Govt seeks additional $755M for urgent drainage and irrigation works
Government is seeking an additional $755 million from the National Assembly to conduct urgent drainage and irrigation interventions across Guyana.
The request was made by...
Local Content Legislation to be tabled this week as Govt hosts final consultations
By: Amar Persaud
Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday led a team that engaged with civil society on the final consultation of the draft...
Govt to fully pay for Police Commanders, other ranks to pursue degrees, masters
President Dr Irfaan Ali today announced that the Guyana Government will fully pay for Commanders and other ranks of the Guyana Police Force (GPF)...
‘Nobody has to worry about my neutrality’ – new GECOM CEO
Vishnu Persaud was today sworn in as the new Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).
He took his Oath of Office...
Law amended to include offences for possession of synthetic drugs
Persons found with synthetic drugs that were not before captured under Guyana’s laws, will now be charged and placed before the courts, as the...
Law to improve handling of evidence passed in National Assembly
The Evidence (Amendment) Bill 2021, has been passed with alterations during the 32nd sitting of the National Assembly of the Twelfth Parliament, on Monday.
The...
Granger will not attend PNC Congress due to health matters
See full statement from the Peoples National Congress Reform:
ABSENCE OF THE PNCR LEADER FROM THE PARTY’S 21st BIENNIAL DELEGATES CONGRESS AND HIS BEST WISHES...
Teixeira raps Opposition over its “unpreparedness” for Parliament
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira, has rapped the major opposition, APNU+AFC, over what she said is the political party’s “lethargy, unpreparedness...
Govt seeks approval for $26B in supplementary funding from National Assembly
The Government of Guyana has presented two financial papers that, together, amount to over $25 billion that seek to cover supplementary funding for expenses...
Accounting Officers need to be more answerable, careful – Edghill
Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, said accounting officers need to be more accountable when answering questions about the public purse.
Minister Edghill made...
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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...