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Friday, March 29, 2024

Eyewitness: Much ado about…

…Local Government Elections How much more can we, the Guyanese people, take on this “election business”? Your Eyewitness is as red-blooded as anyone else when...

Land valued at $150M transferred to company for $2.4M in June 2020

The National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) sold and transferred land to a company that paid only a small fraction of the minimum...

Berbice man arrested after suspected stolen motorcycle found at home

Chand Latchman is now in Police custody after an allegedly stolen motorcycle was found at his home at Number 76 Village, Corentyne, Berbice. He is...

Guyanese man beaten to death in Dominican Republic

A Guyanese man who was among five stuck in the Dominican Republic since September 2018 was on Sunday morning found murdered there on a...

FEATURE: COVID-19 in the Pediatric Population: let’s not be complacent

By Dr Narendra C. Singh The global experience with children in the current COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated a much milder illness, in this otherwise vulnerable...

46 new COVID-19 cases detected; 8 in ICU

Guyana has once again seen a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases with 46 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours. According to...

Gov’t to bring legal action against former Finance Minister, others over land giveaway

In light of a number of questionable transactions that the former A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) administration entered into and which...

There is an increase in professionalism, quality of teachers – Miss Maria Reid

By Lakhram Bhagirat “After being in the teaching system, in and out of Guyana, for twenty-three years, I’ve noticed an increase in professionalism of teachers,...

Education not stagnant, there are always new methods of teaching – Sir Krishna Kumar

By Lakhram Bhagirat The global coronavirus pandemic has forced teachers to rethink their strategies and methods of delivering education. It has led them down the...

Strays at Tagore Memorial Secondary denied food after activist prevented from entering compound

By Andrew Carmichael  The Tagore Memorial Secondary School in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) is home to a number of stray animals which students would feed...

Recent Articles

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...

GDF rank struck, killed by truck during annual walk

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Sergeant was struck down and killed by a vehicle while participating in the Force’s annual walk. Dead is Sergeant Deslyn...

Guyana will aggressively pursue oil for national development – Pres Ali to BBC

  An interview between President Dr Irfaan Ali and Stephen Sackur, the host of BBC’s “HardTalk” show, saw the Head of State forced to defend...