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Escaped Lusignan prisoner, Jose Awad was spotted Thursday morning in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. In a statement, the Guyana Prison Service said… Read More »Escaped prisoner spotted at Parika

A shopkeeper of Dartmouth, Essequibo Coast is now in police custody after he was busted with a quantity of cannabis and cocaine by police ranks… Read More »Essequibo shopkeeper arrested with cocaine, ganja

FIFA has proposed a five-pillar plan to tackle racist abuse in football. The sport’s world governing body said it had undergone an “extensive consultation process”… Read More »FIFA proposes five-pillar plan to combat racism

Recently, vehicles that park around the entrance and exit of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) are being clamped as part of targeted enforcement by… Read More »Vehicles being clamped for causing obstruction outside GPHC

The Guyana Bodybuilding and Fitness Federation (GBBFF) is calling on Guyanese businesses to support the upcoming 51st Central America and Caribbean (CAC) Fitness and Bodybuilding… Read More »CAC Championship: Bodybuilding Federation eyeing tangible support from corporate Guyana

Fresh off qualification for the Women’s T20 World Cup, Sri Lanka will host West Indies for three ODIs and three T20Is from June 15-28. For… Read More »West Indies Women to face Sri Lanka in three ODIs, three T20Is in June

The Ministry of Education, via a memorandum issued on Wednesday, notified education officers that the public school examinations scheduled for the end of this current… Read More »Education Ministry cancels August term exams as disruptions persist

Guyana grappled with an unusually long dry season in recent months and now that the annual May-June rainy season is unfolding, Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar… Read More »Rainy Season: Mustapha says pumps operational, 24-hour monitoring to prevent floods

Twenty-two-year-old Azim Khan, the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) private who was shot during a home invasion two weeks ago remains hospitalised in a critical condition… Read More »Shot GDF rank still critically hospitalised – relatives

Guyana’s Golden Jaguars suffered a 2-0 defeat at the hands of Trinidad and Tobago in the second International Friendly on Wednesday evening at the Hasely… Read More »Golden Jaguars lose 2-0 to T&T in second International Friendly

[Oil & Gas Journal] – Petronas Suriname E&P BV, a subsidiary of Petronas, made a third hydrocarbon discovery in Block 52 at the Fusaea-1 exploration… Read More »Petronas discovers oil, gas offshore Suriname

The Guyana Police Force is engaged in robust efforts to up traffic enforcement and reduce the number of accidents and incidents on the roadways. As… Read More »$57M collected in payments for traffic offences; another $117M outstanding

The blinding need for oblivion from harsh realities of overwhelming problems is the driver behind many persons seeking to quit life as the ultimate solution… Read More »Breaking the taboo

By Ravi Dev Over the course of Indian Indentureship (1838 to 1917), the religious practices of the 239,000 immigrants almost perfectly mirrored those of the… Read More »Indian Indentureship: Religion

Once again, we’ve been informed that Mad Maduro hasn’t only moved troops to our border, but is actually building a bridge over the Cuyuni to… Read More »When will …Mad Maduro stop?

Described as one of the most modern bills in the region of its kind, the Arbitration Bill 2023 that will soon be debated in the… Read More »Arbitration Bill 2023 based on Caricom model, reviewed by int’l law firms – AG

The Government has expended a total of $27 billion on “Because We Care” cash grant since assuming office in August 2020, with an additional $8.6… Read More »$27B in “Because We Care” cash grants distributed over last 4 years

A security guard attached to Kalibur Security Service was on Tuesday shot dead after he opened fire on a team of police officers at Vigilance… Read More »Security guard shot dead after allegedly opening fire on cops

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that Government pay all teachers a 20 per cent… Read More »Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission at… Read More »8 illegal structures halt major infrastructure works in Linden – CH&PA

…Guyana imported US$1.4B from T&T in 2023, but exported below US$200M …local exporters have been subjected to unfair treatment by T&T for decades – GOGEC… Read More »Guyana’s Private Sector outraged after T&T blocks milk imports from Guyanese company

…T&T Govt denies rejection of milk, claims importer returned item …58th COTED meeting underway in Guyana under T&T chairmanship The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation… Read More »T&T’s refusal of Guyanese dairy products an insult to regional integration – Govt

Jessica Callender Two-time winner of the National Women’s Chess Championship, Jessica Callender, will be representing Guyana at the Central America and the Caribbean 2024 Women’s… Read More »Callender off to Cuba for CAC Women’s Chess Championships

