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GRA security officer killed by drunken driver on Corentyne highway

A security officer attached to the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) Springlands Branch was on Wednesday evening killed by a drunken driver along the No....

Man arrested following discovery of 10 pounds ganja in minibus

A 34-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday after he was intercepted with a quantity of ganja at a road block in front of the...

US Secretary of State hails Guyana-America partnership

…says joint efforts will continue to contribute to regional stability United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, in his first direct public statement on Guyana...

CJ orders release of SOPs to Police, DPP

Chief Justice Roxane George this morning ordered the release of the certified Statements of Poll (SoPs) from the March 2, 2020 General and Regional...

6 more COVID-19 fatalities; 236 new cases recorded

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported that six deaths have been added to the total count of COVID-19 related fatalities, taking the death...

MoH hosts 2nd drive-thru vaccination campaign at National Stadium  

The COVID-19 drive through vaccination campaign at the Guyana National Stadium Providence, had quite a decent turnout today despite the rain. The objective of this...

Clothes vendor’s car set on fire

A motorcar belonging to a 36-year-old female clothes vendor was destroyed by fire on Tuesday evening after a man who was seen on CCTV...

Housewife beaten, robbed by bandit dressed as Police

A 53-year-old housewife of Land of Canaan Road, East Bank Demerara (EBD) was reportedly beaten and robbed by a lone gunman who allegedly posed...

Wakenaam accident leaves pedestrian injured

Fifty-nine-year-old Lucille Persaud of San Souci, Wakenaam Island, Region Three is now hospitalized after she was reportedly struck down by a motorcycle on Tuesday...

4 arrested following discovery of guns, ammo 

Four persons including two foreign nationals were arrested in the wee hours of Wednesday following the discovery of guns and ammunition along Main Street...

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...