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Thursday, April 18, 2024

Govt meets with Sarah Johanna squatters

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall along with Ministers Susan Rodrigues and Kwame McCoy are meeting with squatters at Sarah Johanna,...

18-year-olds can no longer apply for house lots – Minister Croal

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has reverted to the 21 years age threshold for house lot applicants. This was relayed by Minister of...

83 new Covid-19 cases recorded; 13 in ICU

Guyana has recorded 83 new cases of Covid-19, bringing the total confirmed cases to 3,960 as of October 23, 2020. The total number of deaths...

Guyana no longer ‘the isolated country in South America it once was’ – expert

Guyana’s economy is tipped to perform extremely well, and ride through the COVID-19 pandemic in better shape than practically any other economy on the...

Health Ministry mulls app for Covid-19 contact tracing and monitoring

Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony recently met with Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana Lilian Chatergee where a range of issues were discussed, including...

7 squatters injured after tree falls at Success

A total of seven squatters were this afternoon injured after they were struck by a falling tree at Success, East Coast Demerara (ECD). The incident...

Kapil Dev, legendary Indian cricketer, hospitalized after heart attack

(CNN)  Indian cricketing legend Kapil Dev is recovering in a hospital intensive care unit (ICU) after suffering a heart attack, a spokesperson for the...

Taylor, Dottin among four Windies players for Women’s Indian Premier League

Deandra Dottin and Shakera Selman, two of the West Indies Women’s most popular players, are among some of the game’s best women cricketers set...

Private criminal charges against Lowenfield withdrawn

The three private criminal charges filed against Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield have been withdrawn. This is according to his lawyer, Nigel Hughes. Lowenfield was privately...

Guyana’s Aliann Pompey to serve on Executive Committee of the World Olympians Association

Renowned Guyanese Olympian Aliann Pompey was on Thursday elected to serve as the Executive Committee Member on the World Olympians Association (WOA). The four-time Guyanese...

Recent Articles

Truck involved in Water Street fatal accident was unregistered – police

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A fatal accident occurred on Monday, April 15, 2024, on Water Street, Georgetown, involving an unregistered motor...

Mother of 3 crushed to death by truck

A 36-year-old mother of three was last evening crushed to death by a hauler truck at High and Princes Streets, Georgetown. She has been identified...

Remigrant calls for better police response after home burglarised; over $1.5M in items stolen

A businessman’s home in Berbice was burglarized while he was overseas, resulting in over $1 million in items being stolen. The man, a remigrant is...

IDPADA-G never filed discrimination complaint with ERC – Commissioner

See full statement from the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC): The International Decade of People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) has never filed a...

US Security Advisor restates “unwavering support” for Guyana’s sovereignty

Readout of Principal Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer’s Call with President Irfaan Ali of Guyana (on April 17, 2024) Principal Deputy National Security Advisor...

Health Ministry investigating deaths of siblings at NA Hospital

See full statement from the Ministry of Health:  MOH investigating the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two children in New Amsterdam (Georgetown- April 18, 2024)- The...

Men linked to murders in Guyana gunned down in Suriname

    Surinamese authorities are investigating the execution-style killings of two Guyanese suspected of involvement in separate murder cases in Guyana. Dead are Jerimiah Smith and Oswick...

Local company eyes possibility of building oil tankers in Guyana

    Guyana Port Incorporated (GPI), a local company that offers dry-docking and ship repair services, has aspirations of moving into shipbuilding, in particular the future...

Soldier likely died of brain aneurysm & swollen heart – wife changes ‘inconclusive’ PME...

Hours after the widow of Corporal Leroy Thom, who died during training at Tacama in Region Ten (Upper Demerara-Berbice), spoke about the inconclusive nature...

Lost at sea: Body of missing fisherman recovered, colleague still missing

Some four days after they were reported missing at sea, the body of a fisherman has been recovered while his colleague remains missing. The two...