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Guyana to field 100-member delegation to OTC 2023 in Houston

Private Sector companies and associations in Guyana are currently preparing for the 2023 Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas. The Guyanese delegation, led by Chief...

All schools designated as examination centres to be closed during NGSA

The Education Ministry has announced the closure of all primary schools designated as examination centres on May 3 and 4, 2023, for the administration...

Over US$1B invested in Public, Private Sector projects in Reg 3 – Ali

With over US$1 billion in new public and private sector investments in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) and the plethora of new investments countrywide,...

US$5M private hospital opens in Leonora

…Govt spending $100M in each region to improve healthcare delivery – Dr Anthony Even as another private hospital has opened its doors, this time the...

National Library launches ‘Storytime in the Park’

- National Literacy Dept to launch 'Read Guyana Challenge' in May Education Minister Priya Manickchand was the guest reader at the Juvenile Department of the...

Int’l Building Expo 2023 slated for August

The government has announced that preparations are underway for the 2023 International Building Exposition slated for August. Housing and Water Minister, Collin Croal made the...

Pres Ali orders NISA Bill be sent to Parliamentary Select Committee; wants stakeholders input

President Dr Irfaan Ali on Friday instructed that the National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) Bill that was tabled in the National Assembly earlier...

Opposition MPs flagged as SLED audit finds millions in State funds wasted

Some prominent Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) have been fingered in a damning forensic audit report into the former APNU/AFC Government’s Sustainable Livelihoods Entrepreneurial...

Brig Bess boasts of derailing female stereotypes in GDF among achievements

...to serve as advisor to Govt on Defence Diplomacy Former Chief-of-Staff of the Guyana Defence Force, Brigadier Godfrey Bess, has stated that one of his...

“Results so far promising” – Mustapha as wheat trial continues; millet production to start...

Results are so far promising from the ongoing wheat trial in Guyana but more research is needed to determine if the country can produce...

Recent Articles

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;...

GPA calls for injection of more resources into special productions on environmental issues

See full statement from the Guyana Press Association: The Guyana Press Association salutes all media workers in Guyana for this World Press Freedom Day 2024....

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...