank Demerara (EBD) resident in 2015.
Lynch, of Eccles EBD, was sentenced by Justice…
WORLD CUP: Favourites England crush SA in opener
Ben Stokes and Jofra Archer lit up The Oval to ensure England defeated South Africa and got their World Cup campaign off to a winning start.
Regularly bowling in excess of 90mph, Archer - playing only his fourth one-day international -…
WORLD CUP: Harper preferred Paul over Brathwaite
By Akeem Greene
Former West Indies player and Head Coach, Roger Harper, has given the Caribbean side a vote of confidence to win the Cricket World Cup after 40 years.
However, he stated the missing key element in what he described as…
Matthews leads Windies Women sweep of Ireland T20 series
Hayley Matthews saved the best for the third and final match of the Hanley Energy T20 International series between the West Indies Women and Ireland Women at the Pembroke Cricket Club in Dublin, scoring her maiden T20 International century…
IDB offers financial support to develop communities hosting migrants
Minister of Citizenship Winston Felix says he is considering a proposal of financial support from the Inter- American Development Bank (IDB) to enhance the services available in communities where Venezuelan migrants have settled.…
PSC wants meeting with Ramjattan, concerned about ‘disturbing’ crime situation
The Private Sector Commission in a statement Wednesday says it is concerned about the “manifestly frightening and disturbing incidents of violent crime across the country.”
The PSC said its Governance and Security Committee met on…