Scenes from last weekend’s U15 Girls’ action Waramuri Primary, Bartica Secondary, Queen’s College and Mackenzie High have each topped their respective groups in the Guyana… Read More »GFF/Blue Water Shipping Girls U15 Tournament: QC, Waramuri, Bartica, Mackenzie among 7 advancing to Round of 16

–Says Head Coach Daren Sammy Scenes from the West Indies Camp in Antigua (CWI Photos) Several West Indies Men’s players, chiefly those named in the… Read More »ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024: “When we prepare well, we do well”

Dear Editor, Monday’s tragedy led our community to be enveloped in profound shock and grief, following a tragic accident on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway which claimed… Read More »Soesdyke-Linden highway tragedy underscores need for upgraded work, greater police presence

Dear Editor, The attentive and attractive village of Leonora is once again making the headline news, as the rippling effect of “isms” manifests itself in… Read More »Leonora makes history once again

Dear Editor, The letter section continues to be the principal platform for the Opposition. The latest iteration of this comes in the form of a… Read More »PPP elections were free, fair, clean, and without dispute

A rich tradition of unflinching support across multiple administrations has been maintained with Manager of Fitness Express, Jamie McDonald handing over a sponsorship cheque to… Read More »Fitness Express ‘lifting’ with GAPLF for Intermediates/Masters on Sunday

A sixth person has succumbed to his injuries in the horrific smash-up at Long Creek, Linden-Soesdyke Highway on Monday, which had already claimed the lives… Read More »2-vehicle collision at Long Creek claims life of 6th victim

In 2024, Guyana has witnessed a decline in both fatal accidents and resultant deaths, according to recent data released by the Guyana Police Force (GPF).… Read More »Guyana records decline in fatal accidents – Police

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People’s National Congress (PNC) died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private city hospital.… Read More »Fmr PNC General Secretary Oscar Clarke passes

As the La Niña weather pattern persists, the flood situation in Region Nine (Upper Takutu—Upper Essequibo) shows signs of improvement, with water levels gradually decreasing… Read More »Region 9 floodwaters recede, ripple effects felt in adjacent communities

Guyana’s fishing industry is poised for significant transformation with the introduction of artisanal vessel monitoring devices, procured and distributed to over a dozen fisherfolk by… Read More »$15M in monitoring devices procured for fishing industry

…more distribution in coming weeks – Housing Minister Twenty Region One (Barima-Waini) families are embracing a new chapter of comfort as they received keys to… Read More »Hinterland housing programme: 20 Region 1 families receive new homes

…as Region 3 now equipped with new medical hub Residents of Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) will now have access to dialysis treatments, urgent care,… Read More »Health sector investments can see reverse of brain drain in Guyana – Anthony

El Rey Sanjay is injured and will not be in the Triple Crown (Photo: Jagdath Soomarie) El Rey Sanjay’s hopes of winning Trinidad and Tobago’s… Read More »El Rey Sanjay’s Triple Crown hopes dashed due to injury

Manager of Fitness Express, Jamie McDonald (left), handing over the cheque to GAPLF President Franklin Wilson A rich tradition of unflinching support across multiple administrations… Read More »Fitness Express presses with GAPLF for Intermediate’s/Master’s on Sunday

Kaieteur News – A group of well renowned academics, practitioners and researchers from various countries including Guyana, on Monday launched for the first time a… Read More »New Centre for International and Border Studies launched in Guyana

Kaieteur News – The Court of Appeal, located in Kingston, Georgetown, has been retrofitted with a $170M new wing. The new wing of the building… Read More »Court of Appeal gets $170M new wing

Kaieteur News – Over seven hundred members who were delegates at the recently concluded Congress of the Peoples Progressive Party (PPP) rejected their two top… Read More »Over 700 members rejected Jagdeo and Ali at PPP Congress – results show

Kaieteur News – Police are now hunting a man who on Wednesday broke into a businesswoman’s home in Linden, Region Ten and raped her at knife… Read More »Man breaks in home, rapes woman at knife point

Kaieteur News – A security guard attached to Kalibur Security Service was shot dead by police Tuesday afternoon at Vigilance South, East Coast Demerara. Dead… Read More »Guard shot dead, teen wounded during police operation at Vigilance 

Kaieteur News – The Ministry of Education on Wednesday informed schools across Guyana to scrap end of term examinations due to the crippling effects of… Read More »Govt. forced to scrap end of term exams as teachers’ strike bites

