Night Club Manager, suspected TIP victims arrested
The police have arrested a female manager of the Avis Lounge and Night Club at Rosignol, West Coast Berbice (WCB) night club along with six female foreign nationals who are suspected to be victims of Trafficking in Persons (TIP).
Police…
Albouystown, Charlestown youths benefit from literacy training
Children of the Albouystown and Charlestown communities in Georgetown today benefited from an outreach programme by the Education Ministry in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)…
Bringing back brewed coffee to Guyana
A heady, distinctive fragrance drifts invitingly up to Louis Holder’s Liliendaal office. It’s the smell of coffee—but definitely not any ordinary kind.
The invigorating smell comes from an exquisite brand of locally-produced ground…
GPL gets USS$20M for more reliable power supply
The Government has received approval for a loan of US$20M from the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) which will go towards the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Utility Upgrade Programme.
The loan will effect a comprehensive turnaround of the…
The Economy: How can Infrastructural Development contribute towards Economic Development?
This article is inspired by a powerful presentation made by retired politician and prominent Attorney, Nigel Hughes, where he urged the media to ignite discussions in order to facilitate real talk in oil and gas. The Attorney’s presentation…
CPL: Ramdin fifty, Fawad three-for secure TKR top-two finish
Denesh Ramdin's second half-century of the season was backed up by a tight bowling effort to guarantee Trinbago Knight Riders' top-two finish in CPL 2018, as the defending champions held on for a nine-run win over Barbados Tridents at…
CPL: ‘I need to step up my game’ – Emrit
By Akeem Greene
Four wickets, an economy rate of 10.7 and 27 runs are all that Guyana Amazon Warriors’ captain Rayad Emrit has to show after eight matches in the 2018 Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
It has been a horrid time in…
MMZ Cricket Club receives gear from overseas-based Guyanese
Former member of the West Meten-Meer-Zorg Cricket Club, Abdool Shakoor, who now resides in Florida, recently returned to Guyana and made a timely donation of cricket gear to his former club.
The donation included two bats, two helmets,…
Ganja, cellphones, other items found at NA prison
The Guyana Prison Service along with the Guyana Police Force have discovered a quantity of contraband items at the New Amsterdam Prison. The following items were found during a search between 16:00hrs and 18:15hrs on Friday:
3 cellular…
High Court frees man who was jailed for 8 grams ganja
The High Court has freed a father of three who was sentenced to three years in jail for the possession of eight grams of marijuana in May 2018.
Twenty-seven-year-old Carl Mangal, a poultry farmer, was sentenced by City Magistrate, Judy…