The initial volume of speeches of the late former President Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham was handed over by its editor, Professor David Dabydeen to Speaker of the National Assembly Raphael Trotman at Parliament building on Monday. The handover was welcomed by the Speaker, who noted that after two previously scheduled attempts, it was timely. He said the volume would serve ...

One customer was Monday night shot dead in a supermarket at Guyhock Park and one of the attackers was injured, police said. The incident occurred at Fuzzy’s Variety Store, Arapaima Street. The dead man has been identified as 36-year old Heron Dennis of Guyhoc Park, He was shot to his neck. One of the alleged perpetrators, 29-year old Dwayne Simon, ...

A city gas station was Monday afternoon robbed of GUY$1 million by two men during the 10 minute ordeal, according to the owner of the decades-old business enterprise. Steve Cheong, who operates a Rubis-branded outlet on Vlissengen Road and Eping Avenue, Bel Air Park, believed that the attack was an inside job. “I suspect this but I can’t tell u ...

The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) says widespread power outages like the one which affected some 37,000 customers in Demerara on Sunday should now be a thing of the past with the work done during the outage. The company had placed ads in the media stating that power would be out from 8 AM to 5PM to facilitate work ...

Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI)on Monday blamed the Guyana Power and Light’s (GPL) fluctuations for less than satisfactory water production. Sections of Georgetown as well as East Bank Demerara from Agricola to Timehri are experiencing water service disruptions due to Guyana Power and Light (GPL) power fluctuations.   “Normal service will return when GPL restores full power to GWI water production sites,” ...

BY Denis Chabrol and Alva Solomon A Cessna Caravan was Monday morning involved in an incident while it was preparing to land on the Matthew’s Ridge airstrip, according to usually reliable sources. Under the command of Captain Feriel Ally, the plane ended up in thick vegetation. Transport Minister Robeson Benn was quoted by the Government Information Agency (GINA) as saying ...

The 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) hopes a new ballistic information system will help track down guns used by certain gangs and reduce the backlog of criminal cases across the region. The Regional Integrated Ballistic Information Network (RIBIN)  would be empowered by a Charter and Participation Agreement. the Caribbean Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) said in a statement that ...

Six men are in custody in connection with the separate discovery of a large quantity of marijuana and a handgun with matching bullets, police said. A mobile patrol stopped and searched a minibus at Ithaca, West Bank Berbice around 5:30 PM Saturday and found 3 kilogrammes 192 grammes of marijuana. Three men have been arrested and are in police custody ...

A British elections observer, who had described the 1986 elections as “crooked as barbed wire” has died. The UK Guardian reported that Pratap Chitnis, Lord Chitnis, died on July 12. He was 77. Lord Chitnis was one of several members of the United Kingdom’s House of Commons whom the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) had lobbied prior to the 1986 poll ...

A 32-year old speedboat operator was Saturday afternoon killed when he slammed a motorcycle into the back of a car on the Parika Public Road, East Bank Essequibo. He has been identified as 32-year old Gavin Renville of Tuschen Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo. Police sources said that investigations so far have revealed that the car slowed down to negotiate ...