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Maryland high school shooter dies after exchange with officer -sheriff

A student who shot and critically wounded two fellow students at a Maryland high school on Tuesday morning, died after exchanging gunfire with a...

Trump urges death penalty for drug dealers

(BBC) US President Donald Trump has called for drug traffickers to face the death penalty as part of his plan to combat the US...

9-y-o US boy fatally shoots sister over video game

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A nine-year-old boy shot dead his sister, 13, in the southern US state of Mississippi following an argument about a video...

Putin savors record win, securing six more years at Russia’s helm

Russian President Vladimir Putin basked in his biggest ever election victory on Monday, extending his rule over the world’s largest country for another six...

Putin likely to regain Russian Presidency

Russians are voting in an election that is likely to return Vladimir Putin for a fourth term as president Voting began in the Russian far-east...

Jacob Zuma: Former South African president faces corruption trial

(BBC)- South Africa's former President, Jacob Zuma, is to face prosecution for 18 charges of corruption, the director of public prosecutions has confirmed. They include...

UK, US, France, Germany point to Russia over spy attack

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain, France, Germany and the United States condemned a nerve agent attack on a Russian ex-spy and his daughter,...

Britain to expel 23 Russian diplomats over chemical attack on ex-spy

Britain is expected to expel 23 Russian diplomats, the biggest such expulsion since the Cold War, signaling a plunge in relations to their lowest...

Stephen Hawking: Visionary physicist dies aged 76

World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking has died at the age of 76. He died peacefully at his home in Cambridge in the early hours of...

Bird smuggler caught at JFK with bag full of Guyanese Towa Towas

A Guyanese man was arrested at New York's JFK Airport for trying to smuggle 20 live finches (Towa Towas ) into the country in...

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Dr Bharrat Jagdeo unanimously re-elected as PPP General Secretary

See full statement from the Peoples Progressive Party: The newly constituted Central Committee of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) convened its first meeting today, May...

18-Y-O drowns at Rockstone

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  Police in Regional Divisional #10 are investigating the suspected drowning of Adiel Thomas, age 18, a student...

Grand Coastal Hotel wins TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice Award 2024

Grand Coastal Hotel has announced that it has been honoured with the TripAdvisor’s® Travellers’ Choice® Awards for 2024. The award honours businesses that consistently...

New partnership to boost trade & business development between Guyana & Suriname

The Suriname Guyana Chamber of Commerce (SGCC) has announced the signing of a groundbreaking Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Berbice Chamber of Commerce...

Ameena Gafoor Institute goes global

The Ameena Gafoor Institute (AGI) was created from scratch in March 2020 under the directorship of Professor David Dabydeen. The Institute was formally launched...

Guyana expresses solidarity with Brazil following devastating floods

In the wake of devastating floods in Southern Brazil that have claimed the lives of over 80 and displaced over 120,000, President Dr. Irfaan...

Chevron arbitration to go into 2025, ExxonMobil CEO tells CNBC

Exxon CEO Darren Woods said Monday that the dispute with Chevron over Hess Corporation’s oil assets in Guyana likely will not be resolved until...

4 friends arrested, to be charged for disorderly behaviour at police roadblock

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force: 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 ----relative to a video uploaded on social media (Facebook) On May 6, 2024, at approximately 21:15 hours...

Minister Indar leads Guyana’s delegation at OTC in Houston

  Minister Deodat Indar is leading a delegation at the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas where several Guyanese companies and Government stakeholders are...

Over 15,000 pupils receive meals during NGSA this year

The Ministry of Education has distributed over 49,500 meals, including breakfast and lunch to over 15,000 pupils countrywide who sat the National Grade Six...