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Two feared drowned at Unity Beach
Police in Regional Division 4 ‘C’ are investigating an incident at Unity Beach, East Coast Demerara (ECD), which has left two persons missing after they were reportedly swept away by strong currents on Sunday afternoon. Missing are Lyodisa Waldron, called “Loyda,” a 20-year-old salesgirl of Victoria Village, ECD, and Andri Francis, called “Bobby,” a 31-year-old...
Aircraft crashes in Region Seven
A Cessna 182P Skylane aircraft N9347G, reportedly owned by well-known Guyanese pilot and operator Orlando Charles crashed on Sunday morning...
Five homeless as fire destroys Port Mourant house, arson suspected
A fire completely destroyed a house at Port Mourant on Tuesday morning, rendering five people homeless. Stephanie Cecil, 29, a...
State loses appeal to have persons overseas removed from voters list
The Court of Appeal on Monday upheld an August 2019 High Court decision that there can be no residency requirement...
‘A national hero to sports’ – Cyclists honour Jude Bentley
By Isanella Patoir Jude Bentley was not just a cycle hero, but a hero to the entire sporting fraternity. This...
40 young Berbice mothers graduate from re-integration programme
Forty mothers graduated from the Ministry of Education’s Re-integration of Adolescent Mothers Programme in Region Six, East-Berbice – Corentyne Thursday....
Cane Grove man beaten by neighbours died from hemorrhage
A Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara man who was beaten to death by his neighbours- a husband and wife –...
Gov’t commits to full disclosure of first oil trades
The government on Tuesday signed an agreement with the local arm of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the global...
Security guard caught stealing from other security firm jailed for nine months
A 32-year-old security guard attached to Radar Security Services, who was caught on CCTV camera breaking into another security firm,...
Linden man charged for killing twin brother
A 44-year-old labourer was on Wednesday remanded to prison by Magistrate Rhondel Weever at the Diamond/Grove Magistrate’s Court for killing...
Murder over a phone call: Husband and wife beat Cane Grove man to death
A husband and wife have been arrested after they beat their neighbour to death at Cane Grove, East Coast Demerara....
LGBTQ+ community makes demands ahead of elections
General and regional elections is less than a month away and Guyana’s leading gay rights activist group –the Society Against...
No case of Coronavirus detected in Guyana, says Health Ministry
The Ministry of Public Health says “no suspect, probable or confirmed case” of the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been detected...
3-year-old cancer patient leaves Guyana for treatment in US
Three-year-old cancer patient Chayanne Parboo of St Monica in the Upper Pomeroon leaves Guyana Monday night for treatment in the...
Gov’t rules out evacuating Guyanese students from China
The Government of Guyana has ruled out flying home scholarship students from China due to the threat of the Novel...
RUSAL ‘happy’ to reinstate all laid-off workers if river is unblocked
After a meeting on Friday between Russian-owned Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) and the Department of Labour, company representative...
Port Kaituma’s ‘Big Joe’ accused of rape, remanded to prison
A 45-year-old machine operator of Citrus Grove, Port Kaituma was on Friday charged for raping a 20-year-old woman. Alvin Robinson...
Coronavirus: Guyana looking to close embassy in China
As the new coronavirus spreads, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is considering shutting down the embassy in Beijing, China and...
Coronavirus: Two Guyanese students in Wuhan; Gov’t working to bring them home
The government is seeking to bring home two Guyanese students who are studying in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province,...
$30M Primary Schools commissioned in South Rupununi
Walking lengthy hours to school is now a thing of the past for students of two South Rupununi villages. These...
Naya Zamana – Zindagi Express to be staged on Feb. 8
The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha on Thursday announced that it will put on its theatrical spectacle Naya Zamana – Zindagi...
