GTT donates footballs to Conquerors youth camp

The Fruta Conquerors Football  camp has received a significant boost from the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph  company. The company handed over 20 footballs to the youth camp earlier this week GTT’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) Allison Parker said that GTT has always had a good relationship with the football club and after the club sent […]

Three dead in Linden Highway accident

Three persons died on Friday night following yet another tragic accident along the Linden Soesdyke Highway. The Police Public Relations Department confirmed the number of fatalities. The accident occurred just around 8 o’ clock in the Kairuni area along the highway, when the motorcar, that the persons were in, slammed into a parked truck that […]

Six years in jail for bank employee after Guilty plea in Republic Bank attempted robbery case; Four others enter not guilty plea

Five men, including two bank employees and two policemen, were today slapped with a slew of attempted robbery and gun and ammunition possession charges in the July 4th attempted robbery at Republic Bank, on Water Street.  The men, Jamal Haynes, Keron Saunders, Gladston George, Anfernee Blackman and Shawn Grimmond made their way into the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court […]

US Embassy granted 72,000 Visitor Visas and 7000 Permanent Visas in 2016

As the United States promises to continue building close ties with Guyana, the US Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Halloway, revealed on Thursday evening that the local embassy granted 72,000 non-immigrant visas (visitor) and 7,000 immigrant visas (permanent) in 2016. Speaking at the Embassy’s celebration of the U.S Independence, Mr. Halloway told invitees at the Georgetown […]

Three former MediCare Pharmacy employees charged for embezzlement

Three former staff members of the Medicare Pharmacy  were today slapped with embezzling money from the company. 23-year-old Vanwattie Ramnarine of Area D’William, West Coast Demerara, 20-year-old Celina Sookdeo of Good Fortuin, West Coast Demerara and 43-year-old Zalena Khan of East Street, Georgetown were each charged and released on $150,000 bail each. It is alleged […]

Woman found dead in Montrose canal suffered from Hallucinations

Police investigators are probing the death of a 73-year-old woman, whose lifeless body was found early this morning in a canal at Montrose on the East Coast of Demerara. Crime Scene Investigators were called to the scene just after 7:30 am, when persons noticed the body floating.  She has been identified as Chandroutie Deonarine of Bushlot […]

Guyhoc man granted bail for attempted murder charge

A Guyhoc Park man was on Wednesday placed on $150,000 Bail after he was charged with stabbing another man during a confrontation with the intent to murder him, Market vendor and footballer, Kurt Joseph made his first appearance in court before Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan to answer to the charge of attempted murder. The charge […]