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Man charged for shooting friend, pleads not guilty

Thirty – four - year old Gavin Major of 11 Charles Street Charlestown Georgetown appeared in court to answer a charge of discharging a...

More flooding expected if rain continues – Agri Ministry

- The Ministry of Agriculture is advising that the Hydromet Office has recorded  rains of intensity between 12 to 20 mm per hour...

Consultancy team to be hired to enhance transparency and accountability in extractive industries

- The Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment is moving to improve the level of transparency and...

Ganga Persaud’s lie exposed by GECOM

- The Local Government Minister on Friday October 11 gave a conflicting response as to who is really responsible for calling the local...

$37M pump station commissioned in Rose Hall

  - Head of State, Donald Ramotar commissioned a $37 million pump station at Rose Hall, Berbice which is expected to boost drainage and...

Candlelight vigil held for dead Linden Protesters

A candlelight vigil was held last evening in observance of the one year anniversary for those protesters who were shot and killed during the...

Non-existence of Integrity Commission is a misconceived position – HPS

The absence of Commissioners at the Integrity Commission does not mean the structure of the body is not maintained, Head of the Presidential Secretariat...

Duo charged with causing death by dangerous driving

 - 19-year-old Nandeswar Persaud of Kitty, Georgetown and 33- year-old Cordel Bourne of E’ Field Sophia, appeared in the Georgetown Magistrates Court on Thursday (September 26)...

Interrupted water, electricity supply at GPHC result in cancellation of surgeries

- The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation’s (GPHC) water and electricity supply have been interrupted resulting from a damaged internal power line. According to a...

Sooba was not appointed based on qualifications alone – Dr. Luncheon

– Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon has noted that Town Clerk, Carol Sooba was not appointed to the post based merely on the...

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...