Gov’t, EU sign MoU to reduce maritime cocaine trafficking
Guyana has joined 26 countries in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean in signing a Memorandum of Understanding for the implementation of the European...
No API for sugar workers
In what is being described as most “unfair”, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) has noted that sugar workers will not be...
Girl, 4, was beaten to death
(Trinidad Express) Four-year-old Jenice Figaro who police were told died after eating a meal of French fries last week Thursday was actually beaten to...
Towns begin electing new Mayors
Several cities across the country are gearing up to elect their new mayors and deputy mayors or re-elect the current ones.
Eight of the nine...
Food and Drug Dept. calls on water distributors to comply with requirements
The Government Analyst-Food & Drug Department (GA-FDD) on Wednesday issued a call on all water processing factories to conform to the requirements as it...
One dead, several hospitalised in Mahaicony accident
Royan Abrams
The Police in ‘C’ Division are investigating a fatal accident that took place on the Mahaicony Public Road at about 11:00 hours on...
NIS to prepare beneficiaries three years before eligibility
Persons eligible for Old Age Pension from the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) can begin having those claims sorted out three years in advance.
The NIS...
Chinese Restaurant owner in custody for beating dog food vendor
A 33-year-old restaurateur of Main and Chapel Streets, New Amsterdam, Berbice is in police custody after he allegedly beat a dog food vendor a...
12 schools win “stomp out stigma” Competition for World AIDS Day
With the aim of helping youths to youth increase compassion and reduce stigma against people living with HIV/AIDS, the Peace Corps-Guyana HIV/AIDS Task Force...
Colombia plane crash: The four people who skipped the flight
(CNN) Four people who were due to board the plane that crashed, killing 71 people in Colombia, have revealed how last-minute changes stopped them...