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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...
‘Release juveniles charged with wandering’ – Child Rights Commission
The Rights of the Child Commission (RCC) is calling for the enforcement of the Juvenile Justice Bill and by extension,...
Media workers awarded; Vanessa Braithwaite is Journalist of the Year
Twenty-one media workers across the country were awarded Sunday evening by the Guyana Press Association (GPA) for their outstanding coverage...
Henry assures that students will not be affected by teachers’ strike
Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry and other officials Saturday visited several schools in Georgetown and on the East Coast of...
US Senator John McCain dies
(CNN) – Whenever America was in a fight during his long lifetime, John McCain was in the thick of it. McCain,...
St. Stanislaus College students attain 96% passes at CSEC, CAPE
St. Stanislaus College students attained 96.23% overall passes in this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) and 96.03% in the...
Education Ministry, GTU invited to conciliatory talks
Press Release, Ministry of Education – Thursday, August 23, 2018 The Ministry of Social Protection (Labour) has this afternoon disclosed that...
Guyanese scholar who died suddenly in Peru was ready to serve country
Guyanese scholar Yogeeta Persaud, who died suddenly while on a volunteer medical outreach in Peru, was planning to return home...
Two GDF officers promoted to Colonel
Lieutenant Colonels Trevor Bowman and Godfrey Bess have been promoted to the rank of Substantive Colonel, the Army announced Thursday....
Brazil briefly closes border with Venezuela
(BBC) Brazil has re-opened its northern border with Venezuela to those fleeing economic and political turmoil there, after briefly closing...
Sita Panchu – the only female boat captain in Mahaicony River
Sita is the only female who captains a passenger boat in the Mahaicony River. She relocated to the Mahaicony Creek...
Indian company gets US$3.6M contract for drainage pumps
Ministry of Agriculture- Government’s determined efforts to ensure Guyana’s drainage capacity improves was this morning amplified as the National Drainage...
“Our basis of lawmaking is not the Bible” – SASOD lashes back at Christian Ad
Some members of the Christian Community have published full page advertisements in three of the local dailies calling for the...
Some city factories producing ‘unsatisfactory’ water
Some factories in the city have been bottling and distributing “unsatisfactory” water, the Government Analyst-Food & Drug Department (GA-FDD) has...
Soldiers complete Airforce Fighter Pilot Course
Two officers of the Guyana Defence Force have completed a Chinese Airforce Basic Fighter Pilot and Development course and have...
23 receive life-saving heart surgeries
Twenty-three persons have received some form of cardiac intervention over the course of two weeks when a delegation from the...
UG fails to make 2018 C’bean& Latin America University Ranking
The University of Guyana – the country’s premier tertiary institution – failed to mark its name as one of the...
Of course some of us bathe naked in public! So, what?
By Ravin Singh I don’t think a ‘magga’ man like me plunging naked in one of the black water trenches...
NY Times article harmful to investment, tourism- PSC
Guyana’s leading umbrella private sector organisation has written the New York Times expressing its dissatisfaction with an article which has...
