The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Tuesday urged government to give BK International a fair chance to prove that it can satisfy local stone demand, in the wake of claims that there is a shortage. “In this particular case, the Ministry of Public Works should concede the benefit of the doubt to BK International and take the ...

A major crackdown on a criminal network on the Essequibo Islands and West Coast Demerara continued overnight and several persons have confessed to a robbery-murder and armed robbery, police said. Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said a wanted bulletin would be issued for the suspected mastermind who fled into a cemetery at Meten Meer Zorg, West Coast Demerara and vanished ...

Ten acres of marijuana plants were Monday destroyed and two men were arrested, police said. Guyana Police Force spokesman, Ivelaw Whittaker said two men are to be charged in connection with the two fields of marijuana at Yarrowkabra, Linden-Soesdyke Highway. Sources said they told police that they were labourers who were taken there to plant the marijuana. Five other men ...

Thirteen suspects were Monday arrested and one handgun seized in connection with two recent armed attacks that left one person dead and another injured. Deputy Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud said a 9MM handgun and six rounds of ammunition were found in possession of one of the men who is a boat operator. Investigators believed that several of those arrested might ...

The Guyana Prize for Literature 2012 was announced in five categories at the awards ceremony held at the Pegasus Hotel Sunday night. Professor Jane Bryce welcomed the holding of writers’ workshops to help improve the quality of literary works. She shared the view that those workshops appeared to have strengthened local writing and so unpublished manuscripts dominated the shortlists in ...

Brigadier Mark Phillips was Monday morning sworn in as the new Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), promising to ensure that the military remains the “stable band” in the country. “The Guyana Defence Force remains in good hands. We will continue to be the stable band of our Guyanese society,” he told reporters briefly after he was sworn in ...

The man, who was killed by police Monday morning in Meten Meer Zorg, West Coast Demerara was a key suspect in the robbery-murder of an East Coast Demerara businessman seven years. He has been indentified as Kirk Bacchus of Paradise Village, East Coast Demerara. Two other persons have been arrested and the manhunt continues for a fourth person who is ...

Two months after a 22-year old man returned from French Guiana, he was killed while speeding in Albouystown, Georgetown. A saddened Gem Hall said 22-year old Ralph “Cashew” Stewart slammed into three utility poles at James and Campbell Streets, Albouystown and suffered severe facial and head injuries. His three sisters and mother are living in French Guiana. Hall remembered the ...

A Corentyne businessman was Sunday killed and left in a bond and his wife battered before four bandits carted off GUY$700,000 in cash and jewels, relatives said. He has been identified as 79-year old Abdul Majid of Number 70 Village, Corentyne. Sunday’s killing is the latest in a series of robbery-murders that have rocked East Berbice and other coastal communities ...

A veteran political activist has appealed to African Guyanese men to stop domestic violence and instead participate in community efforts to combat illiteracy and create booming village economies instead of depending on East Indian communities. Political Science Professor, David Hinds told a public meeting in Melanie Damishana, a predominantly African Guyanese village, that there was no reason to kill women ...