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Man who admitted to robbing Cop to spend 14 months behind bars

A 20-year-old mechanic, who was recently charged with robbing a cop at gun point, was sentenced to 14 months imprisonment on Tuesday at the...

Essequibo Coast taxi driver nabbed with 2.5kg cocaine

A taxi driver was earlier today (Tuesday) taken into police custody following the discovery of 2.5kilograms of cocaine in a bag that he attempted...

Showtime! West Indies in mega T20I in Mumbai

Reprinted from CWI It is being billed as one of the biggest T20 Internationals of the decade! Our world champions West Indies (Men In...

Miner accused of attempting to murder cousin granted bail

A 21-year-old miner was on Monday taken to the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts where he was arraigned for the attempted murder committed on his cousin...

Some 6,000 acres of land to become available in Reg. 4

The Guyana Lands and Survey’ Commission (GL&SC) processes thousands of lease applicants each year and as the demand for land grows, it is considering...

Shorter BPL ‘more fun’ than BBL – Andre Russell

Andre Russell prefers the "shorter" and "more fun" Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) to Australia's Big Bash League (BBL). The two tournaments often occupy the...

Crab catchers found alive in Suriname

The four crab catchers who were reported missing after going on a crab-catching expedition in neighbouring Suriname have been found alive. The police were asked...

“Hold our feet to the fire” – Ali tells Moraikobai residents

Irfaan Ali, the Presidential Candidate of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), has committed to strongly disciplining his Ministers, even having them fired, if they...

PPP ‘likely’ to return to power in March 2020 elections – US expert

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is likely to return to power in the next general and regional elections. So said a respected American academic,...

Ice Bucket Challenge inspiration Pete Frates dies at 34

(BBC) Pete Frates, the former college baseball star who helped inspire the viral Ice Bucket Challenge, has died. Mr Frates had been fighting amyotrophic lateral...

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...