SHE took everyone by surprise last year, when as a first timer at the competition, she won the Banks Calypso Monarch competition with her catchy song “Woman Is Boss”. This year, school teacher...

- Brandon Harding confident of retaining ‘Carib Soca Monarch’ title CARIB Soca Monarch defending champion, Brandon Harding, is telegraphing a clear-cut message to the other finalists who will be...

Winner to represent Guyana in Switzerland NOTORIOUS International, Afrikan Vybz, Platinum Sound, Trinity Sound and Thunderbolt Sound will battle it out on March 30 at the Sports Hall Tarmac, for a...

LOCAL singing sensation Jumo Primo, has, along with 14 others, qualified for the Soca Monarch 2019 finals which is billed for the National Park on Saturday (February 19, 2019). Primo, better known...

Nalia Rahaman of Westfield Prep Primary School- a private school located at 120-121 Parade Street, Kingston, Georgetown topped this year National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) with a score of 529...

…CCJ checks Jagdeo’s third term ambitions In the case of the Attorney General of Guyana v Cedric Richardson, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled that an amendment, that barred...

…nixes Jagdeo third term bid The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) by a 6-1 majority upheld the constitutional amendment on term limits for Presidential Candidates in Guyana and overturned the...

The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) by a 6-1 majority upheld the constitutional amendment on term limits for Presidential Candidates in Guyana and overturned the decisions of the Guyana...

A MAN stabbed his friend in the neck and left him to die after a drunken argument ensued between the two in the wee hours of Thursday morning at Foulmouth Landing, Essequibo River. Dead is Cedric...

Police at Mabaruma are searching for a man who attacked a 26 year-old  farmer of Koriabo Village, Barima/Waini , North West District with an arrow and bow on Tuesday afternoon. Dead is...

By Indrawattie Natram A Somerset and Berks man was  early Sunday morning stabbed to death after  an argument over a mobile phone turned heated. Dead is Olrick Da Coasta, 39 years of Lot 11 Public...

FIFTY-one-year-old Colin Blaire, who stabbed his neighbour to death on Sunday night after the man intervened in a domestic dispute between him and his reputed wife, was on Thursday remanded to prison...

AFTER being on the run from the police since 2017, a 29-year-old man was, on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, placed before the Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan and remanded to prison for the charge of...

AN Eccles, East Bank Demerara taxi driver was, on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, remanded to prison by Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty, for engaging in sexual activity with a 14-year-old...

A 32-YEAR-OLD Route 41 minibus driver was, on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, released on $250,000 bail for allegedly raping a 14-year-old school girl. Edward Emmanuel Dowridge of South Sophia, made...

PRINCIPAL Magistrate Faith McGusty on Tuesday, February 19, 2019, remanded two men to prison for the murder of 53-year-old Rohan ‘Khanhai’ Persaud, whose lifeless body was found along a track at...

…CCJ checks Jagdeo’s third term ambitions In the case of the Attorney General of Guyana v Cedric Richardson, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled that an amendment, that barred...

…nixes Jagdeo third term bid The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) by a 6-1 majority upheld the constitutional amendment on term limits for Presidential Candidates in Guyana and overturned the...

Venezuela has declined to participate in the court action filed by Guyana to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with respect to age old territorial controversy between the two...

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has resigned, parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda has said. A letter from Mr Mugabe said that the decision was voluntary and that he had made it to allow a smooth...

REGION Five (Mahaica/Berbice) is slated to receive two new health centres designed and constructed in keeping with the concept of “smart medical facilities.” One centre will be constructed at...

IN observance of National Rehabilitation Week 2017, Minister of Public Health, Volda Lawrence, on Wednesday pledged government’s support to the Ptolemy Reid Rehabilitation Centre in helping to...

DURING the course of last week, staff of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) discovered ten vials of the pain medicine, pethidine missing from a cabinet. Reports are that the hospital...

SIXTY cervical cancer tests were among a range of tests conducted by a United States Embassy outreach in the mining town of Linden recently. According to the embassy , the Humanitarian Assistance...

…‘Petrotrin buying oil to process not profitable’ THE Government has decided to shut down the refinery of State oil company Petrotrin. The country can no longer afford to continue to refine...

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a grant of US$3 million to cover Haiti’s 2018-2019 insurance premiums with CCRIF SPC—the company that provides parametric insurance coverage to...

JAMAICA GLEANER - THE Assets Recovery Agency is seeking the forfeiture of over $203 million dollars from businesswoman Lan Yan which it alleges she obtained by illegal means. The agency has filed a...

Venezuela has declined to participate in the court action filed by Guyana to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) with respect to age old territorial controversy between the two...

(BBC)-The European Union has warned Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro that he must call elections or it will officially recognise the opposition's claim of leadership. Mr Maduro is under pressure...

(Xinhua) --China has launched an annual "Happy Chinese New Year" global celebration campaign as the 2019 Spring Festival draws near. More than 1,500 live performances, exhibitions and temple fairs,...

(Xinhua) -- Two years ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a speech at the United Nations (UN) Office at Geneva, calling for joint efforts to build a community with a shared future for...

Kathy Griffin has criticised the lack of women on Forbes magazine's latest list of the world's best-paid comedians. The Emmy Award-winning comedian tweeted the top 10 of Forbes' list along...