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After eight days in police custody, 21-year-old Rick Sewcharran of Diamond Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court this afternoon, charged with manslaughter. He was not required to plea to the…

By Bibi Khatoon The Ministerial Task Force against Trafficking in Persons has recorded 68 alleged victims of trafficking from January to May of 2018. The majority of those persons were found to be nationals of Latin American…

By Ravin Singh in New York More than 2500 miles away in a small Mandir in Queens New York, a handful of Guyanese Hindu youths staged a magnificent cultural gala to raise funds for an upcoming youth camp in Enmore, East Coast Demerara…

- US rapper XXXTentacion, who quickly rose to fame with two consecutive hit albums, has been killed aged 20. He was leaving a motorcycle dealership in south Florida on Monday when an armed suspect shot him. Police in Broward County…

A 35-year-old man was on Monday sentenced to 24 months imprisonment for stealing $1.1M worth in cash and jewellery from his girlfriend. Winston Marshall appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman and pleaded guilty to the simple larceny…

As the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) moves to increase trade with Canada, India and Cuba, it also hopes to put mechanisms in place to protect thousands of Cubans who travel to Guyana on a monthly basis to support local…

Vice President of the National Toshaos Council, Lenox Shuman has announced that he and other supporters are forming a political party to contest the 2020 General and Regional Elections. In a public Facebook post announcing the “NEW…

The Guyana Government Monday announced that it will be asking the World Court for a ruling in its favour after Venezuela announced its decision to not participate in the juridical process to resolve the border controversy between the two…

A 61-year-old pensioner is left traumatized after three armed men broke into his Lot 55 Kuru Kururu Linden, Soesdyke Highway home at around 01:45hrs Monday. Police said the three bandits, who were armed with a shotgun, a cutlass and a…

With 6,937 adolescent pregnancies recorded two years ago, the Ministry of Education in collaboration with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) launched a programme to reintegrate teenaged mothers into schools. Labelled the…