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Venezuelan president asks Cabinet to resign after Opposition win CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) – President Nicolas Maduro has shifted into damage control mode, asking his Cabinet...

Guyana, CARICOM sign €6 million project with Italy to combat climate change

- Guyana’s Minister of Governance, with responsibility for Natural Resources and the Environment, Raphael Trotman, along with other ministers of the Caribbean Community...

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Child shocked to death - A LAVENTILLE man who allegedly tried to revive his seemingly unresponsive two-year- old step-daughter with powered electrical cords at...

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T&T Finance Minister blasts Central Bank Governor over “recession” statement PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Finance Minister Colm Imbert has described as “discourteous” the...

Venezuela’s Opposition claims win in Elections

- The opposition in Venezuela has won a majority of seats in the National Assembly, overturning nearly two decades of dominance by the...

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Antigua talks with Canadian company about e-passports ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – The Antiguan Government has started talks with a Canadian company concerning the production...

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  Central Bank says Trinidad officially in recession – The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago Friday said that the oil-rich twin island Republic is...

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Moonilall: What Sin has Stacy committed? - Dr Roodal Moonilal, candidate for political leader in the United National Congress (UNC), has issued a warning...

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Cuba reinstates controls on doctors travelling abroad - Cuba has reinstated restrictions on doctors leaving the island to work in the United States and...

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Parents protest “freight container” school - Frustrated parents of children attending the Penal/Quinam Government Primary School met with Ministry of Education officials yesterday, trying...

Recent Articles

“Gunbutt” shot by armed men who took advantage of stepson

An investigation has been launched into a shooting incident involving 41-year-old Calvin Johnson, called “Gunbutt”, of East Ruimveldt Trench Road in Georgetown. That incident reportedly...

Man chops reputed wife after threatened with eviction

Overseas-based Guyanese Deomattie Rampersaud of Highbury Village, East Bank Berbice (Region Six: East Berbice-Corentyne) is now a patient of the New Amsterdam Hospital after...

18 areas earmarked for new housing developments

The government has revealed a comprehensive strategy aimed at further reducing the backlog of house lots within the Ministry of Housing and Water’s database. Minister...

Legal icon Justice (rtd.) Désirée Bernard dies

Former Chancellor of the Judiciary of Guyana Justice Désirée Bernard has died. Justice Bernard’s biography is chronicled on the CCJ’s website. It states that she...

Traffic Advisory for Easter Monday

Traffic Advisory from the Guyana Police Force: Be informed that in on Monday 1st April, 2024 Easter activities will be celebrated country wide with an...

UK donates drone to GMCS for mangrove monitoring

A group of young indigenous girls and boys are being trained to champion conservation efforts in the Barima Mora Passage. They are being trained...

Counselling, other support for families of girls that died in Massara

The government has pledged to provide counselling and other support that may be necessary to the families of the three young girls who lost...

Current dry spell to persist until end of April, desist from lighting fires –...

Public Advisory from the Ministry of Home Affairs:  In recent developments, there has been a significant decrease in visibility attributed to a combination of ground...

Death of GDF rank: Truck driver says highway was dark, soldiers were not wearing...

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police are investigating a fatal accident which occurred at about 21:00 hrs last night (Wednesday) at Madewini,...

Texas-based Lindsayca to work on petrochemical plant, refinery & oil block in Guyana

Texas-based oil and gas firm Lindsayca has revealed that it will be doing critical work on three major local initiatives: a petrochemical plant, as...