February 29, 2016
By Akola Thompson EVERY morning, 51-year-old Paula F. (not her real name) wakes up, completes her morning rituals, and then joins a food line at the Georgetown Night Shelter
February 29, 2016
HUNDREDS of people, including children, living in the Woodley Park and Bath Settlement areas of West Coast Berbice, recently benefited from a charity drive hosted by members of the
February 29, 2016
THE Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will commence its Public Awareness and Public Outreach Programme this year in Region Three, West Coast Demerara on March 9.
February 29, 2016
By Ravin Singh THEY have a plan; and revealing what their individual plans for their constituencies are, candidates of Team Benschop who are contesting the upcoming Local Government Elections
February 29, 2016
By Nafeeza Yahya PRESIDENT David Granger has called the Corentyne in East Berbice “a sleeping giant” which needs to be awakened to realise its full economic potential.“This county of
February 29, 2016
By Leroy Smith ASSISTANT Commissioner of Police Balram Persaud, who died last Tuesday while receiving medical attention for injuries he sustained in a car accident earlier this month, was
February 29, 2016
A BERBICE man was on Sunday busted with 2 kilogrammes of ganja concealed in a five-gallon bucket.According to reports, police acting on information went to the New Amsterdam Market
February 29, 2016
By Michel Outridge SINCE the recent Ministry of Tourism and Public Telecommunication advertisement for its Bed and Breakfast (B&B) Programme, the response thus far has been encouraging, with 32
December 17, 2013
A MAN is in police custody following the discovery on Monday of an unlicensed gun in his possession in the Cuyuni River area. Police reported that about 15:30 hrs
December 17, 2013
REPRESENTATIVES of National Nursing Councils of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) met recently in Barbados to complete the final review of the process to
December 17, 2013
JUSTICE Navindra Singh conducted a voir dire (a trial within a trial) that resulted in caution statements by the four accused in the US$700 stepfather killing being admitted into
December 17, 2013
A MAN appeared at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court last Friday charged with supplying prohibited items, to wit, cigarettes and a lighter, to a prisoner. Magistrate Zamilla Alli
December 17, 2013
NANHANA Gouvia, 23 years old, had her damage to property charge dismissed when she appeared on Friday 13, December at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court and her mother
December 17, 2013
– fined $15,000 and $10,000 respectively COLLETTE Hall and her son Kwesi Seaforth, both of whom threatened to kill each other, appeared last Wednesday before Magistrate Zamilla Alli at
December 17, 2013
CANE harvester Mohamed Charran was granted $50,000 bail when he appeared on a charge of simple larceny last Wednesday at the Cove and John Magistrate’s Court. Charran pleaded not
December 17, 2013
GUYANA has recorded the highest ever gold declaration of 458,105 ounces as at December 16, 2013 surpassing the previous highest level of 455, 918 ounces in 2001; which included
December 17, 2013
PFRESIDENT Donald Ramotar was among Heads of State and Government of the countries that are members of the mechanisms of ALBA (the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of our
December 17, 2013
– in India IN what’s being called a medical record in India, a 28-year-old woman in Madhya Pradesh miscarried 10 babies in one night this week.The Indo-Asian News Service