Microsoft set to win EU approval for US$26B LinkedIn buy – sources
Microsoft (MSFT.O) is set to gain EU approval for its US$26 billion buy of professional social network LinkedIn (LNKD.N) with tweaks to concessions aimed...
Major ‘Hackathon’ competition launched
A number of software developers, computer programmers, graphic designers and others on the creative side of ICT development will have a chance to put...
Consumers urged to cease using Samsung Note 7 …’Return product and ask for...
The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission has ordered that ALL consumers with either an original Samsung Galaxy Note 7 or its replacement power down...
Samsung ‘pauses Note 7 production’, say media reports
(BBC) Smartphone giant Samsung has reportedly stopped production of its Note 7 phone amid claims that replacement devices are still at risk of catching...
Rosetta ends 12-year mission with crash-landing on comet
(CNN) The Rosetta space probe has crash-landed on the surface of a distant comet, ending a remarkable 12-year mission that made a series...
GEA completes 18 months of gathering data in wind measurements
The Guyana Energy Agency (GEA) recently completed a year and half of data gathering in wind measurement. Relocated from Yupakari in Region 9, the...
Samsung recalls Galaxy Note 7 phones after battery fires
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) recalled all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones equipped with batteries it has found to be fire-prone and halted their sales...
Earth-like planet discovered
Closest potentially habitable planet to our solar system found
(CNN) In a discovery that has been years in the making, researchers have confirmed the existence...
Scientists turn old plastic bottles into fuel
(CNN) Millions of tons of plastic garbage pollute our world. What if we could turn them into fuel instead?
That's the ambitious plan of...
FAA orders ‘urgent’ engine fixes for Boeing 787 Dreamliners
(CNN) Describing it as an "urgent safety issue," the Federal Aviation Administration has ordered modifications on specific General Electric engines on some 787...
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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...
Christmas Messages!
People’s Progressive Party (PPP)
As the season of Yuletide embraces us, families come together in love and joy, and communities celebrate in unique ways, sharing...
69,000 public sector employees receive 10% increase, injecting $18B into Guyana’s economy
Following the conclusion of the historic Government of Guyana (GoG) and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) multi-year agreement with respect to employment benefits...
Prosecution applies for Calvin Brutus’ bail to be revoked amid alleged flight attempt
The prosecution has applied to the court to revoke Assistant Police Commissioner Calvin Brutus’s bail and have him remanded to prison, alleging he attempted...
GRA urges persons involved in luxury vehicle tax evasion racket to visit HQ
See full statement from the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA):
In its diligence aimed at collecting the rightful revenue due to the State, the Revenue Authority...