By Melissa Charles | Thursday, October 16, 2008 | 28 Comments
Workers from the Ministry of Public Works visited the partly constructed Cubana disaster monument at the junction of Camp and Lamaha streets yesterday in what …
By Melissa Charles | Wednesday, October 1, 2008 | 36 Comments
Another prisoner has escaped, this time from Ward B2 of the Georgetown Public Hospital.
The man, Joel Fraser, called Quincy London, escaped sometime during the wee …
By Melissa Charles | Wednesday, October 1, 2008 | 0 Comments
Millions of dollars went up in flames when a fire of unknown origin raced through a foam factory at Eccles Industrial Site on Monday night.
The …
By Melissa Charles | Monday, September 29, 2008 | 45 Comments
North Timehri could just as easily have been called Samsville or Samstown as there have been Sams living there longer than the current airport has …
By Melissa Charles | Thursday, September 18, 2008 | 0 Comments
–requests made for private hearings
Only one member of the public turned up yesterday afternoon at the first hearing of the Commission of Inquiry into the …
By Melissa Charles | Friday, September 12, 2008 | 6 Comments
NGOs submit plan
Rain doused burning garbage at the Princes Street dump yesterday causing clouds of noxious smoke to drift over nearby communities as the city …
By Melissa Charles | Thursday, September 11, 2008 | 1 Comment
Residents in the vicinity of the Princes Street dumpsite may be faced with ongoing woes as the only solution thought of so far is to …
By Melissa Charles | Sunday, September 7, 2008 | 197 Comments
Former wanted man Rondell ‘Fineman’ Rawlins was laid to rest in his home village of Tempe West Coast Berbice yesterday after a viewing at Lyken’s …
By Melissa Charles | Monday, September 1, 2008 | 6 Comments
Akon delivered the goods but not until 2 am yesterday and Brutal Jammers and Fusion entertainers tried desperately to calm the crowd which began calling …
By Melissa Charles | Monday, September 1, 2008 | 1 Comment
Carifesta X
Photos and interviews
by Melissa Charles
This week we asked the man/woman in the street what their favourite Carifesta event was and what made it stand …
By Melissa Charles | Thursday, August 28, 2008 | 0 Comments
The Antigua National Youth Choir wowed the audience during a night of superb entertainment at the Sophia Exhibition Complex on Tuesday.
This Grenadian dancer jumps high.
The …
By Melissa Charles | Saturday, August 23, 2008 | 9 Comments
“I started this pageant with a one-track mind, aiming to win,” said the new Jamzone queen, 21-year-old Lavonia Springer days after she won the coveted …
By Melissa Charles | Thursday, August 21, 2008 | 0 Comments
20 dominoes teams to compete for $700,000
The Turning Point Sports Club and Club 75 fifth overseas Memorial Competition has reached its final stage after six …
By Melissa Charles | Monday, August 18, 2008 | 33 Comments
“She wasn’t just my daughter, she was my friend,” sobbed Karen Jennings mother of X Factor dancer Andrea Roach who succumbed to her spinal injuries …
By Melissa Charles | Monday, August 18, 2008 | 0 Comments
The Olympic Games
Interviews and photos by Melissa Charles and Sara Bharrat
This week we asked the man/ woman in the street about their favourites at the …
By Melissa Charles | Saturday, August 16, 2008 | 1 Comment
Steps being taken for 24-hr crisis service
Guyana Water Inc (GWI) CEO Karan Singh yesterday confirmed that there was a chlorine leak at the Shelter Belt …
By Melissa Charles | Tuesday, August 12, 2008 | 19 Comments
Lightning and a thunderstorm sometime yesterday afternoon again caused runway lights at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Timehri to go out.
Up to press time last …
By Melissa Charles | Saturday, August 9, 2008 | 2 Comments
Regional Executive Officer (REO) in Region Four Shafdar Ali says that he has issued a cease-order on all works for the filling of the trench …
By Melissa Charles | Saturday, August 9, 2008 | 0 Comments
With one more week remaining for the Jamzone ‘summer’ break, dubbed the “biggest event of the summer,” preparations are moving at a frenzied pace to …
By Melissa Charles | Monday, August 4, 2008 | 0 Comments
The law on drinking and driving
This week we asked the man/woman in the street about the amendments to the law to target drinking and driving.
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