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Granger wants new GECOM Chair appointed “within days”

Following the hour-long meeting between President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo, the Head-of-State anticipates appointing a new Chairman of the Guyana Elections...

Improved education delivery for Haimaracabra students as $10M school commissioned

Primary and nursery aged students of Haimaracabra Village, Region One (Barima-Waini), will now be housed in a more comfortable space following the commissioning of...

Democracy rules in Guyana – US Govt says in congratulating President Ali

Michael G. Kozak, a diplomat in the United States Department of State, currently serving as Acting Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, has congratulated...

156-days recount timeline “grossly unacceptable” – Shuman, Hinds

The Liberty and Justice Party (LJP) along with Change Guyana have written Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), expressing their displeasure with the...

Govt seeking consultant for Ogle to Diamond road project

The Ogle to Diamond bypass project, which will form an important link between the East Coast of Demerara (ECD) and the East Bank of...

8 new Covid-19 cases recorded

The Ministry of Health has announced that the country has recorded eight new cases of the novel coronavirus. This takes the total cases recorded to...

Banks DIH rewards 23 NGSA highflyers with bursaries

Banks DIH Limited on Saturday last rewarded 23 highflyers who recorded outstanding performances at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA). They were awarded bursaries...

Region 6 runs out of money to purchase fuel

The Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) administration has run out of money to purchase fuel to pump water into the cultivation areas on the Corentyne...

Guyana to send aid to St Vincent within 48 hours

…PM says Guyana is open to helping evacuees from volcano-hit island Following a high-level meeting led by President Dr Irfaan Ali along with Prime Minister...

Sugar workers to get WPI after Albion Estate surpasses target

See below for a statement from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo): Albion Estate surpasses its sugar production target week ending March 19, 2022 The Albion/Port...

Recent Articles

Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest

Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...

QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students

An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College. According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...

Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja

A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...

Guyanese among 2 killed in Upstate NY head-on collision

A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York. Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...

Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M

Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...

2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge

A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...

8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...

T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana

claims importer returned goods to DDL   The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...

Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...

Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...