Port Kaituma man kills wife then commits suicide

The interior community of Port Kaituma has been rocked by another brutal crime that has left community leaders stunned. Police investigators rushed into the scene of a murder/suicide on Monday morning where they found the bodies of 39-year-old Pamela Martin and her 64-year-old reputed husband Victor Pires. Investigations have revealed that the two were involved […]

Guyanese mother and son killed in NY smash up

A Guyanese woman and her son were killed instantly when their car veered off the road and hit a tree Friday afternoon in New York.  Times Union reports that 30 year old Mervyn Albert, was driving his mother home to Schenectady when he lost control on a back road and went airborne, State Police said. His mother, Angeli […]

DJ Casual shot; rushed into surgery

Popular radio host and deejay, Curtis Armstrong aka DJ Casual, was rushed into theatre at the Georgetown Hospital on Monday morning after being shot twice during an argument with a group of men at the Easter Fest show at the Guyana National Stadium. Casual was shot to the abdomen and to one of his arms. […]

Man found stabbed to death on Lethem road

Police in Lethem are investigating the murder of a Rupununi man whose lifeless body was found at the corner of a road with several stab wounds. According to the police, just about 5:40 am on Sunday April 20, 2014, the body of 23-year-old Terrence Robin James, of Kwatamang Village, North Rupununi, was found on the […]

President challenges Hindus to take on social ills

President Donald Ramotar today called on the Berbice Hindu Society to collaborate with Government; individually and collectively to assist in dealing with some of the social issues that plague society.             The President was at the time speaking at the commissioning of the Hindu Society Berbice, Sri Krishna Mandir located at Gay Park, Greater New Amsterdam, […]

Fly Jamaica flights affected by technical problems

Scores of Fly Jamaica passengers in New York and Guyana were affected on Thursday and Friday as the airline faced technical issues with the aircraft and was forced to cancel and postpone a number of flights. On Thursday, passengers traveling to Guyana and Jamaica from New York were faced with two delays and a cancellation […]

Luncheon diagnosed with cancer

Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon on Thursday announced that he has been diagnosed with gastro intestinal cancer which has spread to his lungs. Dr. Luncheon who is one of the longest-serving members of the PPP Government is also a medical doctor by profession and he has  decided against any form […]

Budget reduced to $182 Billion

The National Assembly on Wednesday passed the national budget after some disapproval in the estimates by the Opposition parties which used their combined majority to reduce the budget from $220 Billion to $182 Billion. The Opposition parties slashed the budgets from several government agencies and programmes.             Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh, expressing his disappointment […]

Guyanese man charged for stealing electricity in Antigua

Antigua St. John’s – A 26-year-old Guyanese man pleaded guilty yesterday to fraudulently diverting, abstracting, and consuming electricity from the Antigua Public Utility Authority (APUA) when he appeared in the St John’s Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Ngaio Emanuel. According to the facts, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) officers executed a search warrant at Orland Wilson’s home […]

Ramada takes over Princess Hotel brand

Over US$7 Million is expected to be pumped into the refurbishing and rehabilitation of the Princess Hotel at Providence now that the Ramada Hotel Group has entered into an agreement to brand and manage the Princess Hotel in Guyana. The move is part of a bigger project and agreement involving the Princess brand throughout the […]