Caribbean region must boost efforts to prepare for increased drought – UN report
Climate change is expected to increase the intensity and frequency of droughts in the Caribbean, so countries in the region must enhance their capabilities...
First EU referendum results in UK suggest tight race
(BBC) The first results in the UK's referendum on whether to remain in the European Union are coming in.
Leave won in Sunderland by 22%,...
Will the UK stay or go? …Counting under way in historic referendum on EU...
(BBC) Counting is under way in a referendum that will decide whether the UK remains a member of the European Union.
The counting is taking...
The ‘manspreading’ epidemic
* Is it really an epidemic?
By Jordan Burchette, for CNN
(CNN) If you've ever crammed into the back of a Toyota with one or more...
Guyana citizen charged with falsifying an application for a U.S. passport
ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – A federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Joseph Fedrick, 42, of Guyana, with falsifying an application for a United...
Lightning in Indian states kills 79
At least 79 people have been killed and more than 20 injured by lightning strikes in the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya...
Brazil ‘Olympic’ Jaguar shot dead
(BBC) A jaguar has been shot dead shortly after it was used in an Olympic torch relay in the Brazilian city of Manaus, the...
Britain divided on eve of historic EU referendum
London (CNN) - British politicians are making their crucial final pitches to a bitterly divided electorate Wednesday to persuade undecided voters of the merits...
Son pays emotional tribute to mother who died trying to save him during Orlando...
(CNN) In the ultimate expression of maternal instinct, Brenda Lee Marquez McCool put her son's life before her own.
As gunshots rang out at the...
Mobile Passport Control App for Caribbean travellers expands at American airports
US says Mobile Passport helping airports to enhance travel experience
NEW YORK, USA (CMC) — The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency says...
Recent Articles
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
See below for a 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐒 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐂 𝐀𝐃𝐕𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐑𝐘:
𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐔𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐀/𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐙𝐈𝐋 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐎𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐀𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 (𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐀)
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,...