Trevor Rose’s family hope for justice as case is reopened

It has been just over two years since popular Guyanese designer and events co-ordinator, Trevor Rose, was gunned down while accompanying an ex-girlfriend home. The ex-girlfriend and the driver of the car that they were in, both survived.  Rose was riddled with bullets by gunmen who pulled up along side him on the East Bank […]

Venezuelans flocking Colombia to buy food

(BBC)   Thousands of people have crossed to Colombia after Venezuela opened their common border to allow its people to buy food and medicine, officials say. The frontier, closed by Venezuela last August as part of a crime crackdown, was to open for 12 hours. Venezuela is going through a deep economic crisis and many […]

Guyana Amazon Warriors stands on top of CPL table

A brilliant display from the Guyana Amazon Warriors bowlers was backed up by their batsmen as they made it four wins in four matches against the St Kitts & Nevis Patriots in the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL). They won the match with 22 balls to spare thanks to runs from Martin Guptill and Chris […]

CPL donates bats, balls to promote cricket in Guyana

Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon, on Saturday, received a donation of fifty bats and balls from the Caribbean Premier League’s Chief Operations Officer, Mr. Pete Russell, for distribution to communities across the country. He also received a bat, bearing the autographs of the Guyana Amazon Warriors team and a shirt, labeled ‘Chief’. The Minister […]

Higher prices for products and services if import taxes are imposed – Manufacturing Association

The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) is pushing back against the Guyana Government’s move to implement import taxes and review of the list of raw materials which are not eligible for tax exemptions under the revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. The Manufacturing Association is proposing to to work closely with the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) […]

Body of missing UG student found at Land of Canaan foreshore

Police investigators are probing the death of the 19-year-old University of Guyana student whose body was found Friday night at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, two days after he went missing. The body washed up on the foreshore at Land of Canaan. The young man, Harris Anthony Persaud, was last seen on Wednesday afternoon leaving the East […]