A 12-member jury today returned a guilty verdict for Delon Henry aka Nasty Man in the murder case of footballer, Dexter Griffith. The murder took place in 2015. “Nasty Man”, who has also been fingered in a number of other crimes, stood in disbelief as the sentence was announced in the courtroom of Justice,Sandil Kissoon.…
By Akeem Greene After five years of competing in Guyana and producing moments of dominance, Sharima ‘Speed Queen’ Khan will take her skills to Trinidad and Tobago for the second leg of the 2018 Caribbean Motor Racing Championship (CMRC) this weekend. It will be her first time competing outside of Guyana, and the determined young…
The Guyana Government has received commendations for its collaborative and pragmatic approach for implementation of the country’s Local Content Policy as outlined in the draft document. But according to British Local Content Expert Dr. Michael Warner, there are risks involved in pursuing this approach just as there are risks in assuming a non-collaborative posture. Dr.…
Thirty-seven-year-old Ron Mansfield who was known as ‘phone card man’ had just arrived in front his lot 772 Westminster, West Bank Demerara home after a hard day’s work when he was confronted by armed bandit (s) who shot and robbed him of his day’s sales on Tuesday night. Mansfield was a phone card vendor who…
The boyfriend of the young woman who was allegedly pushed to her death from a moving car during an argument was today charged with unlawfully killing the woman. 21-year-old Rick Sewcharran appeared before the Chief Magistrate this afternoon and was not required to enter a plea to the unlawful killing of his 19-year-old girlfriend, Saskia…
Sri Lanka had dismissed the stubborn Shai Hope soon after tea, giving themselves one final chance to surge to victory, but then the rains arrived, followed by bad light. In the end, West Indies drew the match with five wickets in hand, with 32.3 overs lost to the conditions. Perhaps Sri Lanka will rue the…
Following the announcement by Venezuela this morning that it will not participate in the International Court case to settle the border controversy with Guyana, the Government of Guyana has announced that it intends to invoke the statute of the Court that provides for the Court making a judgement when one party decides to opt out.…
Thirty-seven residents of the villages of San Souci and Melville, Wakenaam have suffered from flooding following high tide exacerbated by a breach in the sea defence Sunday morning. The Civil Defense Commission (CDC) and other officials are currently in the villages assessing the situation and providing support to the residents. According to the Department of…
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MOPI) has commenced the clean-up exercise at the residence at Fifth and Sixth Avenue, Diamond, East Bank Demerara, where a resident of the community had dug a well, resulting in an eruption of mud, water, methane gas and damage to several homes in the area. The clean-up works, which are…
An April application to the High Court to resist alleged US fugitive Troy Thomas from being extradited to the United States to face a murder charge has been dismissed. Justice Jo-Ann Barlow dismissed the application by Thomas’ lawyers today, paving the way for the matter to continue in the Magistrate’s Court on June 26th. Solicitor…
