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Friday, March 29, 2024

Customer breaks down in tears after “brand-new” vehicle destroyed in fire at Lusignan workshop

  By: LaWanda McAllister A businessman is left counting millions of dollars in losses after a fire ripped through his autobody workshop, destroying some 11 vehicles...

GECOM must advise on readiness – President on LGE

President Dr Irfaan Ali on Monday related that Local Government Elections (LGE) which was last held in 2018, is still on the Government’s agenda...

Tiger Rentals Guyana donates to GFS to help build capacity

Tiger Rentals Guyana today donated a Samsung 55" television to the Guyana Fire Service's (GFS) training centre, with an aim of helping the organisation...

Venezuelan stabbed to death at Soesdyke bar

Yocter Eduardo, a 29-year-old Venezuelan national, was on Saturday evening stabbed to death outside of a bar at the Soesdyke Junction, East Bank Demerara...

Pirates nabbed in Suriname remanded to prison

Two more men were today remanded to prison for the murder of four fishermen last month. The two young men were nabbed in Suriname and...

2nd annual Guyana-China Friendship Youth Leadership Development Competition launched

The Ministry of Education and the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Guyana signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to launch...

BOSAI given three months to address labour infractions

Minister of Labour, Joseph Hamilton met with managers of the BOSAI Minerals Group bauxite plant in Linden, Region Ten on Friday, as part of...

Budget 2024: Each schoolchild to now get $45,000

The "Because We Care" cash grant will be increased to $40,000 per child, Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh has announced. In addition, the uniform voucher...

Exxon found “high quality” reservoirs offshore Guyana in 2020 – Hess reveals

ExxonMobil’s partner in the Stabroek block, Hess Corporation, has revealed that two high quality reserves offshore Guyana were found in 2020 around the time...

3 new Covid cases recorded

Guyana has recorded 3 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours bringing the total confirmed cases to 6301. This is according to the Ministry...

Recent Articles

18 areas earmarked for new housing developments

The government has revealed a comprehensive strategy aimed at further reducing the backlog of house lots within the Ministry of Housing and Water’s database. Minister...

Legal icon Justice (rtd.) Désirée Bernard dies

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana Justice Désirée Bernard has died. Justice Bernard’s biography is chronicled on the CCJ’s website. It states that she...

Traffic Advisory for Easter Monday

Traffic Advisory from the Guyana Police Force: Be informed that in on Monday 1st April, 2024 Easter activities will be celebrated country wide with an...

UK donates drone to GMCS for mangrove monitoring

A group of young indigenous girls and boys are being trained to champion conservation efforts in the Barima Mora Passage. They are being trained...

Counselling, other support for families of girls that died in Massara

The government has pledged to provide counselling and other support that may be necessary to the families of the three young girls who lost...

Current dry spell to persist until end of April, desist from lighting fires –...

Public Advisory from the Ministry of Home Affairs:  In recent developments, there has been a significant decrease in visibility attributed to a combination of ground...

Death of GDF rank: Truck driver says highway was dark, soldiers were not wearing...

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 21:00 hrs last night (Wednesday) at Madewini,...

Texas-based Lindsayca to work on petrochemical plant, refinery & oil block in Guyana

Texas-based oil and gas firm Lindsayca has revealed that it will be doing critical work on three major local initiatives: a petrochemical plant, as...

GDF rank struck, killed by truck during annual walk

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Sergeant was struck down and killed by a vehicle while participating in the Force’s annual walk. Dead is Sergeant Deslyn...

Guyana will aggressively pursue oil for national development – Pres Ali to BBC

  An interview between President Dr Irfaan Ali and Stephen Sackur, the host of BBC’s “HardTalk” show, saw the Head of State forced to defend...