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Former General Secretary of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton is set to contest the leadership of the party in what is gearing up to be a straight fight with incumbent, David Granger. Norton declined to say whether he would accept the nomination, but well-placed sources close to him have confirmed that he and his team are quietly ...

The New York Port Authority has given Dynamic Airways the green-light to begin flying to and from the John F. Kennedy International Airport but the carrier would be allowed to resume operations only after a number of other conditions have been met. Chief Executive Officer of Roraima Airways, Gerry Gouveia expects that flights between JFK and Guyana’s Cheddi Jagan International ...

Outgoing United States (US) Ambassador, Brent Hardt has accused President Donald Ramotar of selectively abiding by Guyana’s constitution, even as the country awaits long-overdue local government elections. Addressing the closing of Blue CAPS’ inaugural Building Communities through Leadership Training and Service (BCLTS) programme earlier this week, he noted that Ramotar’s reason for not assenting to one of the local government bills ...

An East Berbice taxi driver was Tuesday arraigned on a charge of sexually penetrating a 15-year old child who was his passenger. Thirty-year old Kester David of Heathburn Village, East Bank Berbice was granted GUY$75,000 by New Amsterdam Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus. He was ordered to return to court on July 18. The victim, whose name has been withheld to protect ...

A tailor was early Tuesday night stabbed to death during a robbery on his way to his Golden Grove, East Bank Demerara home. He has been identified as 36-year old Bharrat Pitamber of 310 Section C, Block Y, Golden Grove. The incident occurred at about 7:30 PM. He sustained a stab wound to his left side chest. Two persons apparently ...

Health Minister Dr Bheri Ramsaran on Tuesday disclosed that there are 12 more confirmed cases of the mosquito- borne disease, chikungunya. Dr. Ramsaran told the Government Information Agency (GINA) that some results from samples sent recently for testing at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) in Trinidad and Tobago were received today, and  that Dr. Morris Edwards, epidemiologist is analysing ...

Antigua and Barbuda’s Prime Minister, Gaston Browne Tuesday night floated the idea of renewable energy cooperation and investment among Guyana, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Dominica. Addressing the opening of the summit of leaders of 15-nation Caribbean Community (Caricom) being held in his homeland, the newly elected Head of Government said the three countries could find ways of working together ...

Trinidad and Tobago’s Tonya Nero won the women’s leg of the CARICOM 10K Road Race for the third time in a row, when the event came off in St. John’s, Antigua/Barbuda on Sunday June 29 2014, the Caricom headquarters said in a statement. Guyanese national Cleveland Forde excelled in the men’s section, clocking 34 minutes, 52 seconds. Ten countries from ...

A prisoner, caught with marijuana in his anus at the Georgetown Prison, was Tuesday convicted for being in possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. Forty-five year old Roger Samuels was fined GUY$10,000 and jailed for 48 months by City Magistrate, Judy Latchman. That sentence would begin at the end of the remaining 14 months of a four-year jail term ...

Five persons, including two women, were arrested Monday in connection with the discovery of two handguns. Police said that about 5:30 PM, they responded to a report that two men were involved in an altercation at Mc Doom, East Bank Demerara. The men were arrested and one of them was found in possession of an unlicensed .32 Taurus revolver. And ...