World Bank team providing advice on improving local business environment
The Ministry of Business has invited a team from the World Bank to provide advice on improving the local business environment, according to GINA.
The...
Businessman remanded over cocaine in fish bust at airport
A 32-year-old businessman was today (Friday) remanded to prison despite pleading not guilty and denying ownership of a large quantity of cocaine laden fish...
Environmentalist calls for stiffer penalties against “filthy Guyanese” caught littering
By: Amar Persaud
Detailing the harrowing impacts littering has on the ecosystem, environmentalist Annette Arjoon-Martins has issued a call for authorities to implement stiffer penalties...
Covid: 1 new death; 107 more cases
Guyana has recorded a new Covid-19 related death, taking the country’s death toll to 1,249.
The latest fatality is an 85-year-old unvaccinated woman from Region...
Cop charged with attempted murder
A Police Constable was on Wednesday slapped with a charge of intent to commit murder when he appeared before Magistrate Leron Daly at the...
2 arrested for shooting to death of former Chief Education Officer
As police continue their investigation into the shooting to death of former Chief Education Officer, 53-year-old Olato Sam, police sources have confirmed that two...
Linden-Soesdyke Highway accident leaves 1 dead, 2 injured
A Victoria block maker is the latest Linden-Soesdyke Highway road fatality following an early Sunday morning accident.
Dead is Simon Paul, 30, of Victoria village,...
Sexagenarian to stand trial for trafficking cocaine charge
The South Ruimveldt resident who was previously convicted and deported for trafficking cocaine and who earlier this year served time for attempting to traffic...
Supreme Court rules there is no longer federal constitutional right to an abortion
(CNN) The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, holding that there is no longer a federal constitutional right to an abortion.
The opinion...
US$50M 46.5-MW power plant on track for April 2021 completion
With the US$50 million 46.5-megawatt (MW) power plant on track for its April 2021 completion date, the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) is...