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Thursday, February 13, 2025

Gov’t opens first Mangrove Centre in keeping with conservation efforts

On Friday, the Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Agriculture’s National Agriculture Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) held an opening ceremony for Guyana’s...

EPA monitoring produced water discharges offshore Guyana

See full statement from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA):  Produced Formation Water (PFW), sometimes called Produced Water (PW) is water trapped in underground formations that...

El Niño preparedness activities continue in Reg. 9

Continuing to follow the mandate of the Prime Minister, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has successfully conducted an El Niño Preparedness and Drought Awareness...

10 hinterland schools to benefit from Education and Awareness Programme on the Barima-Mora Passage

Ten hinterland schools in Region One will benefit from an Education and Awareness Programme on the Barima-Mora Passage, a biodiversity hub that is home...

PM Phillips calls on Amazon nations to pursue robust agenda, find viable solutions to...

Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips, has called on states within the Amazon region to pursue a robust agenda and find viable...

14 indigenous youths trained in beekeeping as part of Barima Mora ecosystem protection project

The Guyana Marine Conservation Society (GMCS) has partnered with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to implement the Barima Mora ecosystem protection project, titled “Securing...

Mangroves play a vital role in our sea defense efforts – Min. Mustapha

Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha has underscored the important role that mangroves play as part of Guyana's sea defence. In observance of this year’s activities for...

Rosignol NDC to address road vending, traffic congestion

…as vendors take over pavement The Neighbourhood Democratic Council responsible for the village of Rosignol on the West Coast of Berbice in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice)...

Pres Ali urges contractors to maintain timelines as work progresses on major roads along...

As road work continues in Ogle, Good Hope and Mahaica, East Coast Demerara, President Dr. Irfaan Ali noted some delays in their progression and...

Distribution of 1st batch of solar PV home systems to begin soon

The rollout of the 30,000 solar PV homes initiative will begin in the coming weeks as the first batch of solar photovoltaic home systems...

Recent Articles

Update: Senior doctor fired, others suspended for 28 days for breaching GPHC’s protocol in...

See full statement from the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation: The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) has concluded its internal investigation into the recent stillbirth case...

Army must remain vigilant against attempts to “unsettle internal order” at 2025 election –...

Underscoring the importance of free and fair elections to sustain the country’s democracy, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Dr Irfaan Ali, has called...

Pres. Ali questions credibility of Transparency International’s corruption report on Guyana

President Dr Irfaan Ali has questioned the credibility of the information published by Transparency International (TI) in its perception index of corruption in Guyana. The...

DDL expands ageing capacity with new $730M barrel warehouse

Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), producers of the world-renowned Demerara Rums, has significantly upgraded its ageing capacity with the construction of a new barrel ageing...

$130M Onderneeming Primary School in Reg. 2 commissioned

Minister of Education Priya Manickchand along with Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh yesterday commissioned the new Onderneeming School in Region Two. Joining them was President...

Massive gas development on horizon as ExxonMobil’s 8th project could produce 1B cubic ft...

Longtail, ExxonMobil’s eighth proposed project in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana, could see as much as one billion cubic feet of gas being produced...

Letter: Introduction to rigged elections in Guyana

Dear Editor, Guyana’s political history has been marred by electoral manipulation and rigged elections, particularly between 1968 and 1985, when the People’s National Congress (PNC)...

Several medical workers at GPHC to be disciplined over treatment of Venezuelan woman

Several medical workers attached to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation will face consequences after an internal investigation found them responsible for the poor treatment...

McCoy condemns David Hinds’ derogatory comments towards Afro-Guyanese

            In a scathing response to comments made by David Hinds, Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister with responsibility for Public Affairs, Kwame...

Investigation continues into discovery of sunken boat in Guyana’s waters

One day after Guyanese authorities were alerted of a sunken boat in its offshore waters, the investigation continues into the vessel’s origins and the...