Man-made lake to ease water woes in Central Rupununi

(GINA)  Dry weather is likely to have a far lesser impact on communities in Central Rupununi, Region Nine with the completion of a man-made lake. The public-private partnership project is being undertaken to provide water to the indigenous communities during the dry season in the Rupununi. Minister of Natural Resources Raphael Trotman made a site […]

New Acting Chancellor and Acting Chief Justice sworn into office

Two senior long-serving female Jurists were this morning sworn in to top two positions in the local Judiciary. Justice Yonette Cummings-Edwards, who has been acting as Chief Justice will assume the responsibility of Acting Chancellor while Justice Roxanne George-Wiltshire will replace her as the new Acting Chief Justice. The women took their Oath of Office […]

Guyanese man gunned down in Maryland home

Police in Maryland are investigating the gunning down of a Guyanese national, whose body was found in the hallway of his Camden College Park apartment building. He has been identified as 36-year-old Rawle Farley, who has been living in the United States for several years. He is originally from the town of Linden in Guyana. […]

GDF rank charged and granted bail over marijuana find.

A Guyana Defence Force Rank was today placed on $70,000 bail after he was charged with being in possession of 15 grammes of Marijuana. 25-year-old Troyston Cort, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court, before Magistrate Judy Latchman and pleded not guilty to the offence. The Court was told that on the 23rd March, at Stabroek […]

One dead in late night Linden Highway smash up

A medical staffer at the Georgetown Hospital, lost his life last evening as he was driving to Georgetown from Linden and slammed into a large truck along the Linden Soesdyke Highway. The dead young man has been identified as Simon Paul.  Reports suggest that he was the driver of a Toyota motorcar, heading to Georgetown, […]