Last Updated on Sunday, 3 April 2016, 16:30 by Denis Chabrol  A  Jamaican man on Sunday remained in custody following the seizure of cocaine at a house at Friendship Squatting Area, East Bank Demerara. Investigators said during Saturday April 02, 2016, ranks of the Police Narcotics Unit conducted a search at the house during which one kilogram of cocaine which had ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 April 2016, 18:43 by Denis Chabrol Minister of Education, Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine  on Saturday said he is in strongly in favour of discouraging secondary school students from writing more than eight Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) subjects because those who sit more than that number of exams are not benefiting from a rounded education. “I am strongly ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 April 2016, 18:45 by Denis Chabrol Even before the dust had settled as the Georgetown Municipality elected it’s Mayor and Deputy Mayor along with members of the Finance Committee, some persons had questioning looks on their as to what transpired during the election of those persons. Newly Elected Mayor Patricia Chase-Green and Deputy Mayor Sherod ...

Last Updated on Saturday, 2 April 2016, 17:14 by Denis Chabrol As plans continue for the construction of a school for autistic children, Minister of Education Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine on Saturday announced that a curriculum would be developed for that category of learners. Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited, at the same time, called on authorities to generate statistics on autism in ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 April 2016, 22:34 by In what appears to have been a revenge killing, a man was shot dead in Charlestown, Georgetown late Friday night. The dead man has been identified as  Walton “Tuffy” Taylor.  He was shot while seated in a chair at the corner of Adelaide and Sussex Streets, Charlestown. Residents in the area ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 April 2016, 18:31 by Denis Chabrol A 27-year old man has been accused of raping and robbing a grandmother while she was on duty at a Municipal Day Care Centre at East Ruimveldt, Georgetown, Samuel David George of East Ruimveldt was remanded to prison until April 14, 2016 by Chief Magistrate, Ann Mc Lennan. . ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 April 2016, 17:54 by Denis Chabrol Despite widespread criticism about the now revoked appointment of prominent Guyanese businessman, Brian “BK” Tiwari as a ministerial business adviser, Minister of State Joseph Harmon broke his promise to hold a news conference on Friday to deal with the issue. Instead, Harmon spoke with the state-owned Government Information Agency (GINA) ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 April 2016, 17:18 by Members of the British Royal Navy that recently arrived on the HMS Mersey docked in Ruimveldt, have taken up some humanitarian work and placed smiles on the faces of the residents of Joshua House in Georgetown. Over the past few days several members of the crew have been painting the inside ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 April 2016, 17:05 by Denis Chabrol Even as embattled A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) City Councillor, Winston Harding declined to say whether he would give up his seat over child molestation allegations,  General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Oscar Clarke said he would have resigned if those accusations had been leveled against ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 April 2016, 22:47 by Denis Chabrol After the March 18 Local Government Elections, Patricia Chase-Green was Friday, April 1, 2016 elected Mayor of Georgetown. Chase-Green who was a former Deputy Mayor will be the fourth female Mayor of Georgetown as she replaces Hamilton Green. Her nomination was made by Oscar Clarke and was seconded by ...