Cancer patient Christopher Robinson passes on

One month after he was able to realize his last wish to see his sister after two decades, 26-year-old Guyanese Christopher Robinson passed away on Friday evening at a hospice in New York. Robinson battled a rare form of cancer and managed to live past the few months that doctors had given him to live. […]

Victoria miner found chopped to death in Mahdia

Investigators from the Guyana Police Force are probing the murder of a miner at Mahdia after the man’s blood soaked body was found on a roadside in the community on Saturday morning. The dead miner has been identified as 57-year-old Charles Major who is originally from the village of Victoria on the East Coast of […]

Mother and Lover found guilty of Neesa Gopaul’s murder

A 12-member jury on Thursday afternoon found Bibi Shareema Gopaul and her ex-lover Jarvis Barry Small, guilty of the murder of Gopaul’s 16-year-old daughter Neesa Gopaul. The two showed little emotion as the jury foreman announced the guilty verdict. The mother started to tremble as the Judge announced the sentencing. The mother, Bibi Shareema Gopaul was sentenced […]

Let Coalition Politics Prevail -Cheddi Jagan Jnr.

Former People’s Progressive Party Candidate and the son of the founder of the PPP, Dr. Cheddi Jagan Jnr. has offered congratulations to A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance For Change on the formation of their coalition to contest the May 11 elections. In a letter to the press, Dr. Jagan said coalition politics […]

Exxon Mobil set to begin Guyana oil exploration

Days after objections from Venezuelan authorities, there is still no indication from Exxon Mobile that it will halt its exploration plans following the dispatch of the rig and the commencement of exploration work in the concession granted by the Government of Guyana. The rig which departed the United States on February 19 arrived in Guyana […]

Drug convict busted at Ogle with cocaine

Agents of the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit on Wednesday evening busted a drug convict at the Ogle International Airport with over five pounds of cocaine in his bags. The man was getting ready to board a flight to Barbados. He has been identified as 34-year-old Terry Defreitas who was released from prison last year after serving time […]

We have chosen hope over despair and faith over fear -Granger

The Presidential Candidate for the APNU-AFC coalition, David Granger on Wednesday said Guyana is at a breaking point and that was one of the main reasons behind the decision of the two opposition parties to join forces for the upcoming elections. Granger told a packed audience gathered at the Pegasus hotel that it is time […]

May 11 is Guyana’s Deliverance Day – Moses Nagamootoo

The Prime Ministerial Candidate for the APNU-AFC coalition, Moses Nagamootoo has declared elections day, May 11, 2015 will serve as Guyana’s Day of Deliverance. In a call for unity,  Nagamootoo s urged Guyanese to vote resounding for a government of national unity at the May 11 polls, promising that there was nothing to fear in […]

Coalition youths say time to end winner takes all

Youth leaders of the parties that make up the APNU-AFC coalition on Wednesday said it was time for the winner takes all system in Guyana to end and for there to be a move to a government of national unity. Speaking at the launching of the APNU-AFC coalition, Malika Ramsay of the People’s National Congress […]