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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Bourda Post Office temporarily closed due to flooding

Members of the public are advised that the Bourda Post Office is temporarily closed due to flooding as a result of heavy downpours. The office...

Task Force assembled to assess impact of heavy rainfall

The Ministry of Public Works has dispatched engineers and technical officers to assess the situation in Georgetown in light of heavy rainfall over the...

Soldiers get new facilities

Junior Non-Commissioned Officers serving at Base Camp Ayanganna have received their anniversary gift of a spanking new Junior Ranks’ Mess Hall and Club. Meanwhile, at...

US President Donald Trump claims he has won election as count continues, Joe Biden...

ABC News - Donald Trump has declared the US election a "major fraud" and says he will ask the Supreme Court to stop any...

CDC urges RDCs to prepare for flooding

Civil Defence Commission (CDC) Director-General, Lieutenant Colonel Kester Craig has called on Regional Democratic Councils (RDCs) to activate their Regional Emergency Operation Centres (REMS)...

Albouystown man critical after being shot twice to abdomen

A 30-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot twice in the abdomen at Victoria Street Albouystown, Georgetown. The incident occurred at around 02:00hrs...

Family in disbelief after couple burnt to death in Eccles house

The charred remains of a husband and wife were on Tuesday evening removed from a bedroom in the upper flat of their Eccles, East...

2 dead after husband sets Eccles house on fire

A husband and wife are now dead after the man would have set their Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD) home on fire. Police are on...

Tiger Creek bridge collapses; emergency works to begin soon

The Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) is taking steps to have emergency works done on the bridge at Tiger Creek, Potaro-Siparuni,...

Virtual motorcade set for November 13

For the first time in 46 years, the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) will be not be hosting its traditional Diwali motorcade but rather,...

Recent Articles

Corentyne hot dog vendor attacked, robbed at gunpoint

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force: An alleged Robbery Under Arms was committed on Dhanmattie Rampersaud called "Mono, age 47, a Businesswoman, of...

Govt ensures world-class facilities ahead of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle has confirmed that the pitches at the National Stadium and practice venues...

Essequibo businessman charged for unlicenced gold trade

The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) today charged an Essequibo businessman, who was allegedly involved in buying gold in the Port Kaituma district, without...

GNBS seizes over 1400 packs of cigarettes in Regions 5 & 6

The Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) on Saturday, April 27, 2024, seized a large quantity of assorted cigarettes which do not meet the...

Interventions underway to expedite Lamaha, Middleton Streets expansion project – Edghill

The Lamaha Street expansion project aimed at enhancing connectivity between Vlissengen Road and Middleton Street in Georgetown, is facing setbacks due to delayed infrastructural...

‘Just 2 minutes more & they might have been trapped’ – security officer recalls...

An early morning fire of unknown origin wreaked havoc at Golden Grove, Public Road on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD), destroying the WuHu...

Opposition MP urges ‘independent investigation’ into alleged police brutality at Mackenzie Station 

See full statement from Opposition Member of Parliament Jermaine Figueira: As Linden celebrates its anniversary “Town week” the recent emergence of a viral video depicting...

Contract for audit of post-2020 ExxonMobil expenses to be awarded soon

With two audits already completed for oil giant ExxonMobil’s oil and gas exploration activities in the Stabroek Block, the Natural Resources Ministry has indicated...

Senior NDC official accused of issuing receipts from private receipt book

  A senior official attached to the Johns-Port Mourant Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC) has been accused of issuing receipts from a private receipt book and...

32 more Laing Avenue households receive housing vouchers

In a move to assist homeowners in upgrading their living standard, some 32 more households in Laing Avenue, Georgetown, received vouchers valued $250,000 each...