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Thursday, April 18, 2024

3 arrested after shootout with Police in Berbice

    An intelligence-led operation by ranks in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) has led to the arrest of three suspects in connection with the discovery of...

Husband recalls deadly Essequibo beach tragedy

  One day before she celebrated her 25th birthday, Akeesia Tryell, known as “Kiki”, drowned during a family outing at the popular Feather Beach, Lima...

Police hunt for ex-lover as woman’s battered body found in canal

The battered body of a housewife was found floating at Lowlands, Railway Embankment, East Coast Demerara woman was found on Monday. Dead is 47-year-old Nazaleen...

No cost to the treasury to secure hosting of CPL games – Ramson

Culture, Youth and Sport Minister, Charles Ramson Jr said Guyana’s bid to host the semi-finals, and finals of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL)...

$40M recovered by Labour Ministry for aggrieved employees

Labour Minister, Joseph Hamilton, during his contributions to the 2023 budget debate on Monday, revealed that his Ministry has been successful in recovering a...

CIOG provides assistance to pensioner whose home collapsed due to high winds

  The Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) on Thursday last presented financial assistance to Mr. Abdool Raheem, a 68-year-old pensioner of Lot 283 Forth...

Budget 2023 is a people-centered masterpiece –McCoy

Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy, Monday afternoon shut down Opposition Member Nima Flue-Bess’ inflated...

57 bills passed in two years – Teixeira

The PPP/C Administration since returning to office in August 2020, has been actively working to improve the government’s legislative agenda. To this end, some...

Christ Church Secondary students resume learning after fire destroys school

Students and teachers of the Christ Church Secondary School have comfortably settled at the school’s new location at the Cyril Potter College of Education...

75% of 7,500 persons trained by BIT now meaningfully employed – Hamilton

Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton has disclosed that from August 2020 to now, a total of 7,500 persons have received training under the Board of...

Recent Articles

Venezuelan stabbed to death by co-worker

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A report of an alleged murder committed on one called ‘Frankie’, Venezuelan, by suspect, Cane Vincent, age...

“Words can’t express how much they mean to me” – mother demands answers, justice...

By: Andrew Carmichael “Words can’t express how much they mean to me, dem is me children,” expressed Rihanna Persaud, the mother who lost her nine-year-old...

No increase in electricity costs for consumers – Jagdeo assures amid power ship deal

Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has assured that the electricity price will not increase following the government’s move to charter a power ship to...

Govt would hire contractors without “full experience” to keep up with rapid development –...

New contractors would be hired by the government to keep apace with the ongoing rapid development in the infrastructure sector. This is according to Vice...

Stabroek Market Wharf cleanup making significant progress

Works on clearing the rubble from the collapsed roof of the Stabroek Market Wharf continued on Thursday. A 45-member crew is working assiduously to remove...

US$1M mobilisation fee for rental of power ship – GPL

  See full statement from the Guyana Power and Light: On April 13, 2024, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. signed a contract with Urbacon...

Truck involved in Water Street fatal accident was unregistered – police

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A fatal accident occurred on Monday, April 15, 2024, on Water Street, Georgetown, involving an unregistered motor...

Mother of 3 crushed to death by truck

A 36-year-old mother of three was last evening crushed to death by a hauler truck at High and Princes Streets, Georgetown. She has been identified...

Remigrant calls for better police response after home burglarised; over $1.5M in items stolen

A businessman’s home in Berbice was burglarized while he was overseas, resulting in over $1 million in items being stolen. The man, a remigrant is...

IDPADA-G never filed discrimination complaint with ERC – Commissioner

See full statement from the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC): The International Decade of People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) has never filed a...