Risha Persaud

Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Hon. Dr. Ralph Gonsalves sustained a head injury earlier tonight, August 5, in the capital as he attempted to pass through a mob of angry protesters. “Somebody just hit the Prime Minister with a stone!” shouted a man repeatedly during a video …

One of the men involved in the Queens driveway dispute that led to the fatal shooting of 10-year-old Justin Wallace has been busted with a half-dozen firearms, cops said Friday. Police executed a search warrant at Ashram Lochan’s home on Beach 45th Street in Far Rockaway, Lochan a man of Guyanese …

A new logistics project to support Guyana’s oil and gas sector has entered the permitting pipeline as the country chalks up another discovery. Information from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows that NRG Holdings and partners ZRN Investment, Hadi’s World and National Hardware plan to develop the US$200-600mn Vreed-en-Hoop port …

ExxonMobil and its partner Hess Corporation have made another significant crude oil discovery offshore Guyana, the U.S. supermajor said on Wednesday. The Whiptail discovery in the Stabroek Block adds to more than a dozen discoveries on the block and the previous recoverable resource estimate of approximately 9 billion oil-equivalent barrels. Whiptail, located …

The People Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) foot soldier and leader of the Liberty and Justice Party Lennox Shuman have struck an all-time low by petitioning the Government of Guyana via social media to withhold aid from Guyanese who are not fully vaccinated. Shuman suggests that the PPP/C government should not …

Outrage sparks as the reigning Peoples Political Party Civic (PPP/C) took the time to further divide the country and politicise the athletes being sent to the Tokyo games. Our newsroom reach out to two of the athletes who voiced their concern for the uniform colors and were told by a …

In this time of need, the Guyanese from St. Vincent are refusing evacuation from the now Guyana Government. More than 4000 Guyanese are thought to be living in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, according to reports. The island of St. Vincent is reeling from the effects of the erupting La …

A Guyanese employee in an unidentified bank in New York has been arrested for defrauding the bank to the tune of US$1.7 million. United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Audrey Strauss, and William F. Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the …

Authorities on Wednesday said two sisters were found dead at a Union County restaurant, a day after the eatery’s co-owner was found fatally shot nearby. The homicides of the women and the shooting death of the eatery’s co-owner, 45-year-old Akanni A. Martin, are connected, according to acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo. …

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Jestina Beskowiney was an itinerant teacher, trotting the globe searching for her next gig. Work has taken her to England, the Arctic, Latin America and the Middle East. In February 2020, she was living in China with her partner, Lance Glen, and their young son, Luka. …