Tommy Lee goes EDM

(Jamaica Observer)  DANCEHALL deejay Tommy Lee Sparta is venturing into new territory. He has recorded an EDM (electronic dance music) track with Philadelphia’s G1fted Music. The single is entitled Mellow Me Out and is slated for a summer release. “Yea, man, mi like dem vibe. They journeyed to Westmoreland with me fi a stage show. […]

Caribbean region being urged to support cash strapped CDEMA

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency’s (CDEMA) moved into a new US$4-million headquarters on Thursday despite a warning from the host country that the regional institution is “bleeding” and having difficulties in paying its day-to-day bills. Barbados Attorney General Adriel Brathwaite, speaking at the ceremony to mark the occasion, called […]

Guyana’s Ambassador to Suriname assaulted by Surinamese Police

The Government of Guyana wants a full and thorough investigation into the assault of the Guyana Ambassador to Suriname, Keith George on Guyana embassy grounds in Paramaribo. The incident took place last Wednesday and reportedly occurred as the Ambassador was blocking the arrest of one of his drivers on embassy grounds in keeping with the […]

Rastafari organisations want marijuana promise from political parties

Kurt Campbell reports… Some sections of the local Rastafarian community are threatening to withhold support from political parties in the upcoming May 11 regional and general elections if individual platforms and policies do not speak favorably to the decriminalization of marijuana in Guyana. During a press conference on Thursday, Leaders of at least three Rastafarian organisations […]

Govt. scholars left broke as administration fails to deliver stipends

Several Guyanese students who are on scholarships abroad have not been able to receive their stipends with no clear indication from the Guyana Government as to when the situation will be rectified. Government’s Chief Spokesman Dr. Roger Luncheon made the disclosure on Wednesday and said it was due to the absence of an Appropriation Act […]

$90 Million and gun stolen in Bourda Post Office pension heist

After being taken as hostages,a policeman and a post office driver are being questioned following an early morning robbery at the busy downtown Bourda post office on Wednesday. Gunmen made off with over $90 Million in cash which should have been used for pension payments at the post office and a high powered rifle. According to […]

GT&T rolls out “More Speed” enhanced internet service

Promising increased speed at cheaper prices, the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company on Wednesday morning rolled out its faster internet service which is already available in some East Bank Demerara and East Coast communities. The increased and improved service now offers internet speed of up to 10 Megabits per second which is 10 times faster […]

US Embassy wants Kaieteur News to retract April Fool’s Joke

The United States Embassy in Georgetown on Wednesday took the unusual step in demanding a retraction of an April Fools Joke published by the daily Kaieteur News. The Kaieteur News April 1, 2015 edition carried a front page fictitious story indicating that “US revokes four Govt. Officials visas”, although the report never named the embassy […]

Vanessa Kissoon and other women charged for heckling PPP meeting

Former Member of Parliament for A Partnership for National Unity, Vanessa Kissoon and four other Linden women were on Tuesday charged for provoking a breach of the peace after they heckled and protested at a public meeting of the People’s Progressive Party in the bauxite mining town of Linden. The incident reportedly took place last […]