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Wednesday, December 25, 2024

UPDATE: English Sathya Sai Blues bhajan singer finds Guyana connection

…her ancestor was source of name for Buxton village Sathya Sai devotee Dana Gillipsie, who had adapted her singing of Blues to Bhajans after visiting...

Snatched and inducted: Should a former child soldier be put on trial?

(BBC) Snatched and inducted into a life of extreme violence while still a child, Dominic Ongwen now finds himself in another place not of...

Chris Gardner: The homeless man who became a multi-millionaire investor

By Dave Gordon Business reporter (BBC) (BBC) When Chris Gardner and his young son were sleeping rough on the floor of a public toilet, he...

Prince Harry arrives in Guyana for 3 days

Prince Harry, received quite a grand welcome to Guyana earlier today when he arrived at the Eugene F Correia airport. As he disembarked from the...

Remembrance Day sees tribute to Guyana’s fallen heroes

Men and women of the armed forces who sacrificed their lives were on Sunday honoured at the 2016 Remembrance Day ceremony. Foreign Affairs Minister Carl...

”I feel good!” – says bubbly 105-year-old Linden resident ‘Mama Gathie’

Though her memory is failing her now, Linden’s oldest resident Agatha Campbell, affectionately called 'Mama Gathie' by residents in the community, continues to have...

2 years after son went missing, mother still seeking closure

A devastated mother, whose 28-year-old son went missing two years ago, is still looking for answers about her son’s disappearance. Troy Greenidge, a miner of...

The Guyana tribe in search of a lost identity

By Gemma Handy (Moco-Moco, Rupununi Savannah, Guyana) (BBC) Painted on a classroom wall, high above the modest wooden benches and chalkboards, Moco-Moco primary school's motto...

You are more than statistics, you are special says First Lady to teenage mothers

First Lady, Sandra Granger, yesterday, encouraged several teenage mothers to become the leaders of tomorrow, in her address at an opening ceremony of the...

Mother ecstatic as baby with brain exposed receives successful surgery

Following a successful corrective surgery in Suriname, two-year-old Emanie Melville returned to Guyana recently. Inews met up with his ecstatic mother, Felicia Melville who was...

Recent Articles

Christmas 2024 in Guyana – When the tradition keeps on living – by Sébastien...

An account from Canadian High Commissioner to Guyana Sébastien Sigouin on his 1st Guyanese Christmas experience  If there was one distinctive part of my Christmases...

Pedestrian killed in Corentyne accident

    A Corentyne man is now dead after being hit by a car about 30 minutes before Christmas Day.   Dead is Jermaine Fraser, 40, of Auchlyne...

E-bike rider killed after colliding with minibus at WCB

      An electric bike rider is now dead after colliding with a minibus at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) on Christmas Eve. Dead...

25 years of hard work burnt to the ground, rebuilt for Christmas

By: Mishael Henry The smell of burnt charcoal lingers in the nostrils of Andrew McBean, and is etched into his memory like a sore scar. Exactly...

A soldier’s boots under the tree, but no son to wear them

By: La'Wanda McAllister  Festive homes all over Guyana are glimmering with Christmas lights and the melody of carols float in the warm December air. But...

Dear Santa, we’ve got wishes: children and their letters to Santa

By: Jarryl Bryan Christmas is here, and children everywhere are busy writing letters to Santa Claus, pleading their case for gifts and justifying why...

Christmas Messages!

People’s Progressive Party (PPP) As the season of Yuletide embraces us, families come together in love and joy, and communities celebrate in unique ways, sharing...

69,000 public sector employees receive 10% increase, injecting $18B into Guyana’s economy

Following the conclusion of the historic Government of Guyana (GoG) and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) multi-year agreement with respect to employment benefits...

Prosecution applies for Calvin Brutus’ bail to be revoked amid alleged flight attempt

The prosecution has applied to the court to revoke Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus’s bail and have him remanded to prison, alleging he attempted...

GRA urges persons involved in luxury vehicle tax evasion racket to visit HQ

See full statement from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA): In its diligence aimed at collecting the rightful revenue due to the State, the Revenue Authority...