Jamaican national arrested for Manu Durant’s death

A Jamaican national who has been fingered in the death of well-known East Coast resident, Manu Durant, has been arrested and is being questioned by the police. The man was arrested over the weekend in the bordering region of Eteringbang in the Essequibo region. It is believed that he was attempting to cross over into […]

North Sophia man gunned down in Sunday night execution killing

Police investigators rushed to the North Sophia area just before 10 o’ clock on Sunday night following a  shooting that left one man dead and another man injured. The dead man has been identified as Colin Kendall aka “Bow”. He was pronounced dead at the Georgetown Hospital after he was rushed there by friends. Another […]

Passengers left stranded as Guyana puts hold on operations of Venezuelan flag carrier

Over 40 Venezuelan passengers have been left stranded in Guyana following a decision by the Guyana government not to allow Venezuelan state-owned airline, Conviasa Airlines to land in the country over the non-payment of its bond. But the decision of the Guyana government may also be linked to the recent decree issued by the Venezuelan President, claiming […]

Venezuela lays claim to Guyana’s oil rich waters

Venezuela is making new claims to this Guyana’s territorial waters which include the Stabroek Block where US oil company, ExxonMobil  recently announced it had found significant deposits of oil and is pushing ahead with its exploration activity. Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on May 27, 2015 issued a decree, extending Venezuela’s claim to Guyana’s territorial waters. […]

Social Protection Ministry shocked with working conditions at Bosai

The poor conditions under which workers were forced to toil were exposed when Junior Minister of Social Protection Simona Broomes, on Thursday conducted an onsite visit of the Bosai bauxite mining operations in Linden, Region Ten. Accompanied by a team of Labour Occupational Health and Safety Officials, the Minister was appalled at the conditions under […]

Government announces new financial bailout for Guysuco

The government has approved monies intended to “bail out” the cash strapped Guyana Sugar Corporation and it has assured that it is working assiduously to ensure the operations of the company return to normalcy . While the administration has not disclosed the sum of the monies released to GuySuCo it had that the Guysuco had requested a […]