Kaieteur News – Japanese Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) builder, MODEC on Tuesday announced a 271.7% increase in operating profits for the first quarter… Read More »Exxon shipbuilder records 271% profits increase in first quarter of 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — An Interior Department staffer on Wednesday became the first Jewish political appointee to publicly resign in protest of U.S. support of Israel’s… Read More »First Jewish Biden appointee publicly resigned over war in Gaza

– ministry says request unreasonable Kaieteur News – The Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) on Wednesday revealed that it requested from the government an interim 20… Read More »Teachers want 20% pay hike before returning to classrooms

Kaieteur News – Over several years, Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) has been inaccurately invoicing Guyana for expatriate workers, resulting in millions of… Read More »ExxonMobil incorrectly bills Guyana for inflated salaries for expats   

Dear Editor, Why is the Ministry of Education planning to place the burden of Spanish on our Teachers and the Education System? Currently we are… Read More »The current circumstances do not allow for Spanish as a second national language

Dear Editor, The attentive and attractive village of Leonora, is once again making the headline news as the rippling effect of “isms” manifests itself in… Read More »Leonora made history

Kaieteur News – The High Court on Wednesday ordered Mikhail Rodrigues popularly known as the “Guyanese Critic to restrain from repeating accusations and defamatory remarks… Read More »High Court gags ‘Guyanese Critic’

Oscar Eleazar Clarke, fondly remembered as one of the longest-serving General Secretaries of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R), died on Wednesday. He was 84… Read More »National grief as former minister, diplomat and PNC/R executive Oscar Clarke passes

See below the full statement issued by the Government of Trinidad and Tobago:   The Ministry of Trade and Industry has noted the on-going issue… Read More »Trinidad concludes ‘misunderstanding’ led to return of Guyanese milk products

See below the full statement issued: African Export – Import Bank (Afreximbank) has approved a US$ 30 Million financing facility to Joyau Des Caraibes Limited… Read More »Afreximbank backs expansion of Silversands Hotel with a US$30M facility

Hours after Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) made public that its products were rejected in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyanese took to social media questioning whether similar… Read More »Social Media Outrage: Guyanese rally around DDL after milk blocked in Trinidad

International Cricket Council (ICC) officials have “no fears” over the pitches being used at a temporary stadium in New York for the men’s T20 World… Read More »‘No fears’ over New York T20 World Cup pitches- ICC

Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday led a team from the Ministry on a fact-finding mission… Read More »Eight illegal structures delaying major road works in Linden

See below the full statement from the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI):  The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) notes, with strong… Read More »Rejection of DDL’s milk part of ‘notoriously long list’ of trade issues with Trinidad- G/town Chamber

As the search continues for convicted inmate Jose Awad, his mother-in-law and wife are currently in police custody assisting with investigations. The Officer-in-Charge of the… Read More »Prison escapee’s wife in custody as manhunt continues

Education Minister Priya Manickchand has regarded as unacceptable and unreasonable a request by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) for an interim 20 per cent across-the-board… Read More »‘Gun to head’ – Manickchand surprised at GTU’s ‘unreasonable’ 20% pay request

Another person involved in Monday’s accident at Long Creek on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway has died, taking the overall death toll to six. Dead is Aubrey… Read More »Highway Accident: Sixth person dies

Two-time winner of the National Women’s Chess Championship, Jessica Callender, is representing Guyana at the Central America and the Caribbean (CAC) 2024 Women’s Chess Championship… Read More »National champion Callender off to Cuba for CAC Women’s Chess Championship

Premier League clubs will vote on whether to scrap video assistant referees (VAR) from next season at their annual general meeting next month. Wolves have… Read More »Premier League clubs to vote on scrapping VAR

The Guyana Oil and Gas Energy Chamber (GOGEC) has noted with concern reports in the media by one of Guyana’s largest conglomerates, Demerara Distillers Limited… Read More »GOGEC registers concern with unfair treatment of Guyanese exporters in Trinidad

Specialised vessel monitoring devices are being distributed to all artisanal fisherfolk so that their operations and safety can be better monitored, a move Agriculture Minister… Read More »Fewer incidents of piracy as Agri. Ministry improves monitoring for fisherfolk

Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha is among those looking into the rejection of two containers of Demerara Distillers (DDL) packaged milk in Trinidad and… Read More »Trinidad’s Agri. Minister was unaware of DDL milk rejection – Mustapha

