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GPF disburses $3.5M in bursaries to NGSA students

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) on Thursday handed out $3.5M in bursary awards to 127 children who did exceptionally well in the National Grade...

Guyanese dominate Digicel Youth Pan Caribbean Film Competition

The Digicel Youth Pan Caribbean Film Competition, as part of the inaugural Turks and Caicos International Film Festival, announced the winners of the competition. Open...

West Berbice woman celebrates 100th birthday

Dorcas Enid Mars-Lynch on Tuesday celebrated her 100th birthday. Dorcas, who hails from Catherina's Lust, celebrated her birthday with her two sisters ages 90 and...

Guyanese entrepreneurs to participate in 2021 YLAI Fellowship Programme

Three Guyanese entrepreneurs will be participating in the 2021 Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative Fellowship Programme. According to a statement from the US Embassy,...

Abhimanyu Dev – one of the youngest ever admitted to the Bar

At the age of 21, Abhimanyu “Abhi” Dev is one of the youngest persons to get admitted to the Bar of Guyana and according...

RICELAB: Helping local suppliers to export quality rice

Guyana is a major producer and exporter of rice but to ensure the success of this industry, standard and quality are of utmost importance....

Netflix releases unscripted series on Mumbai Indians

Netflix  on Friday last released  “Cricket Fever: Mumbai Indians,” an original unscripted series that follows the Indian Premier League’s fan-favorite team, Mumbai Indians, on...

From being a school dropout to successfully building an agrobusiness – Jennifer Singh shares...

By Lakhram Bhagirat Just as she was about the complete the last lap of her secondary education, Jennifer Singh was forced to drop out of...

IWD: Evening News’ Editor Devina Samaroo shares her journalistic journey

By Lakhram Bhagirat Devina Samaroo is without a doubt a household name when it comes to news reporting. Whether it is in front of the...

Paula McAdam & Sandra Persaud – Guyana’s first two female air traffic control officers

By: Amar Persaud Paula McAdam, 68, and her colleague Sandra Persaud who is also in her sixties, are the country’s first female air traffic control...

Recent Articles

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, fine $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 infrastructure 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...

GMSA urges T&T authorities to resolve ‘breach’ swiftly    

Full statement below: The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) has taken note of the recent denial of entry into the Republic of Trinidad and...