Teacher gets $100K bail for allegedly raping female student
A 21-year-old teacher at the JC Chandisingh Secondary School in Port Mourant, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) was today charged with the alleged rape of...
Free service for passengers using support vehicles across the Demerara River amid speedboat strike
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The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) wishes to inform all commuters traveling between Georgetown and Vreed-en-Hoop that the...
Carol Joseph being investigated by SOCU over $6M fraud at MARDS
During the month of March 2022, a report was made to the Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) by Mahaica Abary Rice Development Scheme (MARDS)...
Education Ministry signs US$2.6M contract for works at Good Hope Secondary
The Ministry of Education on Friday signed a contract totaling the amount of US$2,607,879 for the completion of outstanding works at the Good Hope...
Orphaned at 12, Bush Lot lad is 1st in family to graduate from UG
“Looking back to where I came from, to now, achieving a Diploma in Communication Studies at the University of Guyana, Turkeyen Campus is certainly...
President Ali launches auction of 14 oil blocks
President Dr Irfaan Ali officially launched the first auction for the development of 14 oil blocks, as part of efforts to develop Guyana’s oil...
Couple living in fear after neighbour allegedly beats, threatens to kill them
A couple of Rotterdam, East Bank Berbice, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) is now living in fear after a neighbour had allegedly attacked them in...
Man jailed 17 years for raping girl, 7
For raping a seven-year-old girl, Donald Chan, called “Dano”, has been sentenced to 17 years’ imprisonment by Justice Jo-Ann Barlow on Thursday in the...
Mingo, Lowenfield did not use SoPs as instructed by GECOM – Chair
The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the events that followed the March 2020 elections heard that both former Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield...
GECOM staff to pay State $75,000 each over failure to get injunction against CoI
Three employees of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have been each ordered to pay $75,000 in court costs to the State by January 16,...
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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
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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
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Emanating from a commitment H.E. President Mohamed Irfaan Ali made to the mining stakeholders, on Friday...
Over 90 persons vying for seat on PPP’s 35-member Central Executive Committee
A total of ninety-three persons are vying to be a part of the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) Central Executive Committee at this weekend’s Congress.
The...
Guyana must recognise rapidly evolving work culture – GAWU on reduced hours, days
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has pointed out that the global movement to reduce working hours and days without compromising conditions...
Pupils expressed confidence, readiness for NGSA 2024
A total of 15, 488 pupils are writing this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) on May 2 and 3.
The pupils are being tested...
4 homeless after unattended stove goes up in flames
A mother and her three children are now homeless after their Number 60 Village, Corentyne, Berbice home went up in flames.
The woman had to...