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Children’s Mash countdown…Folklore never looked more real than at Thursday’s...
–in a riot of heady colour –Road Parade set for Saturday WITH just one more day left in the Georgetown leg of the Children’s Mashramani Competition, we saw the nursery and primary schools dominating...
View ArticleEight months’ jail for security guard who threatened to chop wife
WESLEY Tull, a security guard of Lot 36 Seaforth Street, Campbellville, Georgetown on Thursday was sentenced to eight months imprisonment by Magistrate Geeta Chandan-Edmond for using threatening...
View ArticleKitty man gets 12 months for break and enter
MARK Mangal of Lot 200 Barr Street, Kitty, Georgetown, was sentenced on Thursday to 12 months imprisonment by Magistrate Fabayo Azore for committing a break and enter offence at David Street, also in...
View ArticleMan wounds another after his request for $100 is denied – court hears
KEMPT Beckles (no address given) who was charged with unlawful wounding was placed on $125,000 bail on Thursday by Chief Magistrate Priya Sewnarine-Beharry.Particulars of the indictable offence said...
View ArticlePolice denting Upper Corentyne criminal gang for whose crimes they had been...
BERBICE police appear to be denting a criminal gang that they believe was responsible for several robberies committed on the Corentyne Coast, and for which lawmen complicity had been...
View ArticleSophia woman held for gun, ammo find in police search
POLICE reported finding a 9 MM Browning pistol and 12 rounds of matching ammunition on Saturday evening at about 18.00hrs during a search at a house in ‘C’ Field, Sophia – widely regarded as a hotbed...
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GDF announces robust response to recruitment drive for youths countrywide
THE Guyana Defence Force (GDF) has announced that its first recruitment cycle for 2014 has met with significant response from Guyanese youths from all across the country. GDF Recruitment Officer...
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Chinese New Year celebrations draw hundreds to the National Park
–PM Hinds among guests of honour THE end of January marked the end of the new year hype for many Guyanese, but for the Chinese community, yesterday was a chance to have that ‘new beginning’ rush all...
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ICT hosts tribute to Mohammed Rafi
THE Indian Commemoration Trust (ICT), last Saturday, hosted a tribute to one of the greatest Indian playback singers, the late Mohammed Rafi, as part of its fund-raising activities for 2014. Mohammed...
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Fire razes Grove house, owner and family homeless
- neighbour cites sparking GPL wire FIREFIGHTERS were late yesterday afternoon combing the debris in their bid to determine the origin of a fire which swept through a dwelling house at Lot 55 Public...
View ArticleFor sixth year…Republic Bank collaborating in Mash Steel Pan Competition
REPUBLIC Bank (Guyana), in collaboration with the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sport, for the sixth consecutive year, made a monetary donation towards the Bank’s Mashramani Panarama Steel Pan...
View ArticleCARIFORUM countries can significantly reduce annual food import bill by...
AGRICULTURE Minister, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy is convinced that CARIFORUM countries can significantly reduce their total annual food import bill, which stands at in excess of US$4 billion, by working...
View ArticleRohee charges Stabroek News with biased coverage
General Secretary Mr. Clement Rohee, yesterday, expressed the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP’s) concerns over what he called “bias” in sections of the media, in particular Stabroek News. He said his...
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Five CAL flights from CJIA arrive safely
AS early as 17:00 hours Monday, all five Caribbean Airlines flights which departed the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) in Guyana had reached their destinations safely with all passengers and...
View ArticlePPP General Secretary blasts Opposition for ‘hypocrisy’ on security and law
GENERAL Secretary of the ruling Peoples Progressive Party / Civic (PPP/C), Clement Rohee, noted that the same Opposition that “embraced lawlessness and criminals” at the level of the hierarchy is...
View ArticleAt Port Mourant…New Jersey Arya Samaj hosting Berbice suicide forum
THE Humanitarian Mission of New Jersey Arya Samaj Mandir Inc. is inviting the public to attend its ‘Let’s Talk Initiative on Suicide Prevention and Spirituality’ today, at the Corentyne Comprehensive...
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At opening of Heads of Islamic Associations Meeting…President calls for...
PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar has declared that the Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) is an important layer in the regionalism process between Latin America and the...
View ArticleAt Demerara Assizes…Murder trial halted for investigation into faulty...
THE Mahaicony murder case at the Demerara Assizes was temporarily halted on Monday to facilitate an investigation into faulty depositions. State Prosecutor Judith Mursalin had, successfully, requested...
View ArticleHealth Ministry/Red Cross to be on standby for action on Mash 2014
THE Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Guyana Red Cross Society (GRCS) will definitely be playing a major role in the festivities of Mashramani 2014. This declaration was made by Colonel Lindon Ross,...
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About controversial bill…Rohee declares Government not ‘pampazettin’ with...
GENERAL Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Mr. Clement Rohee has made some harsh criticisms of the combined Opposition, over the continued delay in passing the Anti-Money...
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