A man was killed and five others were injured during a drive-by shooting on Joseph Pollydore Street (D’Urban Street), Lodge early Saturday morning. Dead is Anthony Havescombe, 40, a vendor of South Ruimveldt. Police said he succumbed to multiple gunshot injuries. The injured include former policeman, Teon “Spoil Child” Allen, 38, of Sophia who has had several brushes with the ...

A man, who allegedly struck down and killed a Jamaican man in December 2019 in Queens, New York, was caught at a horse race meet in Guyana and taken back to the United States (US) where he was refused bail on Friday, officials and news reports said. Head of the Guyana Police Force’s Criminal Investigations Department, Assistant Commissioner Wendell Blanhum ...

The main opposition People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) promises a 35% increase in salaries on a sliding scale for all government employees plus an increase in the income tax threshold to GY$150,000 if it wins the 2025 general and regional elections. “The PNCR/APNU is guaranteeing all public service workers that they will receive a 35% increase in wages and salaries ...

Jamaican, Dr Chantal Ononaiwu has been selected by the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission (RJLSC), the independent body responsible for recruiting staff and judges for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), to join the CCJ as a Judge. The CCJ said she would be filling the vacancy created by the untimely retirement on 31 December, 2023 of Mr Justice ...

A natural edible coating, which was invented by a Guyanese food scientist, that will extend the shelf-life of certain types of produce will be supplied to farmers and sellers to help reduce food loss and lower consumer prices, according to a senior official of the Guyana Economic Development Fund. Invented by Guyanese Food Scientist, Tandika Harry, the preservative named BeeStarch, ...

Farmers in Region One (Barima-Waini) are getting international help to increase the production of turmeric and already a leading local company has promised to take all of the supplies, a senior official of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) said Thursday. USAID Project Management Specialist, Durwin Humphrey said the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) has “actively ...

A Public Health Nurse, who was in Berbice to inspect progress being made in vaccinating people against the human papillomavirus (HPV), was found dead in a hotel room in New Amsterdam on Thursday morning, police said. He was identified as 63-year-old Wilton Longford Benn who resided at 82 William Street, Kitty, Georgetown. Police said that at about 9:02 a.m., they ...

Attorney General (AG) Anil Nandlall on Thursday said the refusal of two politicians into the National Toshaos Council Conference (NTC) was justified because the Amerindian Act does not give all Amerindians the automatic right to participation. “This section clearly requires the National Toshaos Council to permit persons to attend its meeting. In other words, persons can only attend the meeting ...

by GHK Lall Former US President Barack Obama rolled backed time to roll out one his sparkling deliveries for the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night. He is always good for a glorious home run, isn’t he? “I don’t want to live in a country that’s bitter and divided.” Me too! And for the edification of all Guyanese, including President ...

by GHK Lall Let the word go forth, when the name Mark Lyte is mentioned in Guyana’s conversations, it will be in the context of a pantheon of extraordinary Guyanese. Citizens, from toilers in Guyana’s tallest towers all the way through to the bottom feeders in the local vineyards, will be struck with headshaking awe, breathless disbelief: how could he? ...