Mystery surrounds kidnapping and murder of Timehri youth

On the 24th June 2025, the body of 22-year-old Ezekiel Smith was found in the Princes Street area with two gunshot wounds to the head and multiple injuries to his body. Family members learnt of the young man’s death when they were contacted by a representative of a funeral home. Days before his body was […]

AG Nandlall offers reminder of need to seek permission before entering some Indigenous villages

Attorney General Anil Nandlall is cautioning that unauthorized visits to some Amerindian communities could amount to a criminal offence. He is urging persons to follow the correct procedures before entering those villages. The Attorney General’s comments appear to be in response to the controversy that erupted during a visit by Presidential Candidate for We Invest […]

Guyana inks deal with American food company to market Regional Food hub

Blumberg Grain – a leading global food security company – today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Agriculture to collaborate on the marketing and branding of the regional food hub, which is currently under construction at Yarrowkabra, along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. Blumberg Grain’s fully integrated crop […]

US to provide security training to Guyana Police Force ahead of September elections

By Svetlana Marshall The United States Government will be deploying security experts to Guyana to train members of the Guyana Police Force ahead of the September 1 General and Regional Elections, US Ambassador Nicole Theriot disclosed today. Those experts, according to Ambassador Theriot, will either come from the Las Vegas or Miami Dade Police Department. […]

Woman freed of charge of killing husband

Seven years after she was charged for manslaughter over the death of her reputed husband, 36-year-old Melissa Cylus walked out of the High Court a free woman this morning, after the jury returned a not guilty verdict. The husband, Julian Anthony Reberio, was found dead at the couple’s Soesdyke home on the 13th November 2018. […]