Police have arrested a 38-year-old field supervisor of Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice following the discovery of 92 lbs or 41.768 kgs of cannabis. In custody is Ramlall Ramdihal called ‘Jack’. Police Headquarters reported that Ramdihal was found inside his car, PVV 1495, which was parked on the southern side…
Healthcare workers, particularly those in emergency rooms, are being trained to properly collect sexual assault evidence as part of a collaboration among the Ministry of Health, the Canadian High Commission and the Guyana Police Force. Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony said this on Friday as he received 300 sexual…
A couple living at Unity Road, La Grange, West Bank Demerara were on Thursday tied up and beaten by bandits who broke into their home and later escaped with about $1 million in cash, phones and jewellery. The armed robbery occurred in the wee hours, a stone’s throw away from…
Guyanese technology solutions provider, Synetech is now an authorised service centre for Japanese multinational electronics company and a large printer manufacturer, Epson. Synetech’s managing director, Anil Singh made the announcement on Thursday at the Marriott Hotel in Georgetown, noting that the company is now authorised to perform maintenance and repairs…
Roughly 64 of the 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries have signed the new Samoa Agreement, the overarching framework for relations between the European Union (EU) and ACP countries. While the Samoa Agreement comes into force at the start of 2024, Guyana has not yet signed on. A previous…
Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday remained optimistic that the loan from the U.S. Exim Bank will be secured in 2024 for the hallmark gas-to-energy project being developed at Wales, Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara). He said too that with the government already funding the project from the national…
David Warner smashed a half-century in his 100th T20I before leg-spinner Adam Zampa starred with three wickets as Australia held off a barnstorming chase from a full-strength West Indies in the series-opener at Bellerive Oval. After being sent in, Australia dominated the bookends in an equal-record T20I score in Hobart with Warner cracking…
Three-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce says she “owes” it to her family to retire after the 2024 Games. The 37-year-old, regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time, won the 100m title in 2008 and 2012. Jamaican Fraser-Pryce also won Tokyo 2020 Olympic relay gold, plus three of…
Close to two years after his first performance in Guyana resulted in a ban imposed against him, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn is maintaining his position that Jamaican dancehall artiste Kevon ‘Skeng’ Douglas is only allowed to perform at private events in private spaces. Douglas, who is popularly known…
There is need for more support to help women ‘break barriers’ in the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) field, a male dominated area, according to Youth Activist Shanae Heber. Each year on the United Nations International Day of Women and Girls in Science, on February 11, the significant contributions of…