National Paralympic champion Gibran Sarfaraz and national Table Tennis coach Linden Johnson have been selected to participate in the Commonwealth Games Federation’s GAPS Birmingham training… Read More »Coach Johnson, para-athlete Sarfaraz to attend Birmingham Training Camp

The National Milling Company (NAMILCO) and Food For The Poor Guyana Inc. have thrown their support behind the Essequibo Cricket Board’s programmes. NAMILCO has sponsored… Read More »NAMILCO and Food for Poor give support to Essequibo Cricket Board

“It’s a dream come true,” Keith Dowridge exclaimed, describing his delight upon winning an all-expenses-paid trip to witness the UEFA Champions League finals clash between… Read More »iBET sending Keith Dowridge to the Champions League finals

Sandeep Lamichhane has been acquitted of rape by the Patan High Court in Nepal, allowing him to resume playing cricket with immediate effect, including, possibly, at… Read More »Lamichchane acquitted of rape by Nepal court; to be considered for T20 World Cup

After two days of conciliation talks at the Ministry of Labour, representatives from the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) and the Ministry of Education (MoE) have… Read More »Interim 20% across-the-board payment among GTU’s demands during conciliation talks

Michael Britton, called Mickey, a 39-year-old security guard attached to Kalibur Security Service and of Vigilance South, East Coast Demerara was shot and killed Vigilance… Read More »Security guard shot dead during confrontation with police

For almost four years, I ignored Moses Nagamootoo. But ignoring his recent shameless celebration of the PNC/APNU/ AFC’s assumption of government on May 11, 2015,… Read More »Nagamootoo’s shameless celebration of APNU/AFC’s total betrayal of Guyana

Ravi Dev The Indian Indentureds (Girmitiyas”) were brought to work in the fields – to replace the “field slaves”, and not the house slaves or… Read More »Indian Indentured wages

Five persons have lost their lives on Monday in yet another horrific accident on Guyana’s roadways, as citizens continue to express outrage that calls for… Read More »Disrespect for our roadways

Back in 2023, during the Budget Debate, the Minister of Education had announced that, by 2025, tuition at UG would be eliminated!! And a bold… Read More »Free …education 

The Education Ministry has issued several warning letters to nine contractors for breaching their stipulated contractual deadlines as well as for producing substandard work. This… Read More »Education Ministry’s project: Warning letters sent to 9 contractors for failing to meet deadlines, substandard work

The tower that collapsed injuring the GTT workers (Mark Goring photos) Two employees of the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) found themselves injured on… Read More »2 GTT employees injured as tower collapses in Kwakwani

…teachers are being misled by Union – Manickchand Education Ministry officials and GTU representative during the discussions on Tuesday Conciliatory talks between the Education Ministry… Read More »Education Ministry, GTU talk reach deadlock as Union presents new demands

…urges Centre for Border Studies to zero in on Guyana/Venezuela border analysis With the launch of a Centre for International and Border Studies (CIBS), Government’s… Read More »Regional bodies globally have increased attempts, manage tensions between nations – Greenidge

…as DDL calls on Govt to review trade policies with T&T Despite efforts by the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to increase trade and the movement of… Read More »T&T blocks import of $20M in packaged milk from Guyana

Nine contractors who are executing contracts for the Ministry of Education, including those building new schools, were written to, flagging delays and substandard work. This… Read More »Education Ministry writes nine contractors over contract delays, substandard work

See below the full release from the Attorney General’s Chambers:  Mohabir Anil Nandlall SC MP, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, on Monday, met… Read More »Nandlall spotlights need for special training to fight financial crimes

Guyanese and Jamaican private sector interests have pledged to increase trade and investment activities in both countries. Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud on Tuesday met with… Read More »Guyana, Jamaica private sector to increase bilateral trade

Hours after the Chairman of Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), Komal Samaroo flagged challenges relating to the export of the company’s products to Trinidad and Tobago,… Read More »Refusal of DDL’s milk against ‘spirit of integration’ – Foreign Affairs Ministry 

Almost one month after High Court Judge Sandil Kissoon ruled that teachers’ salaries should not be deducted following their participation in a five-week strike, the… Read More »Despite pending written judgement, gov’t to file appeal in teachers’ strike case

The Demerara Pitbulls, with the ability to strike the ball to all parts of the ground, romped to victory in the first-ever Guyana T10 Blast… Read More »Demerara Pitbulls clinch championship of inaugural T10 Blast