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2 more die from COVID, 35 new cases

Two more persons who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have died. According to the Ministry of Health, these latest fatalities are a 30-year-old...

Sensationalised failed attempt to implicate VP Jagdeo in corruption regurgitated

Social media commentary ahead of an episode on Guyana by United States-based media outlet, VICE News, which will be aired today, has been dismissed...

100 fathers in Reg. 5 honoured for supporting their children’s educational development

The Education Department in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) has honoured 100 fathers for each being a role model and assisting in the all-around development of...

Govt to tender for int’l project manager for gas-to-shore development

…RFPs sent out to prequalified companies; to be received by July The Government of Guyana plans to go out to tender for an international project...

3 homeless after mentally unstable teen sets home ablaze

Three persons are now homeless following a midday blaze at a building at Number 65 Village Corentyne, Region Six (East Berbice Corentyne) on Saturday. The...

“I want residents involved” – Pres Ali to South Ruimveldt residents on investment in...

…following impromptu visit to community, consultations with residents In the wake of an impromptu visit to South Ruimveldt, President Dr Irfaan Ali has promised that...

US-based Guyanese family killed in massive Queens, NY fire

(New York Post) The body of a third victim was recovered Saturday from the scene of a five-alarm fire in Queens that had already claimed...

74 new COVID-19 infections recorded

Another 74 persons have tested positive for the novel coronavirus in the last 24 hours. This now takes the total number of active cases in...

WCB man dies in early morning accident

A 24-year-old man lost his life in the wee hours of today after the truck he was driving collided with a parked truck on...

Berbice funeral home mixes up bodies; family buries wrong dead

The body of a man, who was buried on Tuesday, was today exhumed after it was discovered that the funeral parlour mixed up two...

Recent Articles

Father of 4 killed after rescuing fellow villager from attackers

Joseph Forde, a 44-year-old contractor of Middle Street, Sparendaam, East Coast Demerara (ECD), lost his life on Thursday evening after he was chopped and...

Prisoner further remanded for murder of cellmate

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force: A 23-year-old prisoner, Shamar Davis called Stamma of Lot 56 B Field, Sophia who has been on...

Update: Policeman in custody for killing pedestrian in hit-and-run

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force: Police ranks in Regional Division 4'B' are probing a 'hit-and-run' fatal accident that occurred on Wednesday, May...

Human Service Ministry launches ‘MPOWER’ initiative to upskill 1000 men

Approximately 1,000 men are set to benefit from a series of training opportunities through the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s ‘MPOWER’ training...

Danuta Radzik fails in 2nd attempt to stall GtE project, ordered to pay costs...

See full statement from the Environmental Assessment Board: Danuta Radzik failed in Second Attempt to Stall the Gas to Shore Project – Ordered to Pay...

Ramsay Ali re-elected as GMSA President

Georgetown, Guyana, May 2, 2024: The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) is delighted to announce the successful election of its new Board of...

Govt designates ambassadors to Brazil, Switzerland, Belgium

The Guyana Government, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, today announced several diplomatic appointments. Professor Compton Bourne has been appointed as the...

3rd victim in fatal Williamsburg smash-up dies

The third person who was involved in the fatal smash-up at Williamsburg, Corentyne, has succumbed to his injuries. Dead is 17-year-old Veeram Seecharran of Lot...

‘Public Works Ministry has been delinquent’ – Jagdeo on illegal structures on Govt reserves

The Ministry of Public Works needs to be more proactive in addressing the construction of illegal structures on the government’s reserves, according to Vice...

Diplomats urge journalists to maintain integrity

ABCEU Joint Statement – World Press Freedom Day: The Heads of Missions of the Embassy of the United States of America, H.E. Ambassador Nicole Theriot;...