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Fighting between inmates at Brazil prison kills 15

Fighting at a prison in northern Brazil has left 15 inmates dead, according to local officials. The clashes reportedly broke out on Sunday during visiting...

Sebastian Kurz, Austrian chancellor, loses confidence vote

Austria's parliament has voted to remove Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and his government from office in a special parliamentary session. His previous coalition ally, the far-right...

Constitutional reform: Political activist proposes separation of powers between Cabinet, Parliament

- can provide independence for MPs to more freely exercise conscience vote With the need for constitutional reform as pressing as ever, political scientist and...

Youths dominate 53rd anniversary flag-raising ceremony

The flag-raising ceremony for Guyana’s 53rd anniversary was held at D’Urban Park on Sunday, with several rounds of performances delivered by mostly students, members...

Body found Mahdia Backdam

The body of an unidentified man was on Sunday morning found several miles from the township of Mahdia, Region Eight. Based on reports received,...

Guyana Goldfields unilaterally transferring workers to contracts

Canada-based mining company Guyana Goldfields has said there was no need for a union to represent its workers. But according to National Mine Workers...

Race car driver shot during robbery after Buju concert  

Moments after leaving the Buju Banton Concert at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence on Sunday morning, race car driver Kristian Jeffrey was shot to...

Police Constable shot during raid on mining camp

A Police Constable is now nursing a gunshot wound to his left side chest at a private medical facility in Georgetown after he was...

More rainfall expected over next 3 days

After being affected by floodwaters, the township of Mahdia in Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni), found some relief as the water is slowly receding. On Saturday,...

Pedal cyclist in unconscious state after being struck by Corporal

A pedal cyclist is now in an unconscious state at the Georgetown Public Hospital after he was struck down by vehicle allegedly being driven...

Recent Articles

Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest

Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...

QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students

An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College. According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...

Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja

A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...

Guyanese among 2 killed in Upstate NY head-on collision

A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York. Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...

Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M

Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...

2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge

A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...

8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...

T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana

claims importer returned goods to DDL   The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...

Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...

Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...