Two men who are accused of breaking into the tomb of 19-year-old Vishnu Samaroo appeared at the Albion Magistrate’s Court on Monday and pleaded guilty to stealing a cellphone from the deceased. Roopchand Thomas called ‘Lil Shawn’, a 19-year-old labourer and Leon Scott, 25, both of Hampshire Squatting Area, Corentyne Berbice, appeared before Magistrate Rabindranauth…
A Chinese national who allegedly attempted to ship more than 19 pounds of cocaine to China was charged and remanded to prison this morning on drug trafficking charges. Appearing in Court this morning, 25-year-old Wang Xiu Feng pleaded not guilty to the drug trafficking offenses as he appeared before the Chief Magistrate and entered his…
Two days after its seabob trawler sank offshore Guyana causing many to fear that three fishermen are dead, Noble House Seafoods says that it has launched an internal investigation into the incident. Government officials have lamented that the company did not report that the vessel was in distress and as such, assistance was not immediately…
Two taxi drivers were remanded to jail on Friday in connection with a liquified cocaine bust that has also implicated a Chinese national, who was charged separately. In Court on Friday, taxi drivers 41-year-old Bernard Persaud and 40-year-old Godfrey Neblette were remanded to prison after being accused of attempting to traffick more than 19 pounds…
Police are on the hunt for three bandits who invaded the Mon Repos market on the East Coast of Demerara in broad daylight and robbed a jewellery stall. Police Headquarters revealed that the robbery occurred at around 09:40hrs on Monday and was committed against a 46-year-old jeweller. According to investigators, the three perpetrators broke the…
The Noble House Seafood company could face possible sanctions as the search continues for three of its fishermen who have been missing at sea since Saturday after being thrown overboard as their fishing vessel encountered mechanical and other failures. Although the Captain of the vessel called in the distress 18 miles off the coast of…
An accident at Main Street, New Amsterdam, Berbice on Sunday night has claimed the life of Raul Victor, a poultry farmer of #2 Village, East Canje Berbice. The News Room understands that a male passenger is in a stable condition at the New Amsterdam Hospital. Reports indicate that Victor lost control of the car and…
Guyana’s senior national Women’s football team, the Lady Jags, continued their impressive run in the Concacaf Women’s World Cup qualifiers at the weekend, thumping the Turks and Caicos Islands 7-0. In Group F action, the Lady Jags completely annihilated their opponents, scoring at regular intervals. Mariam El-Masri led the charge with a hat-trick, scoring in…
Members of the government, in keeping with a promise to aggressively include the Guyanese Diaspora in national development, will commence engagements in New York and New Jersey this week. The outreach will take place from February 21 through 25. Heading the delegation on the New York outreach is Prime Minister, Brigadier Mark Phillips. Accompanying him…
TotalEnergies, a French oil company, announced the discovery of significant reserves of oil and gas off the coast of Suriname on Monday and said it would begin exploration soon. The company has several exploration licences in the South American nation and made the announcement jointly with the United States Corporation APA. “TotalEnergies and APA Corporation…
