Mae’s boy and Dharmic Rama Krishna boy top NGSA exams

The results of the 2016 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) were released by the Ministry of Education on Tuesday with two students gaining the #1 spot. The two students who gained the top position are Anthony Ferriea from Mae’s Under 12 and Anya Singh from the Dharmic Rama Krishna Primary School. Both students gained 568 […]

Guyanese busted at CJIA with cocaine in straw bag

The vacation spot for a Guyanese woman has changed and she will now face charges for cocaine trafficking after being busted at the Cheddi Jagan airport with 1.5 pounds of cocaine hidden in a straw bag that she was carrying. The 26-year-old woman was about to board a New York bound flight when the bust […]

Holness presses CARICOM to urgently address cases of Jamaicans being denied entry into sister states

by Kurt Campbell Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Monday called on CARICOM leaders to urgently address the increased cases of denial of entry of regional citizens into fellow CARICOM member states. Prime Minister Holness made the call while delivering an address at the opening of the 37th Heads of Government meeting of CARICOM in […]

CARICOM Meeting opens with standing tribute to Patrick Manning

CARICOM Leaders gathered in Georgetown, Guyana for their 37th Regular Meeting, stood in silence and paid tribute to the former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning, who died last Saturday. In paying tribute, CARICOM Secretary General, Ambassador Irwin LaRoque said he could not begin the meeting without first paying tribute to the late […]

Woman arrested after stabbing lover to death over cheating claims

A West Demerara woman is in police custody and claiming self defense after she stabbed her lover to death during a heated late Saturday night argument. The dead man has been identified as 42-year-old Frederick Peters. He was pronounced dead at the West Demerara hospital after being rushed there with stab wounds about his body. […]