The son of a popular Charity, Region Two businessman lost his life in the wee hours of Monday along the Hampton Court Public Road. Dead is Lorenzo Nickolas Hendricks. He was the son of the owner of Sunflower Hotel Restaurant and Bar at Charity. The incident reportedly occurred around 01:30 hrs. The News Room was…

Wrong can never be right! REGIME Change is under way in Sri Lanka in the worst and best of ways: demonstrations of ‘People’s Power’ and Anarchy, declaration of a State of Emergency, resignation of the President and his appointment of his replacement, activation of constitutional order to resolve an intractable political crisis wracked by an…

(Suriname Herald) Protests against the policies of the Santokhi government are getting grim. At the Office of the President, protesters just tried to enter the grounds of the Office of the President. They were stopped by presidential security. There is a huge crowd at both the Office of the President and the Independence Square. The people are very heated. One…

Mexican drugs lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who is on the US most wanted list, has been arrested in the western Sinaloa state, the Mexican Navy says. Quintero, who is accused of kidnapping, torturing and murdering a US drug enforcement agent in 1985, was held in the town of Choix. The Navy said Quintero, believed to…

A 16-year-old boy who was in a car accident that killed a young Essequibo businessman only sustained minor injuries and has been released from the hospital. Nickolas Lorenzo Hendricks was the businessman killed in the accident at Devonshire Castle Public Road, Essequibo Coast just after midnight Sunday. Police say Hendricks, of Charity, Essequibo Coast, was…

A 56-year-old labourer lost his life on Sunday morning after he fell off the tray of a motor pickup on the Onderneeming Sandpit Public Road. Dead is Lincon Moore of Onderneeming Sandpit, Region Two. The incident occurred around 07:30hrs. According to information received, Moore was in the tray of motor pickup GJJ 8946 which was…

For a second consecutive week, there has been no meeting of the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) as government MPs continue to reject a suggestion by Opposition Parliamentarian and PAC Chairman Jermaine Figueira to merge the Auditor General’s 2019 and 2020 reports for review. Figueira argues that the merging of reports was done several times…

— FAO urges finance ministers, central bank governors QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has underlined to G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors the growing food security and nutrition crisis facing the world. Highlighting data from the latest edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition…

It is now a month since 16-year-old Akeem Bissoon of ‘A’ Field Sophia, Greater Georgetown, went missing during Region Seven trip with his uncle Andrew Harlequin.  Attempts to locate Bissoon started immediately after the report was made but so far investigators have been unable to crack the case. Region Seven Commander Dion Moore Monday told…

— initiated by ‘Top Cop’ Hicken and commissioned by Minister Benn RESIDENTS of Back Circle in East Ruimveldt are the proud recipients of an enhanced Recreation Square commissioned by Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn on Sunday. The enhancement of the Back Circle Recreation Square was initiated by acting Commissioner of Police, Clifton Hicken. The…