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Corentyne River bridge will be built within 5 years – Suriname President

A bridge across the Corentyne River, bridging Guyana and Suriname, has been a topic of discussion for years but has not progressed to actual...

Dead bandit identified as Duncan Street resident

The bandit who was shot and killed earlier today on William Street, Campbellville, Georgetown was identified as 22-year-old Randy Bowen of Duncan Street, Georgetown. Based...

Desecration of Parliament: Speaker should act “swiftly” on punishment for Opposition MPs – Teixeira

Governance and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Gail Teixeira is calling on the Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir to act swiftly on sanctioning A...

Budget Day is January 15

  The Ministry of Finance has announced that Budget Day is January 15. Today, in keeping with government’s consultative approach to governance, Senior Finance Minister Dr....

APNU/AFC supporter assaults cop

A female supporter of the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition this afternoon assaulted a female police officer who was on...

Brothers slapped with narcotics possession charge

Kevon Thomas and his brother Kevin Thomas, both 23-years-old of Dubally, Upper Berbice Region Ten were jointly slapped with a narcotics possession charge when...

Delivery man shot to face, robbed of motorcycle

A 22-year-old delivery rider is currently hospitalised in critical condition after he was shot to his jaw while fighting off two armed bandits on...

Shimron Hetmyer relishing fatherhood

By: Brandon Corlette The year 2022 has been a year of great difference for Guyana and West Indies superstar Shimron Hetmyer. While he had not...

51-Y-O man found dead in trench at Queenstown

Police in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man whose body was discovered floating in a trench at...

Covid-19 curfew now 9pm to 5am

The Covid-19 curfew has been changed to 9pm to 5am. The new curfew was published in the official Gazette. The previous curfew was 8pm to 5am....

Recent Articles

Guyana to champion forest conservation at upcoming G20 Summit – Jagdeo

Guyana has been invited to attend the upcoming Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in Brasilia, Brazil in October, and will champion forest conservation and...

Power ship reaches maximum capacity of 36MW – GPL

Over the weekend, the power ship stationed at Everton, East Bank Berbice incrementally increased its generation output to 35 megawatts to the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected...

Govt makes 2nd NRF withdrawal for 2024 to the tune of US$300 million 

See full statement from the Ministry of Finance:  Pursuant to the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Act 2021, as amended by the Fiscal Enactments (Amendment) Act...

Construction of US$35M Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge to begin in August

Traffic congestion and long delays will soon be things of the past for commuters using the Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge, as construction of a new US$35...

Body of missing pensioner found in Essequibo River

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police in Regional Division #7 are investigating a report of suspected drowning of Philistine Franci called ‘PI’,...

Cyclist hospitalised after Sheriff Street Roundabout ‘hit and run’ accident

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police in Regional Division 4A are investigating a report of a hit and run serious accident which...

Pedestrian dies after being struck down by truck at Enmore

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police in Regional Division 4C are investigating a report of a fatal accident which occurred on Sunday...

PM Phillips Commends CIUG for a Decade of Chinese Cultural Exchange at 10th Anniversary

Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips, praised the Confucius Institute at the University of Guyana (CIUG) for its outstanding achievements in fostering...

GPHC receives modern devices to facilitate better treatment of persons with kidney diseases

Through a collaborative effort between the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), and Boston Scientific, several LithoVue scopes were...

Work on sentencing guidelines nearing completion – AG

The government is close to completing work on sentencing guidelines, a project that has been funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded ‘Support for...