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Friday, March 29, 2024

Italian driver hijacks and torches school bus full of children

(BBC) A bus carrying 51 schoolchildren has allegedly been hijacked by its driver and set alight near Milan in Italy. The children, some of them...

UPDATE: Rain stalls third ODI

ST GEORGE'S, Grenada (CMC) – Rain has continued to delay the start of the third One-Day International between West Indies and England here Wednesday. Match...

Theresa May set to be Britain’s next PM

(AFP) Theresa May is set to become Britain's next prime minister after her only rival pulled out in a dramatic twist Monday as turmoil...

Damaged component on Retractor Span 9 fixed; restrictions on cargo trucks still in place

Repairs to the damaged component of Retractor Span 9 on the Demerara Harbour Bridge have been completed. Minister within the Public Infrastructure Ministry Deodat Indar...

IPED salutes Dr. Yesu Persaud’s contribution to business development

  The Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED) yesterday unveiled a life-sized bust of Dr. Yesu Persaud, who is the Founding Chairman of IPED and...

Former Top Cop Henry Greene’s estate now under control of Public Trustee

The estate of the late Police Commissioner Henry Greene, has been taken over by the State and its administration is now in the care...

ExxonMobil completes US$1.26B purchase of Liza Unity FPSO from SBM Offshore

SBM Offshore and ExxonMobil Guyana Limited, an affiliate of ExxonMobil Corporation, have completed the transaction related to the purchase of FPSO Liza Unity, a...

MovieTowne owner says “Haunted House” in Guyana isn’t racist

MovieTowne is facing backlash after Guyanese accused the company of displaying “racist” and “culturally insensitive” props in its Halloween Haunted House. A video taken...

Hetmyer taking it ‘one step at a time’

(CMC) — Days after his captain urged him to “bat deeper” and “to start notching big scores soon”, Shimron Hetmyer delivered. The 21-year-old Hetmyer's instrumental...

WCB man dies in early morning accident

A 24-year-old man lost his life in the wee hours of today after the truck he was driving collided with a parked truck on...

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...