With heavy police guard and a bullet lodged in the left side of his face, alleged armed robbery suspect, Robin Akeem Holder, yesterday refuted claims that he was the individual who swooped down on the Serenity Bar and held the proprietor at gunpoint. The well-shackled Holder from his bed at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) [...] [...more]
Yes I am a “rum shop drinker” and a proud “rum shop drinker”, that’s why I take strong offence to anyone denigrating my fellow Berbician as “rum shop drinker”. I take it personally when it’s my fellow New Amsterdamer. I was not aware that there were two classes of drinkers until President Jagdeo made the distinction; [...] [...more]
Cheers erupted at a church in Dazzell Housing Scheme yesterday when President Bharrat Jagdeo promised that the government would find the full amount needed to set up a water distribution network in the East Demerara community that has been plague with water shortage over the years. Dazzell Housing Scheme, long seen as a neglected community by [...] [...more]
Police have instituted a joint charge of setting fire to dwelling house against Annand Alphonso and Ravi Singh. The two are allegedly responsible for setting the apartment of 23-year-old Sunita Damesh of Sparta on fire, on January 24, last. They were not allowed to plead to the indictable charge and were subsequently remanded. According to the police, [...] [...more]
- Claims that he was also robbed $300,000 in raw gold After being doused with acid from the thigh down while working on a dredge in the interior, Mark James, 22, is seeking to bring the perpetrators to justice. He wants to be compensated since he was accused wrongfully of stealing. According to James, he reached [...] [...more]
By Leonard Gildarie Part of the training of any new reporter is a warning to expect the unexpected. Things happen all the time. According to Adam Harris, Editor-in-Chief, too many things are happening for reporters to complain that there are no stories. For me the most pertinent advice is to be prepared. News is happening all the [...] [...more]
More than 70 health workers on Friday, last, graduated during a ceremony at the Cara Lodge Suite after completing a two-week Information Technology (IT) course. For those who were not computer savvy, the course allowed for the introduction to computers and trained the workers to manage files electronically. They were also exposed to training in Microsoft Word; [...] [...more]
Some staffers of the Government Technical Institute (GTI) say that they have reached saturation point with the current administration as they continue to point out some discrepancies in the day to day activities of the institution. Recently this publication has been bombarded with complaints from staffers who said they are more than willing to be a [...] [...more]
By Leonard Gildarie A body to regulate and increase exports of the country’s fledging livestock industry has been launched. Several departments including Animal Services, National Dairy Development Programme (NDDP) and the Livestock Division, were all merged to form the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA). On Friday, last, farmers complained that the sector has been sorely lacking in training, [...] [...more]
Kurt Bess dealt Anthony Augustin a crunching left hook that deposited him to the canvass for the full count when the two squared off in a return bout in the ProAm boxing cards Friday evening last. At the pre-fight press conference, Bess had promised to avenge the loss to Augustin in the sixth edition of the [...] [...more]
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