National Geographic names Guyana Tours ‘Best in World’ for 2014
- Highlighting Wilderness Explorers’ award-winning Amerindian Guyana tour, National Geographic Traveler presents 2014′s must-see places on planet earth. Guyana earns a coveted spot...
National Family Commission to up ante against domestic violence
– Chairman of the National Family Commission Kwame Gilbert says efforts are afoot to clamp down on domestic violence in the New Year.
He said...
Nurses call on cabinet to try living on US$200 as they protest 5%increase
By Leroy Smith
- Senior male nurse of the Georgetown Public Hospital Kempton Alexander brought out several other nurses of the country’s main health...
GGMC’s GPSU branch reps. protest 5% increase announcement
- The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) Branch Members of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) today, Friday November 22 expressed their...
Canadian medical experts training local doctors in asthma education
- The Ministry of Health through the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in collaboration with the University of British Colombia, LIBIN Cardiovascular Institute...
Macorp opens $20M branch in Port Kaituma
- The important role that a partnership forged among all stakeholders in the mining sector can play in developing the sector was emphasised...
Directive to send hospital CEO on leave was flawed – Public Service Minister
By Leroy Smith
– “The procedure of sending the man home was wrong, there is a procedure and it must be followed, I deal...
Linden Technical Institute gets US$25,000 from Macorp
By Kurt Campbell
– Macorp Guyana has reiterated its commitment to social development with the signing of a five year Memorandum of Understand (MOU)...
Guysuco employees to get 4% retroactive increase on December 20
By Kurt Campbell
- Employees of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) will receive a four percent increase in salaries (retroactive) according to President of...
Record breaking year for rice production; over 529,000 tonnes produced
- The rice industry has hit an all - time high this year, surpassing the fixed targets, as well as the 2012 figure...
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Govt to co-invest if Karasabai residents use portion of cash grant for sustainable venture...
President Irfaan Ali on Friday called on the residents of Karasabai in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo) to pool some of the monies they...
GDF Head advances military cooperation with India
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Guyana next week, the Guyana Defence Force’s (GDF) Chief of Defence Staff, Brigadier Omar Khan, recently...
Two former MoH staff charged with money laundering
The Special Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) on Friday charged two former employees of Material Management Unit (MMU) Bond attached to the Ministry of Health...
First precast girder installed for new Demerara River Bridge
Construction of the Demerara River Bridge entered a new phase Friday morning with the installation of the first precast girder.
This horizontal beam, designed to...
600 Lindeners to get land at New Wismar Housing Development
The first set of residents at the New Wismar Housing Development in Region Ten were allocated their house lots moments ago at the Christianburg...
U.S. DEA partners with local law enforcement for narcotics investigation training
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), in coordination with the DEA Georgetown Country Office, successfully conducted two intensive training courses on Basic and Advanced...
Canadian business delegation explores opportunities in Guyana
A high-level Canadian delegation, led by His Excellency Sébastien Sigouin, High Commissioner of Canada to Guyana, concluded a successful four-day visit to Guyana on...
31-Y-O miner dies in mining pit cave-in
See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
Police are investigating an incident which resulted in the death of Owen Smith, a 31-year-old Gold Miner...
High Court orders $24M compensation for unlawful killing of Quindon Bacchus
Justice Nigel Niles on Wednesday instructed the State to pay $24 million for the unlawful killing of Quindon Bacchus which occurred on June 10,...