McCoy slapped with three charges for 2011 damage to Benschop’s vehicle and theft of property

Former Presidential Information Liaison under the PPP, Kwame McCoy was on Wednesday slapped with three charges for actions meted out against Political Activist Mark Benchcop back in March 2011. McCoy appeared at the Providence Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Lerone Daly and was granted bail in the sum of $275,000. He was granted $200,000 bail for […]

First batch of CPL tickets go on sale

The HERO Caribbean Premier League (CPL) are delighted to announce that the initial batch of tickets for the forthcoming season, which will be staged this year from 29 June – 7 August, are on sale now. In excess of 300,000 fans attended the biggest party in sport last year and tournament organisers are confident that […]

West Indies players reprimanded for World T20 outbursts

West Indies’ victorious cricketers have been reprimanded by the ICC for their actions and comments in the wake of their World T20 triumph in Kolkata earlier this month. The team, which secured an emotional four-wicket victory in the final against England, had come close to withdrawing from the tournament before a ball had been bowled, […]

Police arrest bandits after mining camp gold heist

Quick action by the Guyana Police Force in the Mazaruni area has resulted in the arrest of two men who robbed a miner of a large quantity of  raw gold after they brutally chopped him about the body. The man survived the injuries. According to a Police report, 42-year-old miner, Neil Jordan, of Bartica, Essequibo, […]

Guyanese construction worker gunned down in Trinidad

A Guyanese man was killed and another critically injured in a shooting incident in San Fernando, Trinidad on Monday. The dead man was identified as Guyanese national Kemraj Persad, 30, a construction worker, of Hummingbird Avenue, Duncan Village. According to a report in the Trinidad Guardian, Eyewitnesses said Persad, and another man identified as Sean […]