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James Singh’s Attorney writes Capitol News claiming libel

– Attorney – At – Law Roopnarine Satram has written the Editor of Capitol News on behalf of his client, James Singh, the Commissioner...

Gov’t support for Miners continue as Mining Week 2014 activities kicks off in Mahdia

- As is customary at this time, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment, through the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission will...

Education Month kicks off on August 31with packed agenda

- Activities for this year’s Education month observance will start off with a grand interfaith church service in Region Seven on August 31...

Guyana is the first country to have a REDD+ funding mechanism on national scale

  - The Norwegians’ Real Time Evaluation Report on Norway international Climate and Forest Initiative over the period 2007 - 2013 has provided an...

Struggling gold sector showing signs of recovery – Persaud

By Kurt Campbell –Natural Resources and Environment Minister Robert Persaud says gold declaration, though still poor, has improved from what it was earlier this...

Guyana making good on biodiversity protection promises; US$803,653 agreement signed

  By Kurt Campbell - Guyana, through its Natural Resources Ministry, signed a US$803,653 agreement this morning with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP),...

Air traffic surveillance and monitoring capability to be boosted

  - The local aviation sector is now in a better position to manage its airspace and the safety of air traffic as Minister,...

Chikungunya cases increase to 76, another 580 suspected

- Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Shamdeo Persaud has confirmed that Guyana has recorded a total of 76 cases of the chikungunya disease from...

Health Ministry on high alert for Ebola Virus

  - The Ministry of Health is on high alert and has instituted a number of measures in light of the Ebola outbreak in...

GTUC condemns the use of prison labour for city clean up

  - The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) is protesting reports that the Guyana Prison Service has entered into a contract with the Ministry...

Recent Articles

Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest

Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...

QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students

An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College. According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...

Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja

A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...

Guyanese among 2 killed in Upstate NY head-on collision

A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York. Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...

Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M

Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...

2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge

A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...

8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...

T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana

claims importer returned goods to DDL   The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...

Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...

Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...