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Thursday, December 26, 2024

Increased focus on gender-based violence this year – Women’s Leadership Institute

The Guyana Women’s Leadership Institute (GWLI) has announced that it intends to pursue an aggressive programme to support gender-based violence victims this year. Administrator of...

Wales too costly to be refurbished – GuySuCo CEO

When compared to other sugar estates throughout the country, the estate at Wales on the West Bank of Demerara is in the worst shape...

Ashley Rodriques set to represent Guyana in CONCACAF Olympic qualifier

(Taken from the Official website of the Eastern Michigan Eagles) Former Eastern Michigan University women's soccer standout, Ashley Rodrigues, has earned a spot on the Guyana...

GWI appealing for country-wide conservation of water

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) today indicated that, as a result of the prolonged dry season, changes have been observed with regard to the...

Global unemployment expected to reach 199.4 million in 2016 – ILO Report

Continuing high rates of unemployment worldwide and chronic vulnerable employment in many emerging and developing economies are still deeply affecting the world of work,...

Small contractors will benefit from 20% of all contracts awarded – Minister Harmon

Minister of State, Joseph Harmon has given some assurances to small contractors that Government will seek to ensure that they too benefit from the...

Bandits creating havoc in Tuschen…gunmen attack businessman for the fifth time

Four gunmen barged into a grocery shop at Tuschen New Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo, on Monday and carted off a quantity of cash,...

Body of missing Sophia man found in trench…reputed wife recalls masked gunmen taking him...

The partially decomposed body of a Sophia, Georgetown man was fished out of a trench, a short distance from his home on Tuesday morning,...

Opposition Leader wants public debate with Gov’t – on closure of Wales estate

In light of the Government’s decision to proceed with plans to have the Wales, West Bank Demerara (WBD) sugar estate closed down by the...

Police Force denies Sattaur’s son was ‘chased’ – INews report based on written...

The Guyana Police Force has responded to an exclusive report published earlier this morning by the increasingly popular INews website, which claimed that Fiyad...

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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...

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...