By: Indrawattie Natram SIXTEEN-year-old Bhumeshwar Amit Ramkissoon of Belle Plain, Wakenaam, is the island’s top performer at this year Caribbean Secondary School Examinations (CSEC). Ramkissoon , a former student of the Essequibo Islands Secondary School , gained passes in nine subjects at the regional examinations. He obtained eight Grade Ones and one Grade Two including ,

An elderly man was Tuesday morning killed in a hit and run at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara (EBD). He was identified by residents as Eon Sam, known as ‘Yankee’, who they say had no fixed place of abode. He was found in a pool of blood on the highway with his head smashed…

Months after a Police service weapon went missing from the Brickdam Station, a 21-year-old Police Constable, Cornell Paul was today charged with the offence of larceny. However, he was granted bail in the sum of $150,000.= The court heard that on the 3rd February, at the Brickdam Police Station, the young Constable allegedly stole the…

An interdicted Cadet Officer of the Guyana Police Force has been arrested by the lawmen after he threatened to shoot his wife , allegedly with an illegal firearm. Reports are that Cadet Officer Franz Paul , who in May of this year had a criminal charge discharged against him after he compensated his victim for an offence

Police are investigating an incident where 31-year-old Munir Amin of Lot 51 First Dam, Garden of Eden, East Bank Demerara was found lying in a pool of blood in the community with severe injuries to the head and face. A police release noted that he was first taken to the East Demerara Regional Hospital by…

Longtime member of the People’s National Congress Reform, Volda Lawrence has been elected as the new Chairperson of the party, the second highest position in Guyana’s second oldest political party. The results of the elections were announced just after midnight. Lawrence replaces fellow party member, Basil Williams, who was hoping to be re-elected to the…

Five armed, masked bandits robbed a Belmont, Mahaica, East Coast Demerara family on Saturday night and carted-off cash, jewellery and electronic items following the attack. According to reports , the victims reside in a two storey wooden and concrete building and on Saturday night the bandits gained access to the house after entering the yard

The Ministry of Natural Resources says the scathing criticisms by the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miner’s Association (GGDMA) about the Government’s failure to address concerns of miners are “misguided and inflammatory.” The Ministry, headed by Raphael Trotman, made it clear that if the GGDMA wants to be respected then it first has to give it.…

A motion put forward by the Atlanta Chapter of the People’s National Congress for the name of late President Forbes Burnham to be added to the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, has been forwarded to a Special Committee of the party. The suggestion was made during Saturday’s session at the ongoing Biennial Congress of the People’s…

– as PNCR 20th Biennial Delegates Congress opens LEADER of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) President David Granger on Friday assured supporters that his party remains committed to coalition politics and will continue to work together with its partners to afford the good life to all Guyanese. President Granger was at the time addressing