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Thursday, May 2, 2024

Secondary Competency Certificate Programme launched at Westminster Secondary School

On Monday, parents of Grade 10 students of the Westminster Secondary School in Region Three along with their children were briefed on the plan...

Covid: 10 new cases; 5 in ICU

Guyana has recorded ten new cases of the novel coronavirus, taking the total positives detected to date to 63,283. There is nine persons in the...

Woman, child injured after bike crashes into bus on EBD

A young lad and his aunt were this afternoon rushed to a hospital for medical attention after the motorcycle they were riding on crashed...

La Penitence fatal accident: Bus was speeding, driver arrested – Police

The Guyana Police Force (GPF) says the minibus driver that caused the death of 59-year-old Debra Salikram at Middle Road La Penitence, Georgetown has...

La Penitence vendor killed in accident

A 59-year-old market vendor was this morning killed in an accident along Middle Road, La Penitence, Georgetown. The vendor has only been identified as Debra...

18 Guyanese women complete ExxonMobil Foundation global leadership training

Eighteen Guyanese women have graduated from the Global Women in Management (GWIM) programme, after six months of training in leadership and management skills. The ExxonMobil...

Granger confirms he wrote GECOM for Norton, Lawrence to become MPs

See full statement released by public relations officer Royden James on behalf of former President David Granger: Representative of the List for A Partnership for...

$49.7M injected to help hinterland residents start-up or expand businesses

A whopping $49.7M has been injected into several hinterland communities from the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s ‘Empowerment Fund.’ The Empowerment Fund is...

Govt, IDB, Private Sector discuss investment opportunities in Guyana

  Senior Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh and officials from the Finance Ministry on Monday met with Chief Executive Officer of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)...

GCCI calls for Hicken to be appointed substantive Top Cop

  The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) is calling for Deputy Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken to be appointed as the substantive Commissioner...

Recent Articles

Police investigating alleged bomb threat at St Rose’s High School

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  On May 2, 2024, at 13:45hrs, an alleged bomb threat was made to St. Roses High School...

Govt to seek over US$180M in supplementary funding for GPL

Government will soon approach the National Assembly for US$180M- US$250M in supplementary funding for the Guyana Power and Light (GPL). This sum will be used...

4 persons robbed of cash & jewellery after returning home from concert

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  On May 02, at about 03:15 hours, at Lot 184 Durban Backlands, Georgetown, four (4) persons were...

Grove man dies after being struck down by speeding cop

A pedestrian was last evening struck down and killed by a vehicle driven by a policeman, along the Farm Public Road, East Bank Demerara...

Jamaican Information Minister “impressed” with Guyana’s media landscape

Jamaica’s Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Robert Nesta Morgan on Thursday said he is “very impressed” with...

Govt awards 150 mining blocks; more areas to be allotted in coming months 

See full statement from the Ministry of Natural Resources:  Emanating from a commitment H.E. President Mohamed Irfaan Ali made to the mining stakeholders, on Friday...

Over 90 persons vying for seat on PPP’s 35-member Central Executive Committee

A total of ninety-three persons are vying to be a part of the People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) Central Executive Committee at this weekend’s Congress. The...

Guyana must recognise rapidly evolving work culture – GAWU on reduced hours, days

The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has pointed out that the global movement to reduce working hours and days without compromising conditions...

Pupils expressed confidence, readiness for NGSA 2024

A total of 15, 488 pupils are writing this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) on May 2 and 3. The pupils are being tested...

4 homeless after unattended stove goes up in flames

A mother and her three children are now homeless after their Number 60 Village, Corentyne, Berbice home went up in flames. The woman had to...