…new organisation formed to get them involved in oil and gas sector By Navendra Seoraj A GROUP of young people have pooled their resources and ideas together to form the Youth and Oil Association (YOA), which is aimed at empowering young entrepreneurs and professionals to take advantage of direct and indirect opportunities in the budding
A taxi driver of Ruby, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) has been admitted to the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was shot to the head during a robbery on Monday morning. Police said 21-year-old Brandon Lam was at Leopold Street, Werk en Rust, Georgetown in motorcar PVV 3948 which was being driven by a Police Constable…
Days after their arrest in neighbouring Suriname, authorities there have handed over the two Guyanese fishermen who are wanted in Guyana for that deadly attack on a fishing vessel that left four fishermen dead. The two wanted men, 22-year-old Anonth Boodrage of Belvedere, Corentyne and 21-year-old O’brien Fraser of Eversham Village, Corentyne were handed over to local Police on…
-Ninvalle says participation depends on funding THE GUYANA Boxing Association (GBA) has named its largest boxing team, in decades, to the Caribbean Championships, but president of the local body, Steve Ninvalle said that participation this year would depend heavily on government support. Guyana has been a dominant force in the regional competition and is hoping
President David Granger on Sunday promised that his Government will help to provide opportunities for veterans when they leave active military service. The Head of State, a former military officer himself, said over the next ten years, the Government will accept responsibility to support its military veterans, as he addressed those gathered to observe Remembrance…
A Caribbean Airlines plane that departed Guyana on Saturday afternoon for a non-stop flight to New York was forced to make an emergency landing in The Bahamas as the plane developed a mechanical problem with one of its engines. The flight, BW 526, had 134 passengers and 7 crew members on board. In a statement,…
A Guyanese man who was arrested in Boa Vista, Roraima State, Brazil, for the murders of a family of three in February 2018, was Friday last sentenced to 52 years imprisonment. A Judge sentenced Gordon Fowler, also known as “Jamaica,” for the crime of triple murder. Fowler confessed to the killings after he was caught
(New York Post) It was a real-life Bollywood horror story. A Queens monster who fatally stabbed his wife, a bartender, and then hanged himself from a tree was insanely jealous of a ‘rival’ thousands of miles away: megastar Indian actor Hrithik Roshan, her grieving friends told The Post Saturday. Donne Dojoy, 27, was enthralled by the Hindi…
A 26-year-old former resident of West Ruimveldt was this morning sentenced to 14 months in jail after being found guilty of breaking into a home and carting off more than $1 million in jewellery and electronic items. The sentence was handed down by Magistrate Rhondel Weaver after she found Ceon Isaacs guilty of the crime.…
BEVERAGE giant Banks DIH, on Friday, pumped in excess of GY$2M into the Berbice Cricket Board (BCB) as the two entities prepare to stage the Banks Beer 1st Division two-day tournament. Friday’s major deal was confirmed at the company’s Thirst Park location, where BCB President, Hilbert Foster, received the sponsorship cheque from Banks Beer Brand
