As she takes on the mandate to represent Guyana on the international stage, US-based Malika Manelva Blount is on a second journey to improve and develop the country’s health sector through her pageantry platform and the non-profit organisation she founded in 2018.
Although there are many questions yet to be answered, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) believes that 68-year-old Roma Dookeran, the Canada-based Guyanese whose body was found along Uniform Beach on Leguan Island a week ago was murdered.
The young mother of three who was recently accused of fatally stabbing her common-law husband at their Alberttown residence was yesterday charged with manslaughter and granted bail in the sum of $300,000.
What was described as an abusive relationship by many ended in death yesterday when 23-year-old Eason Hamilton was fatally stabbed by his reputed wife who he was at the time trying to prevent from leaving his house.
Staying on the course he has adopted over the last several years, Roger ‘Young Bill Rogers’ Hinds competed in both the Calypso and Chutney Monarch competitions this year, and added one more title to his collection when he won the calypso competition.
2023 Soca Monarch, overseas-based Guyanese Adrian Dutchin said he is now ready to take a step back and explore other avenues for promoting Guyana as he is confident in the potential of upcoming local artists.
After apologizing for his act and pleading for leniency, Eduardo Alexander Moore, who was held with 2.382 kilograms of cocaine by the Customs Anti-Narcotic Unit (CANU) on Albert Street, yesterday pleaded guilty to trafficking and was sentenced by Principal Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus to four years and three months behind bars.
With Santa Rosa being the village in Region One where most of the region’s important institutions are located and where most activities takes place, Senior Councillor and Secretary of the Santa Rosa Village Council Maurice Torres is calling for assistance from both the government and his local villagers to aid in its further development.
A first-time tourism offering for the villages of Santa Rosa and Cabora in Region One, which was funded through the Solidarity Fund for Innovative Projects (SFIP), was on Monday commissioned by the French Government and the Amerindian Peoples Association (APA).
Four families have been left in a state of devastation after a fire, the origin of which is yet to be determined, ripped through a four-apartment complex at Lot C Louisa Row, Wortmanville, Georgetown, yesterday at about 4pm, leaving two families counting their losses and the other two suffering from scorched items and severe water damage.
Residents of Warapoka in the north west will now be able to further promote eco-tourism in their community while also having easier access to their farmlands, as a 500-foot bridge spanning a bothersome swamp was on Sunday commissioned by the Amerindian People’s Association (APA) in collaboration with the French government.
After a horrific accident, being in a coma for approximately three weeks and suffering memory loss for a short while, 21-year-old Floretta Spooner of Coldingen, East Coast Demerara is on a journey to inspire others with her story while also developing her new business in the natural remedy field.
A week is approaching since a massive fire obliterated the Parika Market complex while it was in the second phase of rehabilitation and the dozens of affected vendors are patiently awaiting the further intervention of the government after being promised a grant of $300,000 each by President Irfaan Ali on Monday.
After migrating to Canada and opening his entertainment business which covers various genres of music, the Guyanese-based Canadian singer, songwriter and producer Ahamad Ally, popularly known as ‘Prince Ally’, is now back in his birth country to help foster the music industry and aid in the development of upcoming Guyanese artistes.
-SOCU says he was attempting to flee country An East Bank Demerara businessman who was intercepted by the Special Organized Crime Unit (SOCU) at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri on Tuesday was yesterday slapped with 41 fraud charges amounting to millions in Guyana dollars allegedly committed during the years 2018 to 2021.
Guyana-born British actress, Letitia Wright, popularly known for her role in the Black Panther movie, ‘Wakanda Forever’, was yesterday conferred with a Honorary Doctorate, Honoris Causa, by the University of Guyana (UG).
Sand truck drivers who ply their trade at Ruimveldt and along Mandela Avenue will soon be temporarily located to Providence after companies in the area complained of the sand affecting their businesses.
Construction worker, 30-year-old Andrew Ridley of Lot 173 Campbell and Sussex streets, Albouystown, Georgetown, and his alleged accomplice Akelow Marshall, 20, of Lot 237 Independence Boulevard, La Penitence, Georgetown, were yesterday remanded to prison over the murder of businessman Shimron Adams.
Thirty-two-year-old Nafraz Hassan, the owner of the vessel ‘Lady Shazeeda’ which sank on Christmas night says that he is most grateful for the lives of his seven-member crew and to the relevant authorities who assisted in saving the vessel’s engineer, 57-year-old Christopher Williams.
A plantain chip vendor will now spend the next three years behind bars after pleading with the court to be lenient on him for stealing a shotgun and cartridges from a security guard, an act which he described as “his opportunity” due to the man’s “unprofessional” and “careless” conduct.
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