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October 14, 2021
TWO teenagers and a 21-year-old are in police custody after robbing Bharrat’s Jewellery located at Robb Street and Orange Walk, Georgetown on Wednesday. According to police, the ages of
October 14, 2021
A 24-year-old male nurse is in police custody after he jumped into a Woolford Avenue, Georgetown trench to discard an illegal firearm in his possession, during a random stop
October 14, 2021
A 34-year-old tyre agent and his wife were arrested on Wednesday after police found a black 9mm pistol with magazine, along with 80 grammes of cannabis sativa on their
October 14, 2021
A DRIVER is in police custody after injuring an eight-year-old boy in the vicinity of Toucan Drive Junction, Amelia’s Ward Linden, on Monday. Police said that the driver of
October 14, 2021
— according to new analysis on global multidimensional poverty DISPARITIES in multidimensional poverty among ethnic groups are consistently high across many countries, and in nine ethnic groups more than
October 14, 2021
TO improve the operations of the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) and to address overcrowding issues, government has allotted some $1.2 billion for the construction of a new, modern detention
October 14, 2021
THE Prime Minister of Guyana, the Hon. Brigadier (ret’d) Mark Phillips, was, on Tuesday, honoured by Guyanese-American State Senator, Roxanne Persaud, who represents a district in Brooklyn where thousands
October 14, 2021
THE Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), on Wednesday, celebrated the recertification of its central laboratory to the GYS 170:2009 Standard by the Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS). The
December 20, 2020
WITH improved life expectancy, income and access to education, Guyana has moved up one spot on the Human Development Index, at 122 out of 189 countries and territories recognised
December 20, 2020
AGATHTA Gill, 38, a housewife of Friendship Canal, Lower Pomeroon River, and her two-year-old grandson drowned after the boat they were travelling in capsized around midnight on Friday in
December 20, 2020
A TOTAL of 1,316 ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) benefitted from local and international training programmes this year and Commissioner of Police (ag), Nigel Hoppie has reiterated
December 20, 2020
By Rabindra Rooplall ENFORCEMENT officers attached to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Saturday a Mahaicony, East Coast Demerara, seized three busloads of smuggled chicken with the ‘Rockingham’ label.
December 20, 2020
-four arrested FOUR persons were arrested in Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast after ranks from the Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) found 150 pounds of marijuana valued US$80,000 on Saturday. Three men
December 20, 2020
PRESIDENT Irfaan Ali in his ongoing effort to bring relief to families during the COVID-19 pandemic, distributed hampers to dozens of elderly persons from the Mahaica, East Coast Demerara
December 20, 2020
By Dr. Chris Prashad, BSc, MBBS, PG-Dip, ChM Consultant Urologist WE can all appreciate that COVID-19 is a deadly condition that primarily affects the respiratory system. The effects of
December 20, 2020
APPROXIMATELY $299 million of the government’s COVID-19 relief cash grant has, so far, been distributed to 11,968 households in Region Four (Demerara-Mahaica). The government aims to disburse $3.4 billion
December 19, 2020
— to hear case on Guyana, Venezuela border controversy THE International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday ruled that it has jurisdiction to hear the Guyana, Venezuela border controversy
December 19, 2020
–say a step closer in settling Guyana, Venezuela border controversy By Rabindra Rooplall and Navendra Seoraj THE International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling Friday morning should be celebrated by
