Hours after reportedly shooting and killing his son-in-law, 44-year-old Sherwayne Brandt was arrested at the Eugene Correia International Airport, Ogle, East Coast Demerara while attempting to flee the country. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told the News Room that the arrest was made on Saturday between 14:30hrs and 15:00hrs. The Crime Chief revealed that Brandt had…
After spending the last six years on remand, Fazeel Bacchus on Monday confessed to the 2015 fatal shooting of 48-year-old businessman Ganesh Ramlall called ‘Boyo.’ Bacchus, 27, formerly of Cornelia Ida, West Coast Demerara, was arraigned before Justice Simone Morris-Ramlall at the Georgetown High Court for the capital offence of murder. However, he pleaded guilty…
— denied and misunderstood By Vanessa Cort I SENT the link of my last article on stress to a friend of mine in England and I was surprised and horrified by his reaction. He did not consider stress an illness and felt that those with wealth and fame are buffered by their money and…
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony says that the government continues to battle vaccine hesitancy and misinformation relating to COVID-19, especially in hinterland communities, which he believes is being fuelled by religious leaders and toshaos. “Some of the leaders in the communities, it might be a mixture of the toshaos or sometimes in other cases…
THE National Ophthalmology Hospital (NOH), Region Six, has performed over two dozen operations since resuming cataract surgeries on February 13 and is working vigorously to clear a backlog of 2,800 cases which have accumulated over the past five years. And with fully-booked theatre dates until March 10, the hospital is expected to do a minimum…
Permanent Secretary (PS) at the Office of the President Abena Moore on Monday told the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) that a policy in 2017/2018 to have all government contracted employees placed on the pensionable establishment is no longer being enforced. Persons currently on contract are instead allowed to stay on contract and are only transitioned…
THE Guyana Consulate in New York will be hosting “An Evening of Culture” tomorrow to showcase the uniqueness of Guyana’s six peoples in celebration of the nation’s 52nd Republic Day Anniversary. The celebration will occur at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in Queens, New York, a release said. According to the release, the event will…
Police ranks on the East Bank of Demerara have arrested the suspect in the fatal stabbing of Venezuelan national, 29-year-old Yocter Eduardo Gonzalez. Police Headquarters reported that the incident occurred at the Raghoo Sports Bar at the junction of the Soesdyke/Linden Highway on February 19. According to reports, Gonzalez, his brother and some friends were…
WORKERS at the Enmore Packaging Facility are happy to know that they will not be jobless and will be trained to continue working at the facility. It was recently revealed that Guysons K+B Industries had entered into an agreement with the Government of Guyana to lease the packaging facility and have it transformed into a…
The investigation into the claims that a 29-year-old Guyanese woman was tricked into moving to Syria and is now stuck there with her children, is ongoing, according to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Hugh Todd. Relatives said Rafena Kumar, who is now a mother to two young children aged 3 and 5,…
