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$18M in equipment donated to Guyana by University of Toronto professor

Guyanese-born University of Toronto Professor Rita Persaud has donated $18 million in musical and science equipment to five secondary schools and the University of...

ANSA McAL launches promotion to help fight cancer

ANSA McAL Trading Limited (AMTL) on Monday partnered with the Guyana Cancer Foundation to launch the Pantene promotion under the theme, "Growing stronger with...

8 new Permanent Secretaries appointed

The Office of the President has announced the appointment of Permanent Secretaries within several Government Ministries. The appointments are as follows: Mr Malcolm Watkins...

Persons 18 years and older can access Covid-19 vaccines from tomorrow

The Government’s countrywide Covid-19 vaccination programme will now become available to persons who are 18 years and older from tomorrow. The announcement was made via...

‘Pay up and build’ – Housing Minister urges houselot recipients

Minister within the Communities Ministry with responsibility for housing, Valerie Adams Patterson-Yearwood has advised residents of Region Three (Essequibo Island- West Demerara) to work...

Lethem school teacher dies after allegedly contracting COVID-19 at hospital

The Public Health Ministry earlier today confirmed that Guyana has recorded its 15th COVID-19 related death. The latest person to succumb to the virus has...

2 new COVID-19 cases; total stands at 127

The Ministry of Public Health is reporting two new positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the total cases recorded to date to 127. The two new...

Retired ambassador publishes analysis of Guyanese culture

Former Guyanese Ambassador Rudy Insanally on Friday evening officially launched his most recent work The Guyanese Culture – Fusion or Diffusion? This book...

Gafoors ordered to make certain changes after fatal workplace accident

  The Labour Ministry has recommended a series of intervention for the Gafoors Manufacturing Complex at Land of Canaan, East Bank Demerara, following an investigation...

Cop dies in Leguan accident

Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred about 11:30h on Saturday on the Success Public Road in Leguan, Essequibo Island, which resulted in...

Recent Articles

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...

Diplomats urge journalists to maintain integrity

ABCEU Joint Statement – World Press Freedom Day: The Heads of Missions of the Embassy of the United States of America, H.E. Ambassador Nicole Theriot;...