Guyana named world’s best eco-tourism destination
Guyana has been named the #1 “Best of Ecotourism” destination in the world, leading ecotourism destinations like Sierra Gorda, Mexico and Tmatboey in Cambodia....
Ban derogatory music in public – Gender Equality Commission
Music considered derogatory and defaming to women should be prohibited from being played in public, according to the Women and Gender Equality Commission.
The Commission...
GuySuCo ordered to probe missing sugar at Uitvlugt— Min. Holder
The Agriculture Ministry has ordered that the Board of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) launch an investigation into the operations at the Uitvlugt Sugar...
US-based Guyanese want US Govt to intervene, restore democracy in Guyana
Members of the Guyanese American Rights Association (GARA) have written United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo concerning the looming political crisis in Guyana,...
Taxi driver allegedly commits suicide
The lifeless body of a taxi driver was on Thursday morning found crouched in a sitting position at his mother’s Edingburg, East Bank Berbice...
300 GTI students benefit from traffic awareness program
Some 300 students attached to the Government Technical Institute (GTI) recently benefitted from a traffic awareness program facilitated by the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF)...
Region Six health system in a crisis – AFC Councillor
Alliance For Change (AFC) Councillor, Devin Sookraj on Thursday slammed the poor health system in Region Six (East Berbice/Corentyne) stating that it is in...
Improvised weapons, cell phone seen in FB post confiscated; 3 charged internally – Prisons...
A video has been circulating on social media with two inmates of a penitentiary in Guyana displaying weapons and threatening citizens. Director of Prisons,...
England’s Tour of the West Indies 2019… Can the host side keep the series...
World Champions West Indies were handed a reality check as they succumbed to a defeat against a new-look England side in the first T20I....
Blackout brings Venezuela to standstill
(BBC) Schools and workplaces in Venezuela have closed as an electricity blackout continues into a second day.
The power cut, which started on Thursday afternoon,...
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Police investigating alleged bomb threat at St Rose’s High School
See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
On May 2, 2024, at 13:45hrs, an alleged bomb threat was made to St. Roses High School...
Govt to seek over US$180M in supplementary funding for GPL
Government will soon approach the National Assembly for US$180M- US$250M in supplementary funding for the Guyana Power and Light (GPL).
This sum will be used...
4 persons robbed of cash & jewellery after returning home from concert
See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
On May 02, at about 03:15 hours, at Lot 184 Durban Backlands, Georgetown, four (4) persons were...
Grove man dies after being struck down by speeding cop
A pedestrian was last evening struck down and killed by a vehicle driven by a policeman, along the Farm Public Road, East Bank Demerara...
Jamaican Information Minister “impressed” with Guyana’s media landscape
Jamaica’s Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Robert Nesta Morgan on Thursday said he is “very impressed” with...
Govt awards 150 mining blocks; more areas to be allotted in coming months
See full statement from the Ministry of Natural Resources:
Emanating from a commitment H.E. President Mohamed Irfaan Ali made to the mining stakeholders, on Friday...
Over 90 persons vying for seat on PPP’s 35-member Central Executive Committee
A total of ninety-three persons are vying to be a part of the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) Central Executive Committee at this weekend’s Congress.
The...
Guyana must recognise rapidly evolving work culture – GAWU on reduced hours, days
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has pointed out that the global movement to reduce working hours and days without compromising conditions...
Pupils expressed confidence, readiness for NGSA 2024
A total of 15, 488 pupils are writing this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) on May 2 and 3.
The pupils are being tested...
4 homeless after unattended stove goes up in flames
A mother and her three children are now homeless after their Number 60 Village, Corentyne, Berbice home went up in flames.
The woman had to...