Nishart Samsundar, 20, of Timehri North, East Bank Demerara was sentenced to four years imprisonment together with a fine of $1.7M on Wednesday for a trafficking offence and was also handed a four years sentence for cultivating the prohibited plant. Samsundar appeared before Magistrate Sunil Scarce at the Diamond Magistrate’s…
Cricket fans around the West Indies are being urged to register for the public ticket ballot as they prepare to be part of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. Fawwaz Baksh, the Tournament Director, reached out to the regional fan base to encourage the supporters to make wise use…
Sauber Academy is set to further expand its roster of young talents in 2024, as Zane Maloney is announced as the latest inductee of the team’s driver development programme. The young Barbadian will also take on the role of Reserve Driver for Stake F1 Team at several Grands Prix during…
This is an opinion piece to mark Guyana’s assumption of its seat as an elected member on the United Nations Security Council and its presidency of the Council in February 2024. For the next two years Guyana will serve on the United Nations Security Council. The Security Council is…
In a groundbreaking achievement, Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) successfully performed its first laparoscopic donor nephrectomy. Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy is a medical procedure where a special camera is used to view internal organs. It guides the precise removal of a kidney from a living donor for transplantation, minimizing scarring and…
As the Committee of Supply of the National Assembly concluded its business late Tuesday evening, sums of monies were approved to undertake rehabilitation of the Amerindian Hostel located on Princes Street, Georgetown. Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai explained that the rehabilitation work would include replacing doors, improving washrooms and…
See below the full statement from the Environmental Protection Agency The Environmental Protection Agency hereby notifies the public that there is a current development of a visible haze around the East Bank Demerara and East Coast Demerara regions. The EPA’s air quality sensors have detected a significantly high air quality…
The $111 billion budget for the Office of the Prime Minister was approved Tuesday night without changes and this is expected to help the government increase power supply to people and boost local disaster preparedness. The lion’s share of the Prime Minister’s budgetary allocation- $80 billion- was for the capital…
Cyril Joseph Dyer called ‘Bling’, a 45-year-old fast food vendor of Light Street, Alberttown, Georgetown, was Tuesday charged with possession of an unlicenced firearm and ammunition. Police Headquarters in a statement said Dyer was arrested on Friday last at Brickdam Police Station with a 9mm Glock pistol and 13 9mm…
Though $150 million was budgeted in 2023 for constitutional reform plans and a building was rented and furnished for the Commission, the government was unable to set up the long-promised Constitutional Reform Commission. However, the Parliamentary Committee of Supply Tuesday night again approved more funds for this purpose in 2024…
