India faces another mass food poisoning
(CNN) - Another mass food poisoning case has been reported in India. At least 23 students in the southwestern coastal state of Goa were...
Nelson Mandela turns 95 on 41st day in hospital
CBS News - Nelson Mandela turned 95 years old, and marked 15 years of marriage to his wife Graca Machel today, Thursday July 18,...
Now you can charge your mobile phone with urine, Scientists claim
Huffington Post - Scientists are claiming a world first in developing a way to charge mobile phones using human urine.
The Bristol-based boffins have been...
Iran president elect calls for stronger ties with Guyana
By Ray Chickrie
Caribbean News Now contributor
TEHRAN, Iran -- In response to a congratulatory message from Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar, Iran’s president elect, Hassan Rohani,...
US attorney general says Trayvon Martin inquiry to continue
America's top prosecutor has said an investigation into the "tragic, unnecessary" death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin will continue.
The justice department last year opened an...
Zimmerman Not Guilty in Killing of Trayvon Martin
SANFORD, Fla. — George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot an unarmed black teenager, igniting a national debate on racial profiling and...
Baby stabbed 90 times with scissors by his Chinese mother
DAILY MAIL - An eight-month-old boy is lucky to be alive after he was stabbed 90 times by his mother, mostly in the face,...
UK woman picks penis-shaped strawberry from her garden
(NEW YORK DAILY NEWS) - Carole Collen, 52, stumbled across the suggestive fruit in her vegetable patch at her home in Dartford, Kent, on...
Guyanese among those killed by teen killers on “fun” shooting spree in Florida
A 15-year-old boy from Florida went on a deadly shooting spree 'for fun,' killing one man at a bus stop and slitting another man's...
China’s landslide ‘buries up to 40 people’
(BBC) - A landslide has buried between 30 and 40 people in China's Sichuan province following heavy rain, state media say.
Rescue workers with search...
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60% increase in workplace fatalities recorded last year
Guyana last year witnessed a hike in workplace fatalities when compared to the previous year, with the Labour Ministry recording 32 deaths across various...
Radar speed signs installed on key roadways; data generated to inform strategies to improve...
See full statement from President Dr Irfaan Ali:
The Guyana Police Force and the National Data Management Authority (NDMA) have installed new radar speed signs...
Deadline for US$190M Linden-Mabura Road now set for October 2025
The Linden to Mabura Hill Road, which was initially slated to be completed by July 2025, is now set to be finished by October...
Traffic ranks not equipped with bodycams must not stop drivers – Top Cop
Police Commissioner, Clifton Hicken has sent a stern warning to traffic ranks to desist from stopping motorists without being equipped with their body cameras...
GPL records over 12% commercial losses in 2024
While the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) ended 2024 on a high note, having been able to finally bring an end to the persistent...
Mobilisation works progressing for Soesdyke-Linden Highway’s reconstruction
Ongoing work to upgrade the US$161 million Soesdyke-Linden Highway is progressing rapidly.
Currently, efforts are underway at Madawini, Long Creek, and Moblissa to prepare and...
$18M rehabilitated North East La Penitence Health Centre commissioned
Today, the Ministry of Health reopened the newly constructed North East La Penitence Health Centre in Central Georgetown.
This modernised facility, constructed at a cost...
CCAC launches investigation into cooking gas explosion incidents
See full statement from the Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission:
The Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (CCAC) has noted recent incidents involving critical injuries to...
Edghill meets residents on Diamond Bridge to Good Success road works
Minister of Public Works Bishop Juan Edghill accompanied by Head of the Special Projects Unit (SPU) Collin Gittens and other technical staff yesterday afternoon...
No intention to repossess unmaintained/overgrown lands in communities – Croal
While recognising that there are a number of overgrown and unmaintained lands in well-developed communities – posing several challenges for residents – Minister of...