November 7, 2019
A CONVICTED rapist, who was serving a 15-year sentence at the Mazaruni Prison, died Tuesday morning. Stanford Dick, 40, was complaining of chest and abdominal pains while performing routine
November 7, 2019
THE Ministry of Communities (MoC) in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), on Wednesday, concluded a two-day “National Workshop on Enhancing Community Resilience to
November 7, 2019
-President says Top Cop given clear directives THE inquiry into the deadly Friendship accident which claimed the lives of five persons, has confirmed that speeding by the police was
November 7, 2019
Michael Singh, 24, called “Ballhead” of Lot 8 Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast, the main suspect in the burning of the car that was involved in the recent Adventure accident, has
November 7, 2019
Diplomats from Jamaica, Malaysia and the Holy See presented their Letters of Credence to President David Granger on Wednesday at the Ministry of Presidency, thereby accrediting them as High
November 7, 2019
–on results of investigation into accident; workers concerned about delayed reopening of company By Tamica Garnett ALMOST one month after his demise, the relatives of former Troy Resources Inc.
November 7, 2019
TWO persons are hospitalised after a car collided with a minibus on the Reliance Public Road, Essequibo Coast at around 17:00 hours on Wednesday. According to eyewitnesses, they heard
November 7, 2019
-Private sector feedback to make policy contextually relevant to Guyana GUYANA’s final Local Content Policy Draft could be finalised by the end of 2019. In the meantime, the Department
October 3, 2018
A 25-YEAR-OLD woman was on Tuesday remanded to prison after it was alleged that she trafficked over one pound of marijuana. Else Ingra Valiancy appeared before Chief Magistrate Ann
October 3, 2018
A FIFTY-year-old Venezuelan man, who allegedly stabbed another man with a knife, was on Tuesday arraigned before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan on a wounding charge. It is alleged that
October 3, 2018
– talking survival with a down-on-her-luck teen RAPED and abused by her uncle and his friends, and infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), life for 18-year-old Fareeza (not
October 3, 2018
TWO teenagers from the community of Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD) were arrested and placed into police custody on Monday evening after they carried out an assault and robbery
October 3, 2018
WITH the aim of eradicating criminality and focusing on rehabilitation and education among juveniles who break the law, a costing exercise is being done before the implementation of the
October 3, 2018
– a subject with which the LHC is all too familiar HAVING a nosocomial infection (NI) is another way of saying that someone is afflicted with any of a
October 3, 2018
SIX of the 13 teenage boys who escaped from the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) last week are still unaccounted for. Police sources say that the captured escapees gave no
October 3, 2018
TOO often we hear the phrase, “Nah worry with he/she…them mad, them a ketch fits”, as people with epilepsy are stigmatised even in this information age. More frightening is
October 3, 2018
A 21-YEAR-OLD who was allegedly involved in numerous robberies and an attempted murder on the East Coast of Demerara, was on Monday night captured in Georgetown. Teron Douglas was
October 3, 2018
THE Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Tuesday commenced training for approximately 139 potential customhouse brokers. The six-week training programme will encompass doctrines on various aspects of customs and trade,