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Mothers jailed for 1 week for assaulting, threatening each other

For attacking one another, two mothers received one-week prison sentences. Senior Magistrate Leron Daly sentenced 29-year-old mother of three Jennifer Validen and mother-of-one Leandra Myers...

5 more persons fined for curfew violations in Linden

An additional five persons who appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune via virtual court on Wednesday were fined for COVID-19 curfew violations committed in Linden,...

In wake of Haiti’s massive jail break: Caricom paying keen attention to events in...

…says Region in talks with PM Henry, Haitian stakeholders & int’l partners Following a massive jailbreak in Haiti that has resulted in thousands of inmates...

Budget 2022 to be presented on Wednesday

Senior Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh has announced that Budget Day for this year will be Wednesday January 26, 2022. The Minister had been over...

AK-47, M-70 rifles found in home of WCD businessman

Two high powered rifles, an AK-47 and an M-70 rifle, were on Thursday afternoon discovered in the Meten-Meer-Zorg home of a 33-year-old businessman who...

President orders suspension of Police Service Commission

  President Dr Irfaan Ali has ordered the suspension of Police Service Commission (PSC) Chairman Paul Slowe and fellow Commissioner Clinton Conway, both of whom...

Caretaker President plans “unprecedented spending” to fight pandemic

…but no Budget in sight Guyana’s fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) poses a difficult journey, one that will require “unprecedented expenditure and outlay...

GuySuCo threatens to halt current crop if Union goes ahead with strikes

In light of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) suffering massive losses especially on occasions when workers throughout the sugar belt participate in strike action,...

Guyana’s application to ICJ seeks to prevent Venezuela from threatening investors

-Calls for Venezuela to cease operation in Guyana's territory, including eastern half of Ankoko Guyana, in its application filed with the International Court of Justice...

Covid: 137 new cases, death toll climbs to 293

Two more persons who were infected with the novel coronavirus have died, taking the country’s death toll to 293. The latest fatalities are two men,...

Recent Articles

GRA reviewing invoices in 2nd oil audit to detect overstatements – VP Jagdeo

Following the recent detection of a false declaration on oil well equipment that was imported on behalf of ExxonMobil, the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA)...

Father of 4 killed after rescuing fellow villager from attackers

Joseph Forde, a 44-year-old contractor of Middle Street, Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara (ECD), lost his life on Thursday evening after he was chopped and...

Prisoner further remanded for murder of cellmate

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force: A 23-year-old prisoner, Shamar Davis called Stamma of Lot 56 B Field, Sophia who has been on...

Update: Policeman in custody for killing pedestrian in hit-and-run

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force: Police ranks in Regional Division 4'B' are probing a 'hit-and-run' fatal accident that occurred on Wednesday, May...

Human Service Ministry launches ‘MPOWER’ initiative to upskill 1000 men

Approximately 1,000 men are set to benefit from a series of training opportunities through the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s ‘MPOWER’ training...

Danuta Radzik fails in 2nd attempt to stall GtE project, ordered to pay costs...

See full statement from the Environmental Assessment Board: Danuta Radzik failed in Second Attempt to Stall the Gas to Shore Project – Ordered to Pay...

Ramsay Ali re-elected as GMSA President

Georgetown, Guyana, May 2, 2024: The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) is delighted to announce the successful election of its new Board of...

Govt designates ambassadors to Brazil, Switzerland, Belgium

The Guyana Government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, today announced several diplomatic appointments. Professor Compton Bourne has been appointed as the...

3rd victim in fatal Williamsburg smash-up dies

The third person who was involved in the fatal smash-up at Williamsburg, Corentyne, has succumbed to his injuries. Dead is 17-year-old Veeram Seecharran of Lot...

‘Public Works Ministry has been delinquent’ – Jagdeo on illegal structures on Govt reserves

The Ministry of Public Works needs to be more proactive in addressing the construction of illegal structures on the government’s reserves, according to Vice...