- ‘Jazz & Poetry on a Stool’ aspiring to NGO status
HAVING gone through quite a few rough patches in life, Jaime Mayers says poetry is what kept him going and what gave him his...
Living with Intention Motivational Mission and Book Tour commences in the US
ON June 1, Consul General, Hon. Barbara Atherly hosted an Evening of Inspiration and Book Signing at her office in New York. This event launched Sonia Noel’s Living with Intention Motivational...
Father’s Day Dinner and Oldies to be hosted in Region Two
By Indrawattie Natram
FATHERS residing in Region Two are in for a treat this Father’s Day as Wendell Walcott aka Mighty Hunter of Queenstown Village is hosting a Dinner and Oldies on Father’s...
‘Morning Drive Show’ targeting young listeners
THE recently launched DJ Stress ‘The Morning Drive Show’, a new-hit radio aired on RGI 89.5 FM, is set out to target young listeners especially, those suffering from relationship problems. Paul...
U.S oil giant ExxonMobil Corporation today made its 8th oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Longtail-1 well.
The announcement was made minutes ago, with the company explaining that the new...
‘Put people above debt,’
….Puerto Rico official urges amid Maria's devastation
San Juan’s mayor urged the United States on Tuesday to prioritize “people above debt” as it helps rebuild from the devastation of...
Ozone Protection – 30 years later
ON September 16, 2017, Guyana joined the international community in celebrating International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. This day marked 30 years since the Montreal Protocol on...
Air Pollution
AS we continue to focus on the pertinent environmental issues, let’s turn our focus to air pollution and what laws exist to address this problem. The Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) has...
POLICE arrested two bandits who allegedly raped a man’s wife after robbing the Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo family on Monday night.
Reports indicate that the couple and their two-year-old son...
Bandits rob Travelspan employee at gunpoint
AN employee of local travel agency,Travelspan, was on Friday robbed of the day’s takings after locking up the North Road office where he works and was about to board the company bus.
Reports are...
Masked bandits rob city businessman
THREE masked bandits armed with handguns on Thursday night robbed a 30-year-old West La Penitence businessman at his home.
The man was robbed of cash, jewellery and over $100,000 in cell-phone...
Bandits terrorise, rob East Bank businesswoman, family
THREE masked bandits, armed with guns, robbed a businesswoman and her family at their Buddy’s Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara home in the wee hours of the morning on Thursday.
Reports...
Extradition battle over ex-GRDB accountant continues
THE battle for the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to have former accountant of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Peter Ramcharran be brought before the court in Guyana and answer to a...
Man accused of wounding girlfriend on $50,000 bail
APPEARING in court before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday was 32-year-old gym instructor Darious Ramsammy, charged for wounding his girlfriend during an...
PI for ex-GDF captain set for June 27
COME June 27, the preliminary inquiry against former Guyana Defence Force captain, Orwain Sandy, who is charged with murder of his reputed wife, is expected to commence before Principal Magistrate...
Boyfriend charged for allegedly killing Sasia Adams,
THE 21-year-old boyfriend of the late Sasia Adams was on Monday charged with manslaughter.
Adams died after she was allegedly pushed from a moving car as it was being driven by Rick Sewcharran, of...
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 Mugabe resigns
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...
AG: CJ ruling vindicates President’s decision on GECOM chair
…Gaskin signals intention to appeal
ATTORNEY General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams SC said the Chief Justice ruling on the Guyana Elections Commission chairmanship issue has upheld...
Arjoon to be compensated for wrongful dismissal
AFTER more than six years of legal battle, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of New Building Society (NBS), Maurice Arjoon will be compensated by the state-owned agency for wrongful dismissal by...
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...
Support for Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre
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...
GPHC pain medicine goes missing -male nurse suspected
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...
60 cervical cancer tests conducted during U.S. Embassy outreach in Linden
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...
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...
Miguel Díaz-Canel nominated to replace Castro
(BBC) Cuba's parliament has picked Miguel Díaz-Canel as the sole candidate to succeed President Raúl Castro, 86, bringing the family's decades-long rule to an end.
Raúl Castro took over as...
Alert level rises for Kick em Jenny volcano
-increased activities recorded near submarine volcano
The National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA) of Grenada on Monday afternoon reported an increase in activities of the Kick em’ Jenny...
CARICOM needs very concessional financing for climate resilience
- Secretary-General LaRocque says
The Caribbean Community’s goal of creating a climate resilient region requires significant grant funding and very concessional financing, CARICOM...
U.S oil giant ExxonMobil Corporation today made its 8th oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Longtail-1 well.
The announcement was made minutes ago, with the company explaining that the new...
Venezuela opts out of border case at ICJ
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...
Cuba ‘sonic attack… US tests two more Havana embassy staff
The US is testing two staff members from its Cuban embassy in Havana amid concerns they may have been subjected to sonic attacks.
A State Department spokesman said they were being tested for brain...
CNN’s Anthony Bourdain dead at 61
(CNN-New York )-Anthony Bourdain, a gifted storyteller and writer who took CNN viewers around the world, has died. He was 61.
CNN confirmed Bourdain's death on Friday and said the cause of...
