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GECOM Chair lauded for displaying courage amid attempts to derail electoral process

Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Justice (retired) Claudette Singh has been recognised for the courage she displayed in the face of attempts...

No lavish gifts or significant gambling for Gov’t Ministers – draft Code of Conduct...

– The Draft Code of Conduct for Ministers, Parliamentarians and Public Office Holders has been released and touts the possible termination from the...

Guyana receives $400M from ExxonMobil for flaring –EPA Head

Executive Director of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Kemraj Parsram, said the agency has received approximately $400 million in flaring fees from US oil...

Votes still counted for APNU/AFC Candidate accused of child molestation

APNU/AFC Candidate Winston Harding, who was charged for sexually molesting a child, proceeded to contest in yesterday’s Local Government Elections (LGE) despite his Party...

Gov’t remains committed to supporting Venezuelan migrants – Min Todd

Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Hugh Todd on Friday chaired a meeting of the Multi-Agency Coordinating Committee to address the influx of Migrants...

Maduro says Guyana’s aim is to provoke Venezuela

– President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro during an interview with TV Channel, Telesur says that the stance adopted by the government of Guyana...

Guyana launches Media and Communications Academy

In observance of World Press Freedom Day today, the Guyana Government launched the country’s first Media and Communications Academy which aims to empower and...

PAC to merge 2017 and 2018 audit reports

Following hours of discussion between the Government and Opposition sides of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Chairman Jermaine Figueira took a decision to have...

Jagdeo says PPP in “readiness mode” for LGE this year

…slams Opposition Leader for bullying, threatening GECOM Chair Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday declared that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government is ready for...

Gov’t to re-allocate house lots to suit low income earners

With a new system in place by the department of housing under the Ministry of Communities, Guyanese who are considered low income earners are...

Recent Articles

Guyana to champion forest conservation at upcoming G20 Summit – Jagdeo

Guyana has been invited to attend the upcoming Group of Twenty (G20) Summit in Brasilia, Brazil in October, and will champion forest conservation and...

Power ship reaches maximum capacity of 36MW – GPL

Over the weekend, the power ship stationed at Everton, East Bank Berbice incrementally increased its generation output to 35 megawatts to the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected...

Govt makes 2nd NRF withdrawal for 2024 to the tune of US$300 million 

See full statement from the Ministry of Finance:  Pursuant to the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) Act 2021, as amended by the Fiscal Enactments (Amendment) Act...

Construction of US$35M Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge to begin in August

Traffic congestion and long delays will soon be things of the past for commuters using the Mackenzie-Wismar Bridge, as construction of a new US$35...

Body of missing pensioner found in Essequibo River

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police in Regional Division #7 are investigating a report of suspected drowning of Philistine Franci called ‘PI’,...

Cyclist hospitalised after Sheriff Street Roundabout ‘hit and run’ accident

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police in Regional Division 4A are investigating a report of a hit and run serious accident which...

Pedestrian dies after being struck down by truck at Enmore

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police in Regional Division 4C are investigating a report of a fatal accident which occurred on Sunday...

PM Phillips Commends CIUG for a Decade of Chinese Cultural Exchange at 10th Anniversary

Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips, praised the Confucius Institute at the University of Guyana (CIUG) for its outstanding achievements in fostering...

GPHC receives modern devices to facilitate better treatment of persons with kidney diseases

Through a collaborative effort between the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), and Boston Scientific, several LithoVue scopes were...

Work on sentencing guidelines nearing completion – AG

The government is close to completing work on sentencing guidelines, a project that has been funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)-funded ‘Support for...