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Pensioner beaten, robbed; 1 arrested

A 70-year-old pensioner is now hospitalised after he was beaten and robbed by two males on Saturday. The injured man, Abel Vernon, of Plantainwalk, West...

Man gunned down in ‘C’ Field Sophia

Police are on the hunt for two suspects who riddled a 27-year-old man with bullets on Saturday evening in Sophia, Greater Georgetown. The dead man...

38 new COVID-19 cases; 14 in ICU

The Ministry of Health has announced that 38 new COVID-19 cases have been recorded over the past 24 hours. According to the Ministry's updated COVID-19...

Govt offers Success squatters shelter

The PPP/C Government continues to reach out the squatters on the East Coast of Demerara and has even offered to provide shelter for them. This...

CAL to resume flights from NYC to Guyana on Monday

Following the reopening of the airports in Guyana, Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) will operate its first commercial service between Guyana and New York, on...

Taxi driver charged for marijuana trafficking 

A 40-year-old taxi driver/operator was on Friday arraigned on a Possession of Narcotics for the purpose of trafficking charge. Eon Weeks of Lot 1 Durban...

DNA test confirms charred remains found in Berbice is missing Canadian man

  Police have confirmed that the charred remains that were discovered at Moleson Cree back in August is that of 23-year-old Canadian citizen Nicholas Ramkissoon...

37 postpartum mothers test positive for COVID-19 at GPHC

A number of postpartum mothers at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPHC) have tested positive for COVID-19. This is according to Head of GHPC's  Obstetrics and...

Ponzi scheme principals charged by SOCU for operating pyramid scheme

Operators of the ponzi scheme, Cuban national Yuri Garcia Dominguez and his Guyanese wife Ateeka Ishmael, were on Friday charged by the Special Organised...

GCCI launches project to boost tourism sector

See below full statement The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) launches a new project that will benefit the tourism & hospitality sector...

Recent Articles

Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest

Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...

QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students

An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College. According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...

Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja

A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...

Guyanese among 2 killed in Upstate NY head-on collision

A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York. Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...

Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M

Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...

2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge

A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...

8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...

T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana

claims importer returned goods to DDL   The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...

Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...

Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...