A jilted lover set ablaze a house in Sophia late Friday night, leaving three persons seriously burnt and several others injured after they jumped from the burning building. The incident occurred at 636 ‘C’ Field, Sophia, Greater Georgetown. Hospitalised in a critical condition is 68-year old Clifford Sampson.  Also injured are Weldon Allen,18, Althea Buelow, Ashanti Gain,10, Shawn Whyte,47, Tabola ...

Approval has been granted for the following Substantive Appointments in theGuyana Fire Service with effect from the dates states against their respectivenames:AS DIVISIONAL OFFICERStation Officer Compton Sparman – from 1st June 2013AS STATION OFFICER1. Sub Officer Debbie Stephenson – from 1st June 20132. Sub Officer Aubrey Hardy – from 1st March 20143. Sub Officer Everard Harding – from 1st March ...

Approval has been granted for the Substantive Appointments within the Guyana Prison Service with effect from 3rd December 2014: AS SENIOR SUPERINTENDET OF PRISONS Mr. Gladwin Samuels – Superintendent of Prisons AS SUPERINTENDENT OF PRISONS 1. Mr. Nicklon Elliot – Assistant Superintendent of Prisons 2. Mr. Kevin Pilgrim – Assistant Superintendent of Prisons 3. Mr. Richard Brown – Assistant Superintendent of ...

The following promotions have been approved by the Police Service Commission: a) AS ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER i) Senior Superintendent C. Hicken ii) Senior Superintendent L. James iii) Senior Superintendent C. Chapman b) AS SENIOR SUPERINTENDENT i) Superintendent R. Andreis-Junor ii) Superintendent R. Budhram iii) Superintendent E. Watts iv) Superintendent C. Brutus v) Superintendent S. Mansell vi) Superintendent R. Das vii) Superintendent ...

The search and rescue team looking for small plane that went missing almost one week ago has intensified its ground search in rough terrain and thick jungle, the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) said in a statement. “Based on information received, the RCC identified further areas of interest in the Kurungiku Mountain, Black Water area and North Fork area. A ...

Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), David Granger on Friday strongly suggested that his parliamentary coalition should lead the broad-based pro-democracy alliance being proposed by the Alliance For Change (AFC). Granger reasoned that the APNU should play the lead role because it commands larger political support than the AFC. Noting that APNU has almost four times the AFC’s ...

Shadow Home Affairs Minister, Winston Felix says the alleged assault of John Adams by a Presidential Guard during President Donald Ramotar’s visit to Aishalton on December 3– whether it was a ‘school boy tap’ or a slap- was criminal and should be followed by criminal charges or some form of disciplinary action.  He shared this position during a press conference ...

A Rural Constable in Mahdia is believed to be Guyana’s first homicide victim for the New Year-2015. Sources in the mining community said that Andre Britton was stabbed to death by a young man about 12:55 AM who was among numerous persons liming on the street to bid farewell to 2014. Britton was rushed to the Mahdia Hospital where he ...

President Donald Ramotar on Thursday-New Year’s Day- stopped short of directly confirming that he would be running again for the country’s highest office in general elections widely expected during this year. In his Address to the Nation, he often referred to “my government” executing a number of plans and programmes after it would have sought a fresh mandate from the ...

Authorities on Wednesday shied away from saying when the search for the Britten-Norman Islander plane that went missing earlier this week would be called off, but noted that the operation was now in a critical period with the passage of 72 hours. Air Traffic Controllers around midday Sunday reported losing communication with the pilot during a shuttle of zinc sheets ...