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Friday, December 27, 2024

Inter-Religious group calls on President in run-up to Harmony Week

Members of the Inter-Religious Organisation of Guyana (IRO) paid a courtesy call on President David Granger, today, at the Ministry of the Presidency, to...

FIRED SATTAUR RESPONDS – says not surprised at decision to ‘discard’ and ‘embarrass’...

Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr. Khurshid Sattaur, whose services with the agency was terminated this morning following a unanimous decision taken...

Man caught in Yarrow Dam ‘ganja’ bust remanded

Jermaine Rowe, a 39-year-old  resident of Laing Avenue, Georgetown was today remanded to prison on a charge of possession of narcotics for the purpose...

Linden man accused of killing wife remanded

Clarence Carter, 53,  appeared in court today and was not required to plead to the indictable charge which stated that on January 18, at...

Venezuelan soldier found dead in Guyana’s Cuyuni River

At approximately 8:10 hrs today, Private W. Zamora, an enlisted rank of the Venezuelan Armed Forces (VAF), was found dead in the Cuyuni River, in Guyana's...

Orinoco River mishap…Bodies of 13-year-old female, adult male returned to Region One…

By Kristen Macklingam The bodies of the 13-year-old female and a male adult which were found shortly after the boat in which they were travelling...

Sattaur sacked as GRA head

Commissioner-General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Mr. Khurshid Sattaur’s services with the agency have now been terminated following a unanimous decision taken today...

Diamond call centre forced out of business…CEO says difficult to compete

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Rajendra Persaud of Nand Persaud International Communications Inc (NPIC); today said his company was forced to close one of its...

55-yr-old pedal cyclist killed in Mahaica accident

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal accident that occurred about 05:20 hrs today (Thursday), on the Hand-en-Veldt Public Road in Mahaica, East...

Plaisance woman dies in early morning crash

The Guyana Police Force said investigations are being conducted into a fatal accident that occurred about 04:30 hrs today (Thursday), on the Goedverwagting Railway...

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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...