The Caribbean and the United States are making moves to strengthen relations in the areas of energy, security, and infrastructural development. During a meeting with US Vice President Kamala Harris, Caribbean nations were offered the scope to access funding for their energy infrastructural projects through the Partnership to Address the Climate Crisis 2030 (PACC 2030)…
A win, or at minimum a draw, will significantly increase Guyana’s chance of topping Group B in League B of the Concacaf Nations League, which will secure an automatic berth to next year’s Concacaf Gold Cup. However, that is easier said than done as Haiti, a 1974 World Cup qualifier, is one of the most…
Citing the recent shooting off of guns and bottle pelting that took place at a recent stage show while Jamaican Dancehall star, “Skeng” was performing, the Minister responsible for public security in Guyana, Robeson Benn has announced that artistes “like Skeng” will no longer be allowed in Guyana at events in public places. “I have…
The main suspect in the murder of 25-year-old Miriam Edwards had reportedly admitted to investigators that he choked her to death and dumped her body overboard because she refused to have a relationship with him. Keron Hope, 25, a Pork Knocker of Middle Street, Buxton, East Coast Demerara, remains in the custody of the police.…
Three weeks after the Director of Public Prosecution discontinued the private criminal charge against Attorney Nirvan Singh over his alleged use of racist language towards a Police Constable, the Attorneys for the Police Constable have filed another private criminal charge against the Attorney who is the son of former Acting Chancellor Carl Singh. In the…
The Ministry of Health has recorded 85 new COVID-19 cases on Friday from 1, 308 tests, taking the total number of confirmed cases since March 2020 to, 65,799. The new cases were recorded in the following regions; Region One (one case), Region Two (11 cases), Region Three (five cases), Region Four (52 cases), Region Five…
President Irfaan Ali today urged leaders from the Western Hemisphere to begin having a conversation that defines a pathway to energy security for this region. Speaking on the final day of the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, President Ali reminded regional leaders that the region has the potential and must use every…
A young man from Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara (ECD) was shot and killed by the police Friday afternoon in neighbouring Haslington. He has been identified as Quindon Bacchus who is in his 20s. Police Headquarters said ranks on patrol saw Bacchus with a firearm, and as they approached him, he fired at the police.…
A Haslington, East Coast Demerara family is crying out for justice following the Police shooting death of 25-year-old Quindon Bacchus. Details surrounding the latest Police shooting death are sketchy. However, in a brief statement, the Guyana Police Force claimed that a party of Police ranks was in the Haslington community when they saw a man…
A 23-year-old man who was shot dead by a policeman at Haslington on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) on Friday attempted to sell an illegal firearm to a plain-clothes member of the Guyana Police Force. This is according to the official statement issued by Police Headquarters more than six hours after the shootout. Dead…
