Eteringbang Airstrip abruptly closes for 3 months
...leaves passengers stranded, miners, operators in a quandary
Scores of persons were reportedly stranded, while miners and airline operators were left at their wits' end...
Broomes to miners: Gov’t is worthy of your contribution
...says $2B earmarked to map entire country for 40 known minerals
Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes has described Budget 2017, during...
Gold miners reject ‘idiotic proposal’ by Govt to accept below-market prices
In addition to removing a range of concessions afforded to the mining industry and increased taxation and regulation that will certainly kill the already...
Concerns grow as SOCU seizes more jewellery
Jewellery traders and other members of the local gold business community are growing worried over what is developing into a consistent raiding and seizure...
Mohamed’s Enterprise copped Top Dealer award – during Mining Week opening and awards ceremony
President David Granger, last evening, attended the opening ceremony for Mining Week activities, a yearly event organised by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission...
Miners in Marudi told to get act together
Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman will appoint a facilitator to help guide discussions among Romanex Guyana Exploration, miners and residents in the South...
Govt hikes processing fee for gold declarations
All miners, including small and medium scale miners, will now have to pay a hiked processing fee of $2,500 per ounce of gold they...
Canadian Mining Company fails to pay its Guyanese workforce; employees fear exploited
By Kurt Campbell
– Sacre Coeur Minerals Ltd, a Canadian Mining company which holds 100% interest in approximately 978 square kilometers of mineral concessions...
Land reclamation to be aggressively pursued – Trotman
Minister of Natural Resources, Raphael Trotman said he would petition the Ministry of Finance to set aside a greater portion of the gold royalties...
GGMC to undertake 12 mineral mapping projects in 2017
The Geological Service Division of the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) will be undertaking 12 projects across the country aimed at mapping Guyana’s...
Recent Articles
New Wismar-MacKenzie Bridge in Linden 97% completed
The Ministry of Public Works has announced that physical works on the New Wismar-Mackenzie Bridge in Linden, Region Ten, are now 97% complete.
This update...
2 persons missing as molasses barge sinks in Atlantic Ocean
See full statement from the Maritime Administration Department:
At approximately, 01:00 hours, the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) received a distress signal concerning the sinking of...
Govt urges house lot allottees to begin construction
The government, through the Ministry of Housing, is urging land allottees to take possession of their house lots and begin construction as it accelerates...
Tuschen labourer chopped to death
See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:
Police in Regional Division # 3 are investigating an alleged murder which occurred between Sunday March 8,...
Housing Ministry demolishes unlawful bridge at Eccles
The Ministry of Housing’s Enforcement Department, on Sunday, March 8, 2026 supervised the demolition of an unlawful bridge that provided access from property 1211...
Development Bank key to bringing people out of poverty -Teixeira
Recognising the importance of access to financing, Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Minister, Gail Teixeira, has said that the Guyana Development Bank (GDB) will be...
Mother of 6 stabbed to death by reputed husband
A man was caught trying to turn the knife on himself after brutally stabbing his common-law wife multiple times early Sunday morning at Long...
UG begins search for new Vice-Chancellor
Statement by Sir Ronald Sanders, Chancellor and Chairman of the Council
University of Guyana:
On 16 February 2026, the University Council decided to establish a Search...
Toddler drowns at Upper Pomeroon River
A two-year-old girl, Samirah Evans, of Kabakaburi Mission, Upper Pomeroon River, drowned on Saturday.
The incident occurred between 12:30 hours and 17:30 hours in the...
Relocation efforts at Zeelught Sea Defence advancing
The relocation of persons occupying the Zeelugt Sea Defence and Zeelugt Drainage Reserve, East Bank Essequibo (EBE) in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) is...
