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Monday, April 29, 2024

September 15 declared as Census Day

Senior Minister in the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 signed the Census Order,...

Housing development, infrastructure works progressing in Linden

Infrastructure works are progressing in the Amelia’s Ward Phase 4 housing scheme which will soon be ready for some 400 linden families to take...

2 Guyanese selected for prestigious Fulbright scholarship awards

Please see below full press release from US Embassy: The U.S. Embassy is proud to announce the selection of two Guyanese scholars for 2022 Fulbright...

Man jailed for 3 years, fined over $17M for narco trafficking

Two men of Third Phase Kwakwani, Upper Berbice River, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) were on Friday charged for trafficking in narcotics. Carlon Causeway and his...

Truck driver on $1M bail for Sarah Johanna fatal accident

Thirty-two-year-old Shamby Yamat of Sarah Johanna, East Bank Demerara (EBD), who was involved in a fatal accident on Monday, was granted bail in the...

Access Road demolition: Linden squatters get financial compensation from Govt

At least 20 Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice) families who were affected by a demolition exercise in Phase 4, Amelia’s Ward Housing Scheme, have...

Pump attendant slapped with murder charge 

Tharun Balgobin of New Area, Canfield, East Canje and a pump operator attached to Rose Hall Estate appeared before Magistrate  Renita Singh...

4 nabbed after breaking into cars outside city gym

Police in Regional Division #4A are reporting a simple larceny committed on a 26-year-old man of Eccles, a 21-year-old male of Campbellville...

Preliminary CXC results by month-end

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is aiming to have the preliminary examination results for the year 2022 available by the last week of August. In...

$130M business centre: Persons with disabilities should have no less opportunity, should be given...

First Lady Arya Ali on Thursday officiated the ceremonial sod-turning for a $130 million state-of-the-art business centre at Palmyra, Region Six, for persons living...

Recent Articles

Region Three Business Chamber makes “impactful connections” at int’l conference in Brazil

See the below statement from the Region Three Chamber of Commerce and Industry on its recent attendance at the International Roraima-CARICOM Business Meeting held...

Motorcyclist dies after colliding with tree on Tapakuma Trail, Reg. Two

A young motorcyclist was killed in the wee hours of today after he collided with a tree on the Tapakuma Trail in Region Two...

Decomposed body of male washes up at Hope Beach

The decomposed body of a male was washed up at the Hope Beach on the East Coast of Demerara. This discovery was made at about 11:30h...

Cevon’s driver shot by bandits during robbery at South Rimveldt office

A driver attached to Cevon Waste Management is now hospitalised after he was shot during a robbery at the company's Aubrey Barker Road, South...

Police suspect vessel in Port Kaituma was used for drug trafficking, transshipment – Benn

More than one week after a semi-submersible vessel was found along a river at Port Kaituma in Region One (Barima-Waini), Home Affairs Minister Robeson...

5 new chickenpox cases recorded at Lusignan Prison

In the past week, the Health Ministry recorded a total of five new chickenpox cases at the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara (ECD). This was...

No seawall vendor has been dislocated – Min Edghill assures

No vendor operating at the Georgetown Seawall has been dislocated, according to Public Works Minister Juan Edghill as he responded to a statement issued...

Guyanese American Chamber of Commerce “gravely concerned” over boycott threats against Guyanese businesses

Condemnation continues to increase against the recent antics of the Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID), which attracted backlash after threatening to boycott any...

Region 9 produces first batch of Pharmacy and Nursing Assistants

History was made on Friday as the first batch of newly trained Nursing and Pharmacy Assistants graduated in Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo)...

Significant boost for Region 9 district hospitals with new Ultrasound units

Ultrasound services will now be offered to residents of Annai, Karasabai, Aishalton and Sand Creek in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), eliminating the need...