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Tuesday, May 7, 2024

GECOM to discuss coalition’s calls for supporters to mobilise at polling stations

The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will on February 4, 2020 discuss the issue of the incumbent administration urging supporters to mobilise at polling stations,...

Body found at Grove

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a 77-year-old man whose body was found floating in the Demerara River nearing a dock...

Bangladesh nationals jailed for entering Guyana illegally

Chief Magistrate Ann McLennan jailed three Bangladesh nationals who admitted that they entered Guyana illegally. The three men, Jackel Chowdhurg, 19; Siddik Ahmed, 27, and...

RUSAL dismisses more workers

Just days after RUSAL laid off some 142 workers due to a fuel shortage, the company has now sent home another batch of employees. A...

Teen remanded for murder

An 18-year-old lad, who is allegedly the second accomplice in the murder a court tout, was today charged and remanded to prison for the...

Taxi driver gets bail on rape charge

A 49-year-old taxi driver who allegedly raped a 12-year-old child at his home was on Wednesday arraigned for the crime at the Georgetown Magistrates’...

DPP recommends charges for man accused of raping granddaughter

The 54-year-old man who allegedly raped his six-year-old granddaughter while watching pornographic videos is expected to soon make his court appearance after the Director...

Edghill writes Top Cop for probe into contracts ‘illegally’ awarded by Govt

Former Junior Finance Minister Juan Edghill has written the country's Commissioner of Police Leslie James to conduct an investigation into the contracts awarded by...

Carpenter who knocked out cop’s teeth gets bail

A 22-year-old carpenter was on Tuesday arraigned for allegedly cuffing a police officer, causing him to lose three teeth. Shem Wilkie of Mahdia, Region Eight...

Over 661,000 eligible voters on Official List of Electors

Commissioners from the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have confirmed that this year's Official List of Electors (OLE) is completed, with some 661,028 eligible voters. Government-nominated...

Recent Articles

Dr Bharrat Jagdeo unanimously re-elected as PPP General Secretary

See full statement from the Peoples Progressive Party: The newly constituted Central Committee of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) convened its first meeting today, May...

18-Y-O drowns at Rockstone

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police in Regional Divisional #10 are investigating the suspected drowning of Adiel Thomas, age 18, a student...

Grand Coastal Hotel wins TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award 2024

Grand Coastal Hotel has announced that it has been honoured with the TripAdvisor’s® Travellers’ Choice® Awards for 2024. The award honours businesses that consistently...

New partnership to boost trade & business development between Guyana & Suriname

The Suriname Guyana Chamber of Commerce (SGCC) has announced the signing of a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Berbice Chamber of Commerce...

Ameena Gafoor Institute goes global

The Ameena Gafoor Institute (AGI) was created from scratch in March 2020 under the directorship of Professor David Dabydeen. The Institute was formally launched...

Guyana expresses solidarity with Brazil following devastating floods

In the wake of devastating floods in Southern Brazil that have claimed the lives of over 80 and displaced over 120,000, President Dr. Irfaan...

Chevron arbitration to go into 2025, ExxonMobil CEO tells CNBC

Exxon CEO Darren Woods said Monday that the dispute with Chevron over Hess Corporation’s oil assets in Guyana likely will not be resolved until...

4 friends arrested, to be charged for disorderly behaviour at police roadblock

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force: 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 ----relative to a video uploaded on social media (Facebook) On May 6, 2024, at approximately 21:15 hours...

Minister Indar leads Guyana’s delegation at OTC in Houston

  Minister Deodat Indar is leading a delegation at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas where several Guyanese companies and Government stakeholders are...

Over 15,000 pupils receive meals during NGSA this year

The Ministry of Education has distributed over 49,500 meals, including breakfast and lunch to over 15,000 pupils countrywide who sat the National Grade Six...