- ‘Jazz & Poetry on a Stool’ aspiring to NGO status
HAVING gone through quite a few rough patches in life, Jaime Mayers says poetry is what kept him going and what gave him his...
Living with Intention Motivational Mission and Book Tour commences in the US
ON June 1, Consul General, Hon. Barbara Atherly hosted an Evening of Inspiration and Book Signing at her office in New York. This event launched Sonia Noel’s Living with Intention Motivational...
Father’s Day Dinner and Oldies to be hosted in Region Two
By Indrawattie Natram
FATHERS residing in Region Two are in for a treat this Father’s Day as Wendell Walcott aka Mighty Hunter of Queenstown Village is hosting a Dinner and Oldies on Father’s...
‘Morning Drive Show’ targeting young listeners
THE recently launched DJ Stress ‘The Morning Drive Show’, a new-hit radio aired on RGI 89.5 FM, is set out to target young listeners especially, those suffering from relationship problems. Paul...
U.S oil giant ExxonMobil Corporation today made its 8th oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Longtail-1 well.
The announcement was made minutes ago, with the company explaining that the new...
‘Put people above debt,’
….Puerto Rico official urges amid Maria's devastation
San Juan’s mayor urged the United States on Tuesday to prioritize “people above debt” as it helps rebuild from the devastation of...
Ozone Protection – 30 years later
ON September 16, 2017, Guyana joined the international community in celebrating International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. This day marked 30 years since the Montreal Protocol on...
Air Pollution
AS we continue to focus on the pertinent environmental issues, let’s turn our focus to air pollution and what laws exist to address this problem. The Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) has...
POLICE arrested two bandits who allegedly raped a man’s wife after robbing the Zeelugt, East Bank Essequibo family on Monday night.
Reports indicate that the couple and their two-year-old son...
Bandits rob Travelspan employee at gunpoint
AN employee of local travel agency,Travelspan, was on Friday robbed of the day’s takings after locking up the North Road office where he works and was about to board the company bus.
Reports are...
Masked bandits rob city businessman
THREE masked bandits armed with handguns on Thursday night robbed a 30-year-old West La Penitence businessman at his home.
The man was robbed of cash, jewellery and over $100,000 in cell-phone...
Bandits terrorise, rob East Bank businesswoman, family
THREE masked bandits, armed with guns, robbed a businesswoman and her family at their Buddy’s Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara home in the wee hours of the morning on Thursday.
Reports...
Extradition battle over ex-GRDB accountant continues
THE battle for the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) to have former accountant of the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) Peter Ramcharran be brought before the court in Guyana and answer to a...
Man accused of wounding girlfriend on $50,000 bail
APPEARING in court before Magistrate Fabayo Azore at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday was 32-year-old gym instructor Darious Ramsammy, charged for wounding his girlfriend during an...
PI for ex-GDF captain set for June 27
COME June 27, the preliminary inquiry against former Guyana Defence Force captain, Orwain Sandy, who is charged with murder of his reputed wife, is expected to commence before Principal Magistrate...
Boyfriend charged for allegedly killing Sasia Adams,
THE 21-year-old boyfriend of the late Sasia Adams was on Monday charged with manslaughter.
Adams died after she was allegedly pushed from a moving car as it was being driven by Rick Sewcharran, of...
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 Mugabe resigns
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...
AG: CJ ruling vindicates President’s decision on GECOM chair
…Gaskin signals intention to appeal
ATTORNEY General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Basil Williams SC said the Chief Justice ruling on the Guyana Elections Commission chairmanship issue has upheld...
Arjoon to be compensated for wrongful dismissal
AFTER more than six years of legal battle, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of New Building Society (NBS), Maurice Arjoon will be compensated by the state-owned agency for wrongful dismissal by...
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...
Support for Ptolemy Reid Rehab Centre
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...
GPHC pain medicine goes missing -male nurse suspected
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...
60 cervical cancer tests conducted during U.S. Embassy outreach in Linden
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...
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...
Miguel Díaz-Canel nominated to replace Castro
(BBC) Cuba's parliament has picked Miguel Díaz-Canel as the sole candidate to succeed President Raúl Castro, 86, bringing the family's decades-long rule to an end.
Raúl Castro took over as...
Alert level rises for Kick em Jenny volcano
-increased activities recorded near submarine volcano
The National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA) of Grenada on Monday afternoon reported an increase in activities of the Kick em’ Jenny...
CARICOM needs very concessional financing for climate resilience
- Secretary-General LaRocque says
The Caribbean Community’s goal of creating a climate resilient region requires significant grant funding and very concessional financing, CARICOM...
U.S oil giant ExxonMobil Corporation today made its 8th oil discovery offshore Guyana at the Longtail-1 well.
The announcement was made minutes ago, with the company explaining that the new...
Venezuela opts out of border case at ICJ
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...
Cuba ‘sonic attack… US tests two more Havana embassy staff
The US is testing two staff members from its Cuban embassy in Havana amid concerns they may have been subjected to sonic attacks.
A State Department spokesman said they were being tested for brain...
CNN’s Anthony Bourdain dead at 61
(CNN-New York )-Anthony Bourdain, a gifted storyteller and writer who took CNN viewers around the world, has died. He was 61.
CNN confirmed Bourdain's death on Friday and said the cause of...
