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Friday, March 29, 2024

$587M pump stations commissioned in Berbice

- Residents and farmers of Region Six have praised the Coalition Government as two much needed drainage pump stations were commissioned - one...

Gov’t, Berbice Bridge Company sign $31M subsidy agreement

- The Ministry of Public Infrastructure (MPI) and the Berbice Bridge Company Incorporated (BBCI) on December 28, 2015, signed the agreement for the...

Blood Bank makes public appeal for blood donations

- The National Blood Transfusion Services (NBTS) says it is in dire need of blood to satisfy the ever growing demand for this...

Gov’t pledges $1M to CIOG’s education programmes.

- President David Granger, in renewing his commitment to ensuring every child in Guyana has access to education, pledged $1 million to support...

GuySuCo ends year with over 231,000 tonnes of sugar

- The second sugar crop for 2015 officially ended on Wednesday evening with the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) achieving 231,145 tonnes of sugar,...

President Granger announces increased subvention for Dharm Shala

- President David Granger has announced an increase in Government subvention for the Dharm Shala indigent home, and a donation of $1 million...

Foundation for Umana Yana completed

- The re-construction of the Umana Yana, a site of significant importance to Guyana’s indigenous peoples, is moving apace, to the extent that...

Some 20% of West Coast road upgrade completed

– Despite challenges which delayed the commencement of the expansion works for the West Coast Demerara highway from Vreed-en-Hoop to Hydronie, the project...

Guyanese female participates in US exchange program on promoting peace & security

- As the United States Department of State celebrates 75 years of the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), the U.S. Embassy in Georgetown...

Some GuySuCo estates to be merged; Gov’t to engage Opposition on COI report

By Jomo Paul –Minister of State, Joseph Harmon has clarified that there will be no closures of estates of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo),...

Recent Articles

“Gunbutt” shot by armed men who took advantage of stepson

An investigation has been launched into a shooting incident involving 41-year-old Calvin Johnson, called “Gunbutt”, of East Ruimveldt Trench Road in Georgetown. That incident reportedly...

Man chops reputed wife after threatened with eviction

Overseas-based Guyanese Deomattie Rampersaud of Highbury Village, East Bank Berbice (Region Six: East Berbice-Corentyne) is now a patient of the New Amsterdam Hospital after...

18 areas earmarked for new housing developments

The government has revealed a comprehensive strategy aimed at further reducing the backlog of house lots within the Ministry of Housing and Water’s database. Minister...

Legal icon Justice (rtd.) Désirée Bernard dies

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana Justice Désirée Bernard has died. Justice Bernard’s biography is chronicled on the CCJ’s website. It states that she...

Traffic Advisory for Easter Monday

Traffic Advisory from the Guyana Police Force: Be informed that in on Monday 1st April, 2024 Easter activities will be celebrated country wide with an...

UK donates drone to GMCS for mangrove monitoring

A group of young indigenous girls and boys are being trained to champion conservation efforts in the Barima Mora Passage. They are being trained...

Counselling, other support for families of girls that died in Massara

The government has pledged to provide counselling and other support that may be necessary to the families of the three young girls who lost...

Current dry spell to persist until end of April, desist from lighting fires –...

Public Advisory from the Ministry of Home Affairs:  In recent developments, there has been a significant decrease in visibility attributed to a combination of ground...

Death of GDF rank: Truck driver says highway was dark, soldiers were not wearing...

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 21:00 hrs last night (Wednesday) at Madewini,...

Texas-based Lindsayca to work on petrochemical plant, refinery & oil block in Guyana

Texas-based oil and gas firm Lindsayca has revealed that it will be doing critical work on three major local initiatives: a petrochemical plant, as...