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$900M revolving fund will help meet increasing demand for forestry products – GMSA

See full statement from the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA): The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) commends the recent signing of the $900M...

Another 1,200 Guyanese benefitting from Govt’s part-time jobs on EBD

Some 1,200 persons on the East Bank of Demerara (EBD) are the newest beneficiaries of the government’s part-time jobs initiative. Vice President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo...

Judge sets March 17 for ruling on legality of NRF Act

High Court Judge Navindra Singh has been asked to pronounce on the validity of the Natural Resource Fund Act (NRF) Act and he will...

Family life inspiration driving Jason Mack’s eatery

By: Alva Solomon When Jason Mack decided to start his own eatery several months ago, he had no idea that his food, especially his roast...

Guyana records 96.9% increase in visitor arrival

In keeping with the Government of Guyana’s progressive approach to managing the COVID-19 pandemic, the country has since been fully reopened while maintaining all...

Linden single mother gets new home for 2023

    Minister of Public Works Bishop Juan Edghill today visited Blueberry Hill, Linden where a new home is being constructed for a single mother, her...

1,500 homes to be constructed in new Cummings Lodge Housing Development

President Dr Irfaan Ali on Thursday conducted a walkabout in Cummings Lodge to inspect the ongoing works on the development of the housing scheme...

Guyana earns US$75M from first carbon credit sale

Senior Minister with Responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh has announced that Guyana has successfully transacted its first carbon credit sale, amounting to a...

MoU signed for $900M revolving fund to set stage for boosted forestry production

The Guyana Government and Demerara Bank on Thursday inked its collaborative efforts to activate a $900 million revolving fund for increased production in the...

2nd suspect in murder/robbery of Kaneville businessman arrested

Police have arrested the second suspect in the murder of businessman Shimron Adams. In custody is 20-year-old Akelow Marshall of Independence Boulevard, East La Penitence,...

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...