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Friday, March 29, 2024

Jagdeo meets with eminent ACP decision-makers

Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo recently met with influential leaders and eminent decision-makers from the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of States and the...

Proposed women’s T20 league pleases Taylor

Captain of the West Indies women's team Stafanie Taylor believes it's great the recent announcement that the England and Wales Cricket Board is to...

Body of world-class climber may have been found 16 years later – reports CNN

(CNN) Sixteen years after Alex Lowe, a world-class climber, and David Bridges, a cameraman, were struck by an avalanche in a Tibetan mountain, their bodies...

Iraqi Shia protesters storm Baghdad parliament

Reprinted from BBC Hundreds of Shia Muslim activists have stormed Iraq's parliament in Baghdad, in protest against continuing deadlock in approving a new cabinet. Supporters of...

There’s a man hiding in this photo – can you spot him?

(CNN) How many times can you pull off the same disappearing act? An unlimited number of times -- if you're Chinese artist Liu...

Up in smoke: Kenya to torch US$170M worth of ivory

 (CNN)- It's an overpowering display of the sheer size of Africa's poaching crisis. For the past week, several dozen men have circled a site...

Sir Viv defends Sammy, West Indies players amidst ICC criticisms

Former West Indies captain and one of two living national heroes, Sir Vivian Richards, has criticised the International Cricket Council (ICC) over its “reprimand” of...

Call to end rides after elephant’s death – in Cambodia

(BBC): Thousands of people have signed a petition against elephant-riding after an animal in Cambodia died after ferrying tourists to the famous Angkor Wat...

‘Dentist of horror’ jailed in France

(BBC) A Dutchman dubbed the "dentist of horror" has been sentenced to eight years in jail in France for mutilating the mouths of some...

Hillsborough: 96 soccer fans unlawfully killed, jury finds

(CNN) After more than two years, a British inquest into the 1989 Hillsborough soccer stadium tragedy in which 96 men, women and children...

Recent Articles

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...

GDF rank struck, killed by truck during annual walk

A Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Sergeant was struck down and killed by a vehicle while participating in the Force’s annual walk. Dead is Sergeant Deslyn...

Guyana will aggressively pursue oil for national development – Pres Ali to BBC

  An interview between President Dr Irfaan Ali and Stephen Sackur, the host of BBC’s “HardTalk” show, saw the Head of State forced to defend...