A man accused of breaking into Shabana & Sons Liquor Mart & General Store in Albouystown, Georgetown and stealing over $5 million in cash and items was on Friday remanded to prison. Ulrick Edwards appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court on three counts of break and…
Yoogendra Sukhdeo, the man who publicly flashed guns and money and confessed to the murder of his young business associate Amit Singh, remains in custody and is scheduled to be charged on Monday. This was confirmed by Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum who Friday told the News Room that investigators are…
The National Assembly will hold an extraordinary sitting to discuss the Guyana/Venezuela border controversy next Friday. The sitting will be held one month before Venezuela holds a referendum to ask Venezuelans for the creation of a new state, which makes up the territory of Guyana that it claims. The discussion…
Twenty-seven families of New Providence, Mahaicony will soon have access to potable water, after more than 20 years, with no access to this vital service. In 2021, Minister within the Ministry, Susan Rodrigues met with residents of the Community and after hearing their plight, committed to resolving it. On Friday,…
Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo says there is no questioning the commitment and unity of the government and the opposition in face of Venezuela’s continued claim to Guyana’s territory. President Dr. Irfaan Ali and Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton met this week to discuss Venezuela’s recent aggression including a proposed referendum…
Attorney General Anil Nandlall has asked a union of parliaments, representing 180 countries, to condemn Venezuela’s continued claim to Guyana’s territory and to respect the legal process to determine its claim that the arbitral award of October 1899, which determined the boundaries of the two countries, is null and void….
Shawn Collins, a 25-year-old labourer from Charlestown, Georgetown, was nabbed with a loaded gun on Thursday night at the Pouderoyen Public Road, West Bank Demerara. Police Headquarters reported that officers were on mobile patrol duty in the area when they observed Collins and Steffon Howard, a 23-year-old labourer of East…
The IPL player auction ahead of the 2024 season will be held on December 19 in Dubai; it is the first time the auction will be held overseas. The event will coincide with the second ODI of India’s tour of South Africa, which is scheduled for December 19 in Gqeberha….
A superb all-round performance from Yannic Cariah inspired Trinidad and Tobago Red Force to a three-wicket victory over the Leeward Islands Hurricanes in their CG United Insurance Super50 Cup encounter at the Brian Lara Academy on Thursday. Cariah took five wickets in the Leewards’ innings of 198 and then scored…
Serious crimes on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) have decreased by 10 per cent for the year so far, with a 15 per cent clear up rate. And Police Commander of the Region 4C, Assistant Commissioner Khali Pareshram said that majority of the crime are opportunistic and not planned….
