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‘Ball in Granger’s Court to bring back Amaila Falls legislation’ – PPP

Speaking at the People's Progressive Party weekly press conference today, Executive Member, Irfaan Ali says the ball is now in the court of...

PPP outlines economic benefits of Amaila Falls Project

It has been estimated that electricity tariffs could be reduced by as much as 40 percent with Amaila Falls Hydro-electricity project. This is according to...

Gov’t committed to Local Gov’t Elections, will not be bullied by Opposition – President

President Donald Ramotar said that while the government is fully committed to holding Local Government Elections, it will not be subject to bullyism on...

GPL to certify list of pensioners eligible for subsidy

The Guyana Power and Light is in the process of verifying a list of pensioners who are eligible to be granted a yearly...

More needs to be done to detect special needs children – GTU

President of the Guyana Teachers Union Colin Bynoe says more needs to be done to detect children with special needs at an early...

Region 9 residents told to get involved in Agriculture

Several Ministers of the Cabinet embarked on another outreach into South Central Rupununi, Region 9, where they met with residents of several communities. These...

Chief Justice orders Passport Office to issue new passport to applicant

The Honourable Chief Justice (ag) Ian Chang S.C CCH on July 17 ordered the Chief Immigration Officer to issue a passport in the name...

Guyana is a potential new agricultural investment hotspot for Middle East investors

Dr Ajeenkya D Y Patil,  Chairman of Ajeenkya D Y Patil Group and Honorary Consul General to Guyana in Mumbai, India, is of the...

Arti Cameron completes reign as Miss Guyana World, continues to pursue career in medicine

Arti Cameron has recently completed her reign after two active years as Miss Guyana World 2011-2012, and now joins a growing elite list of...

GMSA urges Parliamentarians to put ‘tit – for – tat’ politics aside

The Guyana Manufacturing & Services Association (GMSA) in a statement says it fully endorses the position put forward by the Private Sector Commission (PSC)...

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...