Bebi Oosman

A youth was this morning charged with manslaughter after he allegedly confessed to fatally stabbing an East Canje Berbice businessman last Sunday evening. 

An East Canje, Berbice businessman was discovered dead with a stab wound in his  back in his kitchen yesterday morning and the police say a suspect has confessed.

The Parliamentary Sectoral Committee on Social Services last week conducted a walk-through at several health facilities in Region Six after which the committee’s chair, Dr.

Thirty-five-year-old theatre arts teacher, model and dancer Tristana Roberts will head to St Vincent and the Grenadines next month to represent Guyana at the Miss Plus Size Universe pageant, which she hopes will help to reduce insecurities with body image throughout Guyana.

Wrapping up Season Two of his podcast Common Cent$ last weekend, Matthew Gaul hosted a Common Cent$ Collo-quium and Business Mixer which saw the attendance of over 170 people seeking to gain financial literacy and network.

A Corentyne man who opted to plead guilty to manslaughter last month for his wife’s murder in 2017, yesterday begged the court for mercy as he claimed to have learned his lesson, adding that he did not expect the mother of three to die.

Medical student Rafeeza Mohamed was crowned Miss Region One on Saturday last at the Mabaruma Settlement Ground after she wowed the judges with her elegance, poise and confidence despite it being her first time.

Fantasia Santiago is this year’s Diamond Infinity 6: Drag Fest queen and plans to use her crown and platform to mobilise and build public support and respect for the trans community.

A Bush Lot, Corentyne, man is now dead after being stabbed by his neighbour, who has since been arrested. 

An East Canje, Berbice woman was strangled and found wrapped in a bag along the Corentyne Highway in Number 1 Village yesterday and a soldier is the main suspect and was detained at his base in Georgetown.

Berbice River residents are expressing their disgust at the access path which they have to utilize to board boats when leaving New Amsterdam to head home along the river and are pleading with the Mayor and Town Council to fix it.

Cute Stuff, a small business started by a Corentyne high school teacher, has been taking the decorating industry in Berbice by storm, snagging decorating jobs for a variety of events within the ancient county.

An East Canje Berbice family is now camped out in front of a funeral parlour in New Amsterdam after the body of their deceased relative was handed over to another family, which carried out a funeral and buried it on Tuesday. 

A Corentyne woman and her husband are now nursing injuries after their neighbour launched an attack on them after they offered assistance to the attacker’s abused wife.

A Port Mourant, Corentyne carpenter is now bedridden after he was stabbed in the knee by an overseas-based Guyanese on April 18.

Heavy winds on Friday night peeled off roofing sheets, smashed fences and downed utility poles in two Region Five communities leaving the owners of 18 houses counting their losses.

A Corentyne businessman died  while returning home from masjid yesterday morning after he was involved in a collision along the Nigg Public Road, in East Berbice, Corentyne, with a motorcar which was being driven by an intoxicated female who is currently in police custody.

A Corentyne man yesterday confessed to investigators in Region Six that he killed his ex-wife after he overheard her on the phone with her new partner, the Guyana Police Force has said.

After finding unexpected success with growing grapes locally, farmer Devon Gilead has his sights set on one day opening the country’s first vineyard—a dream that he is slowly making a reality.

Stating that Region Six is poised for major development, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that an Ogle-type airport will be built at Rose Hall and a sports stadium at Palmyra, Corentyne.