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Friday, March 29, 2024

Rupununi ranger goes from the wild into the classroom

…prepares for conservation training in Rwanda By Alva Solomon Two decades ago, Asaph Wilson decided to take a proactive role in the conservation of the environment...

Works begin on $11B Diamond to Buzz Bee Dam Road

Works have commenced on a new four-lane highway along the East Bank Demerara (EBD) corridor, running from Diamond to Buzz Bee Dam. Contracts to the...

30 years jail for man who killed baby in Kaneville house fire

A 24-year-old man was today sentenced to 30 years imprisonment for setting fire to a house at Kaneville, East Bank Demerara (EBD) which, in...

Taxi driver fined $30,000 for assaulting cop

A Linden taxi driver was on Wednesday fined $30,000 by Magistrate Wanda Fortune for assaulting a Police officer. Thirty-year-old Tramaine Ross appeared at the Linden...

OPINION: Lowenfield must be dealt with condignly

The following is an opinion piece by Guyana Times on the blatant attempts by Chief Elections Officer, Keith Lowenfield, to present fraudulent figures of...

If there is no Opposition Leader, who is Govt to consult? – lawyer on...

  Clifton Hicken's appointment as acting Police Commissioner has not gone down well with some quarters, with the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) sending out...

Five charged over $19.4M fraud involving forged GRA cheques

Five persons - four men and a woman - have been charged for forging $19.4M worth in cheques in the name of the Guyana...

Berbice woman dies in fire set by fleeing bandits

The Guyana Police Force has launched an intensive probe into the shocking death of a West Coast Berbice woman who was reportedly burnt alive...

Walter Roth Museum’s relocation put on hold – Education Minister

No decision will be made on the relocation of the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology, until consultations have been had with the museum staff...

Jagdeo calls on Govt to fix “damning” issues between GuySuCo, SPU

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo is calling on Government to pay close attention to the ongoing feud between the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) and NICIL’s...

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...