NCN fires Admin Manager over alleged missing hose

The National Communications Network has “parted ways” with its Administrative Officer, accusing the woman of removing company property and taking it to her home for personal use. The woman has since denied the charges and sources close to her have told News Source that the move to cut ties with the senior official may be […]

Guyanese woman and daughters found dead in Maryland

HAGERSTOWN, Md. —Police in Hagerstown are investigating the deaths of three people who were found in a car in a middle school parking lot ON Monday afternoon.  Police were called to the parking lot of Western Heights Middle School in the 1300 block of Marshall Street around 4:45 p.m. after learning that a woman and […]

UG Law students get Hugh Wooding placements

The top 25 Guyanese Law graduates from the University of Guyana have been guaranteed placement at the Hugh Wooding Law School for the upcoming academic year. The Government of Guyana has announced the decision of the Council for Legal Education. Earlier this year, the Council had said that it could not guarantee places for the […]

British Guiana stamp sells for record setting US$9.5 Million

A British Guiana One-Cent Magenta postage stamp from 1856, the only one of its kind to still exist, sold for a record $9.5 million at Sotheby’s on Tuesday. The hefty price, which includes the buyer’s premium, makes the one-inch by one-and-a-quarter-inch stamp (2.5 cm by 3.2 cm) printed in black on magenta paper the most […]

No Man is an Island or should be sent to one -US Ambassador

Op-ed by United States Ambassador to Guyana, D Brent Hardt  GEORGETOWN – “As my tenure in Guyana draws to an end, I was saddened to hear the recent outburst from a prominent religious leader suggesting that his fellow citizens with different sexual orientations should be sent to live on an island. It was of course John Donne […]

Lusignan men charged for murder of teenage taxi driver

Two Lusignan men,  Asas Alli and Abool Shazin Razak were on Tuesday morning remanded to prison by Chief Magistrate (ag) Priya Beharry after they were charged with the murder of 17-year-old taxi driver, Dhanraj Latchman. The two were not required to enter a plea to the indictable charge but appeared calm as they appeared before the […]

Police Force withdraws support from Police Wives Association

The Guyana Police Force on Monday announced that it has withdrawn its support from the Police Wives Association over several concerns about the way the Association has been operating. Members of the Association have complained about being locked out the building at the Police Mess Hall, but in a statement, the Guyana Police Force sought […]

Leonora miner stabbed to death in Cuyuni

Police investigators have been dispatched to a mining camp at Sandhills, Cuyuni where a 24-year-old miner was found stabbed to death early on Monday morning. The dead man has been identified as Devindra Alfred of Leonora, West Coast Demerara. He was found just after 2 0′ clock on Monday morning with multiple stab wounds to […]

Albouystown businesswoman found tied up and murdered

Police investigators are  continuing their probe into the murder of Albouystown businesswoman Sumintra Dinool who was found dead in her Sussex Street house tied up and beaten on Sunday morning. According to investigators, the woman’s hands and feet were tied up and strapped to her bed. A man has been taken into custody in connection […]