Risha Persaud

This wasn’t the usual game of peek-a-boo, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers won anyway after they discovered 29 finches concealed in hair rollers inside a Guyana man’s baggage at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday. CBP officers discovered the finches during a secondary baggage examination after the …

A Guyanese national was, on Wednesday, March 24, denied bail when he appeared before Senior Magistrate Tamia Richards for inflicting harm to his nephew during a domestic dispute. Gary Gonzales, 47, who resides in Hannah’s Estate, was charged with Inflicting Grievous Bodily Harm on Neville Alphonso, his 59-year-old nephew. He …

Hamenauth Sarendranauth, a Guyanese businessman living in Barbados who fought for bail on COVID-19 charges, died yesterday, the day he was supposed to return to court. And Queen’s Counsel Michael Lashley, who filed the urgent bail application to get the first-time offender out of prison after he became gravely ill …

EmEz chatted with  Jourdin Pauline on Thursday, March 18th to discuss why she is named“the Guyanese Pop Star,” her music, and current project. EmEz kicked off the interview his usual way by asking Jourdine to introduce herself and explain to us her creative background. Jourdine informed us that she is originally from Georgetown, Guyana, moved to Los …

The first cargo from Guyana’s oil production departed this month to India in a vessel chartered by trading firm Trafigura, data from Refinitiv Eikon showed on Tuesday. The cargo was bought at lower than market value price by HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd, a joint venture between state-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp and …

Late Monday night, the Guyana Police Force confirmed reports that its officers were involved in a shootout with suspected bandits in Vryheid’s Lust, East Coast Demerara. According to police, one of four prisoners who escaped from the Mazaruni Prison earlier this year was shot dead in the backlands of East …

A burnt-out car, a white- fielder wagon- found at Swan on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway Sunday evening. The car is believed to have been the vehicle used by the men who shot and killed Ricardo Fagundes, also known as `Paper Shorts’, on Main and Middle streets Sunday Night. The discovery was …

Ricardo Fagundes, called ‘Paper Shorts’, a former employee of embattled gold dealer, Saddiqi ‘Bobby’ Rasul was shot to death outside Palm Court on Main Street. Fagundes who is no stranger to the law was arrested in 2017 for a massive money-laundering scheme. In 2017, SOCU investigated the gold dealer’s relationship …

Morse Archer, the CEO of Cevons Waste Management, will be questioned by police this afternoon in connection with a parcel of land bought from the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission. Attorney General Anil Nandlall had written to Archer in February, telling him that the land he had purchased belonged to …

Jaipaul Persaud sadly died on Sunday, March 14th, two days after being struck by a vehicle in the Briarwood section of Queens. Persaud, 55, was hit at about 1:30 p.m. on Friday by a 2013 Hyundai Elantra as he attempted to cross Queens Boulevard at 84th Avenue. Persaud was in or …