A motorcyclist was on Friday killed in an accident on the Blairmont Public Road, West Bank Berbice (WBB). Police said 34-year-old Tyron Kishore of 141 Plantation Hope Bath, WBB was driving motorcycle #CH 6922, allegedly at a fast rate of speed when he lost control and collided with the right side of a motorcar #HC4204…
Commander for A’ Division, Assistant Police Commissioner Marlon Chapman has launched an investigation into reports of some 911 emergency calls going unanswered. The probe has been triggered by yet another complaint about repeated calls to the emergency line going unanswered. The latest complaint came from prominent Public Relations and Media Consultant Alex Graham, who complained…
THE eighth turtle festival will be happening this weekend at Caiman House in Yupukari Village. Since 2011, Yupukari village and the Caiman House Field Station in the Rupununi, have been the base for a community led turtle monitoring project. The goal of the project is to celebrate, sensitize and promote turtle conservation with community members.
Advertising and communications consultant Alex Graham and his family have been left traumatized after bandits entered their South Ruimveldt, Georgetown home and carted off several electronic items, jewellery and an undisclosed sum of cash while they were asleep. Graham, the Chief Executive Officer of Tagman Media, told the News Room that his wife was awakened…
In the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, 25-year-old Revelana Smith was charged and remanded to jail on an attempted murder charge. It is alleged that on the 26th March at Pike Street Kitty, the accused attacked the new girlfriend of her ex-lover. She reportedly became aware that the new girlfriend, Ranetta Bharrat, who is also a…
– City Hall, private sector agree to jointly tackle garbage, rates issues A meeting between the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) and the private sector on Wednesday ended on a high note as the parties agreed to work together to bring businesses in line regarding garbage collection and payment of rates and taxes. In the
By Akeem Greene In light of the High Court ruling on April 3 which deemed the executive committee of the Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) illegal, Cricket West Indies (CWI) President Ricky Skerritt has expressed deep concern, calling the situation “troubling.” “The Guyana situation is troubling; it is a little awkward,” Skerritt, who was recently elected,…
Low cost US airline, Jet Blue, has approved a plan to begin scheduled service to Guyana. Airline staff members were today informed about the decision by the company’s Chief Executive Officer. According to reports, the airline intends to have dedicated aircraft for the Guyana service when it begins. The service is likely to be launched…
…U.S praises collaboration between Guyana, DEA …pledges more help to build capacity at anti-drug agencies UNITED States Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, said while Guyana has demonstrated the political will to combat the trafficking of narcotics, it currently lacks the capacity to effectively disrupt the illicit trade. Cognisant of the challenges the country faces,
Thirty-six-year-old taxi driver Sherwin Edwards Clarke was sentenced to three years imprisonment and ordered to pay a fine of $1.7M by Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan trafficking over eight pounds of Cannabis. Clarke of Canje, Berbice was found guilty of the charge which read that on February 11, 2019, at the Fireside Grill, Garnett Street, Kitty…
