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A caretaker for the Berbice Anjuman Orphanage in New Amsterdam has been granted GUY$200,000 bail for allegedly buggering an orphan when he was 13 years old.  Mohamed Deen of the Philadelphia Street-based orphanage was granted his pre-trial liberty when he appeared before New Amsterdam Magistrate, Sherdel Isaacs- Marcus. He has to return to court on July 14.  The accused was ...

Ministry of Home Affairs Liaison in Berbice, Narine “Ken” Chattergoon was charged with exposing his genital to a woman who had gone to his office for a job  He allegedly committed the offence on March 3, 2014 inside his office at the Region Six Democratic Council (RDC) building, Vryman’s Erven, New Amsterdam.  Magistrate Sherdel Marcus-Isaacs granted him GUY$75,000 bail and ...

The population of Guyana has recorded a marginal reduction of 3,339 persons as the preliminary results of the Guyana population and housing census 2012, released by the Guyana National Bureau of Statistics revealed that the population count of 751,223 at the previous census, September 15, 2002, was down to a count of 747,884 persons as at Census day, September 15, ...

Guyanese make up the second highest number of recruits by the New York Police Department (NYPD), according to the New York Daily News. The publication says nearly a quarter of the NYPD’s newest batch of cops are foreign born, with the Dominican Republic leading the way as the most popular birthplace. On Monday, 616 recruits will graduate after six months ...

An executive member of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Monday said that the man, who allegedly supplied the bomb-in-walkie talkie that exploded and killed Dr. Walter Rodney, lied by claiming that he and three others were party members. Testifying before the Walter Rodney Commission of Inquiry, Dr. Nigel Westmas said neither Smith, Yarden, Fowler, Morris nor Winston were ever ...

Dynamic Airways flight 499 touched down at 10:04 Sunday night at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport , ending two days of frustration by passengers on the inaugural flight who were stranded in New York. Passengers expressed mixed feelings about whether the American-owned Dynamic Airways, in partnership with Roraima Airways, should be excused for its poor showing of its first flight ...

Fire of unknown origin early Sunday morning destroyed a chowmein factory and several houses, West Bank Demerara. Several persons are now homeless and the Stabroek Chowmein Factory.

Guyana has escaped further international sanctions for the time being in light of its failure to pass amended anti-money laundering legislation. The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) last month called on its members to impose further sanctions against the country after making a similar recommendation when the deadline for the passage of the legislation was not met last year. ...

The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is probing an alleged altercation between Venezuelan soldiers and a number of Guyanese civilians in the north west district, Chief of Staff Brigadier Mark Phillips said Saturday. He insisted that no Guyanese soldiers were involved in the incident because none of his country’s military personnel were stationed there. “We have some reports of an altercation ...

More than 100 passengers are stranded in the United States (US) after enduring an hours-long delay to arrive there on Friday aboard Dynamic Airways’ inaugural flight to New York. Authorities at the John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) have ordered the airline grounded until Tuesday because of problems with the way the New York-based baggage handler has been processing passengers’ ...