Expansion of airport runway progressing smoothly
The expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) is progressing in spite of the combined Parliamentary Opposition cutting of the $5.3B from the...
Man commits suicide after attempting to strangle woman
By Kurt Campbell
A man, whose identity is unknown, has reportedly committed suicide, after attempting to strangle a woman in the Shack Inn and...
Bakewell customer finds rat faeces in bread
A resident of Grove, East Banks Demerara is furious after the bread she bought from Bakewell contained rat faeces.
Melanie Pierre says when she saw...
Update: Alleged buggered 16 – year – old climbs onto roof lamenting injustice
By Kurt Campbell
- The 16 – year – old young man who was allegedly buggered by three police officers on Thursday (January 30)...
Sambora Employee charged for stealing clothing
- A teen attached to Sambora Communications was placed on $50,000 bail by Magistrate Judy Latchman for the offence of simple larceny.
Nineteen – year...
Legend of the penis-eating fish
The story is that the fish swims up a stream of urine into a man's penis, then eats it from the inside. But is...
50% of Guyanese trafficked are children – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern that Guyana’s heavy reliance on its extractive and timber industries might generate violations of children’s...
Suriname gets modern coast guard to tackle Guyanese pirates
PARAMARIBO, Suriname -- Suriname finally has a coast guard of which the government can be proud, said Vice President Robert Ameerali last Sunday, during...
Bernard DaSilva charged for threatening behaviour, damage to property
- An optometrist of DaSilva House of Optics appeared before Magistrate Ann McLennan on Thursday, January 16 charged with threatening behaviour and damage to...
NIS pension increased to $19,717, insurable earning ceiling now $158, 159
- The National Insurance Scheme (NIS) has increased its minimum pension in wake of the 2013 wages and salary increases in the public...
Recent Articles
EU an integral partner for Guyana’s development – PM Phillips
Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips, underscored that the European Union is an integral partner for Guyana’s development across the economic, environmental,...
CXC delegation in Guyana to conduct the NGSA marking process
Dr. Nicole Manning from the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) paid a courtesy visit to the office of Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand.
Present at the...
ExxonMobil, Ramps Logistics charged with submitting false declarations to GRA
Business Development Manager at Ramps Logistics, Mariska Jordan, and Steve Gentry from ExxonMobil (Guyana) were on Friday charged with allegedly inflating an invoice submitted...
Minister Bharrat represents Guyana at 19th UN Forest Forum
Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat M.P., this week represented Guyana at the United Nations’ Forests Forum, which took place at the UN’s Headquarters...
Rotary Club of Georgetown to upgrade Uncle Eddie’s Home
In recognition of the 50th Anniversary of Uncle Eddie’s Home, the Rotary Club of Georgetown Central recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
Berbice man nabbed in Suriname remanded for attempted murder
Sasenarine Sankar, called ‘Barber’ or ‘Wire’, the 47-year-old man who had been wanted for attempted murder committed on Sandy Persaud, has been remanded to...
Govt wants hinterland communities to be self-sufficient, supply food to mining districts
In his first trip to Batavia, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) since Amerindian Heritage celebrations in September 2023, President Dr Irfaan Ali laid out his vision...
Conversation Tree Road project likely to be completed by S Jagmohan Construction – Edghill
Work on the incomplete section of the Conversation Tree-to-Dennis Street Road Expansion Project could be executed by the contractor who completed the first section...
Govt housing heavily subsidised – Croal rejects Opposition’s motion to review costs
Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Annette Ferguson on Thursday night presented a motion calling for the establishment of special select committee to review charges...
‘Our Congress was funded entirely by party funds, not State money’ – Jagdeo
General Secretary of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has refuted claims that the party’s 32nd Congress was funded by taxpayers’ money....