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“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...

First Lady to build multipurpose parks in Regions 3 & 4

First Lady Arya Ali today launched two projects for the development of multipurpose parks in Regions Three and Four. The parks, which will be located...

Guyana Govt inks Uaru Petroleum Production Licence

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) is thrilled to announce the approval of the Uaru Field Development Plan (FDP) and the issuance of the...

25-Y-O man attacked, left for dead by “friend”

A 25-year-old man of Good Hope, East Coast Demerara (ECD) may never be able to speak again after he was slashed to the throat...

$170M restoration works at Friendship Water Treatment Plant moving apace

The Friendship Water Treatment Plant on the East Coast Demerara is currently undergoing restoration works worth $170M. As part of the project, seven new...

50 ranks to receive training from Scottish Police College

As part of the overhauling of the Guyana Police Force (GPF), some 50 ranks will receive training from the Scottish Police Academy, which is...

21 cops facing criminal charges – Police

Despite Government having passed amendments to the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act, which now provides for harsher penalties for traffic offences, the Guyana...

Bids submitted to buy Marriott Hotel “too low” – VP Jagdeo

The Guyana Government has decided not to sell the US$58 million Guyana Marriott Hotel to any of the six bidders, whose offers, according to...

All lists with defects were corrected – GECOM’s Vishnu Persaud

All the political parties and groups/individuals contesting the upcoming Local Government Elections (LGE) with defects on their Lists of Candidates and Backers that were...

Finance Minister meets with UN’s Deputy Secretary-General in Chile

Senior Finance Minister Dr. Ashni K. Singh on Wednesday met with the United Nation’s Deputy Secretary-General (DSG), Amina J. Mohammed, in Santiago, Chile. During...

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...