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1 killed, 1 injured after UG student loses control of car

One man is dead while another is injured after a University of Guyana (UG) student lost control of the car, he was driving at...

Rose Hall Estate scheduled for October 2022 reopening – Estate Manager

− says it will restore life to surrounding communities The reopening of the Rose Hall Estate in East Berbice-Corentyne, for which a recruitment drive was...

Eccles-to-Mandela Road project 30% complete – Min Croal

− says road will be completed on schedule; to be opened by December The Eccles to Mandela Road project, which has seen six contractors work...

Govt opens tender for construction of Amaila Falls Hydro Project

− aiming to start in 2022 and complete by 2025 The Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP), which was shuttered by the former A Partnership for...

3 arrested, motorcycle impounded for $2M robbery in South Ruimveldt

Police have arrested three suspects and impounded an XR motorcycle following an armed robbery committed on a female clerk Friday afternoon in South Ruimveldt,...

5 COVID-19 deaths recorded in Region 4; 240 new infections

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported that as of July 23, 2021, five more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...

Section of Haurunani Access Road collapsed

A section of the recently completed Haurunani Access Road (Phase I), Upper Demerara River, has collapsed within the last twenty-four hours. The Ministry of Public...

IDB seeks to strengthen women-led SMEs in Guyana, other Latin American countries with We3A...

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through its innovation laboratory IDBLab and with funding support of the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (WeFi), will be implementing...

Driver found dead in parked truck, foul play suspected

A man was discovered dead in a parked truck in the wee hours of today. The dead man has been identified as 31-year-old Laurel Samaroo...

ECD man arrested with plastic gun

A 32-year-old male of Vigilance, East Coast Demerara, was arrested Friday night after he was found carrying a plastic gun. The discovery was made sometime...

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Dr Bharrat Jagdeo unanimously re-elected as PPP General Secretary

See full statement from the Peoples Progressive Party: The newly constituted Central Committee of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) convened its first meeting today, May...

18-Y-O drowns at Rockstone

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police in Regional Divisional #10 are investigating the suspected drowning of Adiel Thomas, age 18, a student...

Grand Coastal Hotel wins TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award 2024

Grand Coastal Hotel has announced that it has been honoured with the TripAdvisor’s® Travellers’ Choice® Awards for 2024. The award honours businesses that consistently...

New partnership to boost trade & business development between Guyana & Suriname

The Suriname Guyana Chamber of Commerce (SGCC) has announced the signing of a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Berbice Chamber of Commerce...

Ameena Gafoor Institute goes global

The Ameena Gafoor Institute (AGI) was created from scratch in March 2020 under the directorship of Professor David Dabydeen. The Institute was formally launched...

Guyana expresses solidarity with Brazil following devastating floods

In the wake of devastating floods in Southern Brazil that have claimed the lives of over 80 and displaced over 120,000, President Dr. Irfaan...

Chevron arbitration to go into 2025, ExxonMobil CEO tells CNBC

Exxon CEO Darren Woods said Monday that the dispute with Chevron over Hess Corporation’s oil assets in Guyana likely will not be resolved until...

4 friends arrested, to be charged for disorderly behaviour at police roadblock

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force: 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 ----relative to a video uploaded on social media (Facebook) On May 6, 2024, at approximately 21:15 hours...

Minister Indar leads Guyana’s delegation at OTC in Houston

  Minister Deodat Indar is leading a delegation at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas where several Guyanese companies and Government stakeholders are...

Over 15,000 pupils receive meals during NGSA this year

The Ministry of Education has distributed over 49,500 meals, including breakfast and lunch to over 15,000 pupils countrywide who sat the National Grade Six...