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Thursday, December 26, 2024

Up-and-down Australia face must-win situation

The wash-out between Australia and South Africa in Barbados on Sunday has left all three teams still in with a chance of reaching the...

PPP/C says looking forward to debate on Rodney CoI Report

As thousands in Guyana and many other countries observe the 36th anniversary of the assassination of Dr Walter Rodney, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) said...

UN says Guatemala ‘closes its eyes’ to rampant child sex trafficking

Every day 33 people become entrapped in sex trafficking rings in Guatemala, including a “shocking” proportion of children, some of them sold into the...

Virtual library on Guyana launched – as part of 50th celebrations

Digital Tent Guyana is a new website - a virtual library launched that makes available to Guyanese and to everyone in the world, online...

Foulis security guard chopped to death while on duty

A security guard who was on duty at the Best Buy Hardware Store, Bladen Hall, East Coast Demerara (ECD) last night is now dead...

Feature: Penguin swims 5,000 miles every year for reunion with the man who saved...

The following heartwarming story was recently published by Metro (UK). It was also featured in several other international media houses sometime ago. It’s the story...

Ali questions Govt’s $100M projection to fix Turn-key homes

Former Housing Minister Irfaan Ali has taken to task Chairman of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) Hamilton Green who declared recently that...

Former India cricketer Arun Lal reveals battle with cancer

Taken from Times of India Arun Lal, former India opener and cricket commentator, is recovering after undergoing treatment for a "rare and dangerous" jaw cancer. The...

Gayle raises eyebrows with ‘Blush’ baby name

(AFP) — West Indian batsman Chris Gayle has raised eyebrows by saying he named his baby daughter “Blush”, a nod to an infamous sexism...

Region Three churns out largest batch of BIT graduates in 2016

More than 140 young persons today graduated from various skills training programmes through the Board of Industrial Training, the largest batch from the nine...

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Vessels fraudulently using Guyana’s flag sanctioned by US Treasury Dept

See full statement from the Maritime Administration Department: The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) wishes to share the facts in relation to information shared in a...

Historic moment for Guyana & US – Ambassador Theriot on Gte loan approval

    Today, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), announced an approval of more than $526 million to the Ministry of Finance of the...

US EXIM Bank Grants Final Approval for US$526 M Gas to Energy Loan to...

Today at noon, His Excellency the President Dr. Mohammed Irfaan Ali received a telephone call from the President and Chair of the United States...

$100K cash grant: Rigid systems in place to avoid registration, issuance of cash grants...

                In light of specious and baseless claims by some sections of the public that dead people were registered for the 100,000 one-off cash grant...

ExxonMobil now owns all 3 FPSOs operating in Stabroek Block

      The purchase of the Liza Destiny Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel by ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL), was recently completed for US$535 million,...

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...