Police gets breathalyzer gift from flour company

Less than two weeks after Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee admitted that the Police Force only had three functioning breathalyzer kits to test suspected drunk drivers, the National Milling Company has stepped forward to offer some help. On Tuesday, NAMILCO donated fifteen breathalyzer kits to Guyana Police Force to aid in the efforts to curb […]

Man shot outside GT&T office on Church Street

A 39-year-old man is nursing multiple gunshot wounds after he was shot while trying to rush to his wife’s aid on Church Street, just outside the GT&T office on Thursday afternoon. According to reports, the man Sunil Ramesh was parking his mini-bus while his wife was standing just outside the bus, giving him directions. The […]

America St. money changer gunned down in city

An America Street money changer was gunned down on Lombard Street in Georgetown on Thursday morning as he made his way to work. The dead man has been identified as Eccles resident Bridgelall Persaud. According to sources, just after 8 o’ clock on Thursday morning, Persaud was driving his motor car along Lombard Street in […]

Babysitter granted $100k bail as sentencing is appealed

Chief Justice Ian Chang on Wednesday granted bail in the sum of $100,000 for the 19-year-old babysitter who was sentenced to five years in jail after she pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm to a one year old child who was in her care. The young woman Fatima Martin is being represented by Attorney […]

Former Suriname Ambassador is new CARICOM Deputy SG

Her Excellency Manorma Soeknandan is the new Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. Ambassador Soeknandan, a national of Suriname, assumed duties at the CARICOM Secretariat on 1 February, 2014. She succeeds Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite. A familiar figure in the Community, Ambassador Soeknandan served as resident Ambassador of the Republic of Suriname to Guyana […]

Father of abused baby says babysitter was never abused

The father of the one year old baby who was slapped and abused by her 19-year-old baby sitter is fighting back suggestions and accusations that he and his wife were abusive to the baby sitter before or after the incident. The baby sitter Fatima Martin, was last Friday sentenced to 60 months in jail after […]

Threat level lowered at Cheddi Jagan Airport

One week after a U.S Government travel advisory forced officials in Guyana to raise the terror threat level at the Cheddi Jagan Airport, the Ministry of Public Works and the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) have decided to lower the threat level from high to moderate which they describe as an indication that officials no […]

Mosquito invasion forces protest at Wisburg School

Teachers and Students of the Wisburg Secondary School in Wismar, Linden are threatening to stay away from the classroom because of an invasion of mosquitoes in the school compound. Teachers and students protested by sitting in yesterday during classes. Some teachers refused to teach and students complained bitterly about the bothersome, bloodsucking insect. One teacher […]

Earthquake rattles Barbados, Guyana feels tremor

(Nation News) BARBADOS experienced an earthquake just before 5:30 a.m. Tuesday. According to the United States Geological Survey, the magnitude of the earthquake was 6.7 on the Richter scale. The epicentre was approximately 126 miles to the northeast of Bridgetown at a depth of 20 miles. It was also confirmed by Judy Thomas, head of the Department […]