Man dies after scuffle with bus conductor over loud music

A minibus conductor has been arrested by the police and remains in custody following the death of a 52 year old man moments after the two were involved in a heated argument and scuffle in an East Coast bound mini bus. According to the Police Public Relations Office, 52 year old Basdeo Mangra of North […]

Walter Moore – from Guyana to Kazakhstan

By Rawle Toney If anyone had told 28 year-old Walter Moore that he would be playing in the ninth largest country in the world, he would have probably used some colourful Guyanese language to tell the person where to get off. But today, Moore is playing professional soccer in , Kazakhstan and is thankful for the […]

Cocaine in wri wri pepper from Guyana busted in Trinidad

Drug enforcement agents in Guyana are working along with their Trinidadian counterparts to track down a man who was able to ship over 80 pounds of cocaine out of Guyana through the Cheddi Jagan International Airport on a Caribbean Airlines flight. The drug bust was made in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday. The cocaine was […]

NFMU to show cause why radio frequencies should not be revoked

The National Frequency Management Unit will have to appear before Chief Justice Ian Chang on May 9, 2013 to show cause why the Court should not quash its decision to assign frequencies for radio and television broadcasting to Radio Guyana Inc., Telecor, New Guyana Company, Rudolph Grant, NTN Radio, Wireless Connections, Hits and Jams Entertainment, […]

63 year old man remanded for stepdaughter’s murder

The 63-year-old man fingered in the brutal stabbing death of his 14-year-old stepdaughter was remanded to prison on Monday morning when he appeared before Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs at the Vreed-en-hoop Magistrates’ Court. The man, Fitz Josiah was not allowed to enter a plea to the indictable charge and he appeared emotionless as he stood before […]

Businessman Keith King remanded for cocaine in lumber

Businessman Keith King who was deported just over a decade ago from the United States found himself before a Georgetown Magistrate this morning facing cocaine trafficking charges. The 46-year-old man was refused bail and remanded to prison when he appeared before Magistrate Alain Wilson early on Monday morning charged in connection with the over 700 […]

Three persons die in separate accidents

The Guyana Police Force has reported that 3 persons lost their lives in separate accidents over the weekend across the three counties. On Saturday, 38-year-old Mukesh Mangar of Pigeon Island, East Coast Demerara was travelling in the tray of a motor canter vehicle along the Hope Public Road on the East Coast Demerara when he […]

AK-47 used in Police attack

Police investigators probing the attack on a police patrol which left a police corporal dead and two of his colleagues injured, believe a high powered AK-47 assault rifle was used in the attack. Early Sunday morning, Crime Scene Investigators from the Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department were still carrying out checks on the bullet riddled […]

High tide rushes over Seawalls; areas flooded

Residents of Public Road, Kitty woke up this morning to their yards flooded as an unusual high tide sent waves rushing over the seawalls. A section of the Rupert Craig East Coast Highway was shut down to traffic early Sunday morning as the waves pounded the seawalls and flooded the roadway and nearby streets and […]