First voyage through new Panama canal
(BBC) A Chinese container ship has become the first vessel to sail into the newly expanded Panama Canal.
Thousands gathered today as the ship, called...
Asian millionaires now ‘wealthiest in the world’
Asian millionaires now control more wealth than their peers in North America, Europe and other regions, according to a new World Wealth Report from...
West Indies target final hurrah
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The Preview by Brydon Coverdale (ESPNCricinfo)
And then there were two. This tri-series, played across three Caribbean countries - Guyana, St Kitts and Nevis,...
At least 26 dead in West Virginia flooding
(CNN) West Virginia rescue crews worked steadily overnight and into the morning to answer emergency calls from residents stranded by fast-moving floodwaters that...
Hundreds rescued in deadly U.S. floods
According to a BBC report published today, hundreds of persons stranded by floods have been rescued in West Virginia, with the death toll now...
Bernie Sanders: I’ll probably vote for Clinton
(CNN) Bernie Sanders said Friday he will likely vote for Hillary Clinton for president in November, the strongest expression of support yet from the Vermont...
Dow plunges 500 points as U.K. ‘earthquake’ crushes global markets
(CNN) Investors around the world went into crisis mode as British voters chose to leave the European Union in a stunning decision with far-reaching...
Former Antiguan diplomat dies awaiting trial in UN bribery scandal
The former president of the United Nations General Assembly and Antigua and Barbuda’s permanent representative to the UN, John Ashe, has died before facing...
EU referendum: UK ‘must not delay leaving’
(BBC) EU leaders have insisted that the UK must move swiftly to negotiate leaving the organisation, saying any delay would prolong uncertainty.
European Commission head...
David Cameron to quit after UK votes to leave EU
(BBC) Prime Minister David Cameron is to step down by October after the UK voted to leave the European Union.
Speaking outside 10 Downing Street,...
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Govt seeking over $84B in supplementary funds for $100k cash grant initiative, GtE project
The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government has approached the National Assembly, seeking its approval for more than $84 billion in supplementary funds for projects...
Businesswoman, facing 68 fraud charges, placed on $20.4M bail
Omeca Primo, owner of Primo’s Imports and Taxi Service, was placed on $20.4 million bail today after appearing before acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty...
Venezuelan woman slapped with 3 Trafficking In Person charges
Andreina Jimenez, a 27-year-old Venezuelan female of Lot 91 Robb Street, Georgetown, was arrested and subsequently charged today with three counts of Trafficking in...
Pensioner killed in early morning accident on EBD road
Police are investigating a fatal accident that occurred at about 06:19hrs this morning (Monday, 25th November 2024), on the Western Carriageway of Peters Hall...
Procurement rules by oil & gas companies now under scrutiny – Local Content Secretariat...
The Local Content Secretariat is examining the procurement guidelines being used by companies operating in Guyana’s oil and gas sector, as several inconsistencies and...
Letter: PPP/C Govt committed to fixing broken power system left behind by APNU+AFC
Dear Editor:
It is astonishing, though not entirely surprising, that David Patterson, who presided over the catastrophic mismanagement of Guyana’s power sector in the APNU+AFC...
New direct routes for Guyana, Brazil travel established
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The public is hereby advised that...
US$20M DDL dairy farm to produce milk by 3rd quarter of 2025
The highly anticipated state-of-the-art US$20 Million dairy farm, the first of its kind in the Caribbean, which is being built by Demerara Distillers Limited...
NA woman accuses police of stealing cash during search of home
A New Amsterdam, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) woman has accused police officers who conducted a search of her home of stealing her money.
The police...
GECOM secretariat prepares for 2025 elections ahead of commission’s mandate
While the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) secretariat has not been mandated by the commission to prepare for the constitutionally due general and regional elections,...