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Saturday, February 15, 2025

Prison officer converts love for plants into a rewarding business

By Andrew Carmichael The holiday season is a time to bring out your festive décor, whether new or treasured heirlooms. Along with the seasonal décor,...

Grandma Washington’s famous rich Guyanese black cake

By LaWanda McAllister What is a Guyanese Christmas without the mouth-watering black cake? While every household may have its own unique way of making this local...

Dylan Efron – Zac Efron’s brother – touring Guyana

Dylan Efron, a US film producer and brother of celebrity Zac Efron, is currently touring Guyana. Dylan is known for a number of things including...

Paula McAdam & Sandra Persaud – Guyana’s first two female air traffic control officers

By: Amar Persaud Paula McAdam, 68, and her colleague Sandra Persaud who is also in her sixties, are the country’s first female air traffic control...

16 Days of Activism against GBV Sexual harassment: A woman’s dress mode is no...

By Jemima Holmes ‘Sweetsing off’ is a practice that has become so common in Guyanese culture that it would be safe to go as far...

Pilots Beverly Drakes, Cheryl Moore & Feriel Ally excelling in aviation

By: Amar Persaud For years, careers in the aviation sector have mostly been considered a man’s job but while this is no longer the case...

“So many women are hurting” – Rev. Alves explains how the church plays an...

By Jemima Holmes Gender Based Violence (GBV) has become too common an occurrence, especially in a society that one would describe as ‘modern’. Almost weekly,...

Number Naught – a village created by a surveyor’s error

By Andrew Carmichael Region Six is the easternmost Region of Guyana and borders Suriname. The region has vast tourism potential from the country’s largest beaches...

Mohamed’s Enterprises supports academic pursuits of Essequibo’s Parmesh Ramgobin

The struggles of one of the top Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) students of Essequibo Coast have not gone unnoticed, as Mohamed’s Enterprises has...

Lake Capoey: Land of the Rising Moon

By Jemima Holmes Guyana’s long history of slavery is often punctuated with revolt and resistance involving African slaves. However, a story that is not quite...

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Mount Sinai to help set up world-class oncology centre in Guyana – Pres Ali

With support from the United States-based Mount Sinai Health System, Guyana will commence work this year to establish a modern oncology centre here to...

‘Bloated’ voters’ list claims: Opposition Leader says APNU not submitting objections since it will...

Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton, on Friday, said that his political party refrained from filing any objections during Guyana’s Elections Commission (GECOM) last Claims and...

Over 2000 cervical cancer, 200 prostate cancer cases detected last year through Govt’s screening...

As a result of government's screening programmes, over 2000 cases of cervical cancer and more than 200 cases of prostate cancer were detected last...

‘Respect our Hindu brothers & sisters’ – ERC urges amid intolerant remarks on Shiva...

See full statement from the Ethnic Relations Commission:  The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) of Guyana has noted with great concern the increasing level of religious...

Reports of President Ali involved in plane crash inaccurate – GCAA

See statement from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority:  The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) wishes to address alarming misinformation circulating on social media. This misleading...

APNU+AFC don’t care about young people – Pres. Ali

President Dr Irfaan Ali has exposed the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) for not caring about the young people...

Berbice Bridge to be closed for 5hrs from Feb 21-22 to facilitate pontoon exchange

See full statement from the Berbice Bridge Company Inc.: The Berbice Bridge Company Inc. (BBCI) wishes to inform the Travelling Public that we will commence our...

‘I am happy with our advice’ – Norton has no remorse for misleading Mocha...

It was the parliamentary opposition – comprising the Peoples National Congress (PNC) – that encouraged squatters at Cane View/Mocha, East Bank Demerara (EBD) from...

‘I have no control over what he says’ – Norton shies away from condemning...

Opposition Leader and Leader of the Peoples National Congress (PNC) Aubrey Norton has refused to condemn leader of his party’s coalition partner, David Hinds...

GPL workers protest over non-payment of wage increase

        Workers attached to the Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) have staged a second day of their picketing exercise over the non-payment of wage...