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Friday, March 29, 2024

Uitvlugt workers call on GuySuCo to honour their HWP entitlements

See full statement from the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU): Workers of Uitvlugt Estate this morning (July 12, 2022) staged a picketing exercise...

2 life sentences for man who raped, robbed woman at gunpoint

A 36-year-old man formerly of Friendship, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was sentenced to two life terms on Monday by the Sexual Offences Court in...

Over $50B invested in Indigenous communities in 2 years – Ali

  It was revealed during the opening of the National Toshaos Conference (NTC) that the Government has, in the past two years, invested over $50...

“Work has started” – Pres. Ali on 2020 elections CoI

    The Terms of Reference (ToR) for the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the March 2020 General and Regional Elections, must be in-depth and deal...

Barrick among new gold companies entering Guyana market

The rapid development of Guyana has not missed the country’s mining sector, with a number of international gold companies seeking to enter the local...

Covid: 31 new cases; 5 in ICU

Guyana has recorded 31 new cases of the novel coronavirus, taking the total positives detected to date to 68,225. There are five persons in the...

Govt to “go back to the drawing board” on Amaila Falls project – Jagdeo

The Guyana Government has decided to retender the contract for the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project (AFHP) as the current agreement with China Railway First...

Ambassador Michael Brotherson appointed Consul General of Guyana in NY

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has announced that Ambassador Michael E. Brotherson took up his appointment as Consul General at the...

OPR investigating claims of police torturing, burning teen in lock-ups

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) has issued a statement detailing what transpired leading up to a detainee in the Vigilance Police Station lockups being...

Mother of man who threatened to assassinate Pres. Ali begs for mercy

Claire Richmond, the mother of 35-year-old Marvin Richmond also known as “Wakie” of Sealey Street, Golden Grove, East Coast Demerara (ECD), who was arrested...

Recent Articles

“Gunbutt” shot by armed men who took advantage of stepson

An investigation has been launched into a shooting incident involving 41-year-old Calvin Johnson, called “Gunbutt”, of East Ruimveldt Trench Road in Georgetown. That incident reportedly...

Man chops reputed wife after threatened with eviction

Overseas-based Guyanese Deomattie Rampersaud of Highbury Village, East Bank Berbice (Region Six: East Berbice-Corentyne) is now a patient of the New Amsterdam Hospital after...

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...