The APNU and AFC are reassuring their supporters that the two parties will be heading into the next elections as a strong coalition. Representatives from the two parties emerged from a high-level meeting at the President’s office this afternoon with smiles on their faces and assurances that the APNU and AFC are “stronger together”. Alliance…

Hours after he was extradited from the United States, Guyanese Marcus Bisram was on Thursday afternoon remanded to the Camp Street prison for the November 2016 murder of Corentyne carpenter Faiyaz Narinedatt. Bisram, who was hauled before Magistrate Renita Singh in shackles and under heavy police guard, was not required to plead to the indictable

Lamenting the undelivered promises and excuses of successive Governments, another group of young people, mostly doctors, on Thursday launched a political party named ‘The New Movement.’ The party, headed by mostly doctors, is the first to put forward a female Presidential Candidate – Dr Asha Kissoon. She is 30 years old and new to the…

Given the demand by sugar workers for an increase in their wages and salaries, Finance Minister Winston Jordan said that matter must be handled by the Board of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo). He told the media on Wednesday that the sugar workers come under a Corporation that has an active board and as such,…

Guyanese Marcus Bisram, who is wanted by local police for the 2016 murder of a Corentyne carpenter, has been released from a detention center in Brooklyn,New York and is expected to be deported to Guyana this evening. Reports are that Bisram, called Brian, is being prepared by US and Guyanese law enforcement authorities for travel

Prominent businessman and former Parliamentarian Stanley Ming is pursuing a US$200 million venture to build a shore base called Ishika along the Essequibo River close to Parika that he says is 12 times the size of the current Guyana Shore Base at Houston, East Bank Demerara. He told the News Room that construction is expected…

President David Granger this morning brushed aside the deadlines being set by the Alliance For Change for the completion of the renegotiation of the Cummingsburg Accord. The Cummingsburg Accord is the agreement that created the APNU+AFC coalition. The President is the Chairman of the APNU while the AFC is led by Public Security Minister, Khemraj…

A police constable and three other men were on Tuesday afternoon remanded to prison after they appeared in the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court and were charged for robbing a Brazilian businessman of a quantity of gold at Matthews Ridge, North West District two Mondays ago. The men, Police Constable Kort Nedd, Ramesh Singh, Leron Campbell and

By Isanella Patoir Local Journalist, lecturer and now Attorney-at-law Chevy Devonish was admitted to the local bar on Tuesday. He told the News Room that he wants to educate persons about the laws of Guyana as it relates to land and civil issues. “Primarily I want to be able to educate persons about the law…

32-year-old taxi driver Neville Thomas will have to face a High Court Judge and Jury after  Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus ruled that a strong enough case had been made out against him in a rape charge. Thomas is accused of raping a 12-year-old girl. The offense was allegedly committed on the child back in April of…