Former Finance Minister ready to co-operate with SOCU

Former Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh, has indicated that he is ready to cooperate with the Special Organised Crime Unit and any investigation that it may be conducting that may be connected to him. Dr. Singh has hired former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall, as his legal representative and in a letter to SOCU yesterday, Mr. […]

Common Entrance overall passes in Math jumps from 13% to 45%

The 2017 results of the National Grade Six Assessment examinations will be released on Friday. Already, Education officials are said to be pleased with the improved performance in mathematics. More than 13,000 children wrote the examinations at both the public and private level. While officials have been tightlipped about the results,  One senior Education official […]

Bagotstown man jailed for three years for marijuana possession

A Bagotstown resident will spend the next three years behind bars, after admitting of being in possession of marijuana for the purpose of “hussling”. 25-Year-Old Carlsdale Arvon, today made his first appearance before Magistrate Faboyo Azore and entered a plea of guilty when the charge was read to him. The charge stated that on the 26th […]

Government Ministers still receiving $25,000 per month housing allowance -Clerk of National Assembly

The Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs, has dismissed as false a front page report in the Stabroek News today, which states that the housing allowance for Government Ministers has been increased to $500,000 per month. In a telephone interview with News Source from his office at Parliament Buildings, the Clerk explained that Government […]

Linden men remanded to prison over murder of miner in Omai Backdam

Two Linden men were today remanded to prison after being charged with the chopping death of miner, Carlos Wong. 25-year-old, Dwayne Washington and 22-year-old, Dorwayne Hollingsworth, both of Wismar, Linden, were not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge of murder. City Magistrate Fabayo Azore was today presented with the facts of the […]

“Peep man” beaten to death by three-some participants

Police investigators in Bartica have arrested two men and a woman, who are accused of beating a man to death early this morning after he refused to stop gazing at their three-some sex act. According to a statement from the Police, the two men and the woman were on the Third Avenue beach in Bartica […]