January 20, 2017

On Friday, the Inaugural Meeting of the National Regional Development Consultative Committee was launched with the aim of bringing together local authorities to address critical issues facing the various regions. President David Granger…

Traffic jams and diversions, curious onlookers, temporary road and business closures, disruption of electricity supply and poor crowd management were all hallmarks this morning as the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) battled to contain a fire at a…

A typist clerk, a machine operator and a group of friends who love to dance got the ultimate chance to showcase their talents and change their lives forever when they entered Guyana’s premier talent show “The Spotlight” and emerged winners.…

Air Services Ltd. today (Friday, January 20, 2017) signed an agreement with the Mahaica Abary Rice Development Services (MARDS) to rehabilitate an existing Airstrip at Burma, Mahaicony as part of a US$10 M investment. The project…

By Mark Murray Several PPP/C Regional and Municipal leaders this morning (Friday, January 2017) declined to attend the inaugural meeting of the National Regional Development Consultative Committee after claiming the decision was done…

(NewYork Daily News) Welcome to Brooklyn, El Chapo — you’re going to stay a while. A half-dozen federal agents carrying assault weapons flanked the entrance to the Brooklyn Federal courthouse Friday as notorious 59-year-old drug czar and…

(BBC) 1. Violent black bloc protest Just before Donald Trump's swearing in, a group of a few hundred black-clad, balaclava wearing protesters carrying anarchist symbol flags began a fast-moving march through downtown Washington,…

The Guyana Jaguars will head out to Barbados on Saturday morning to compete in the West Indies Cricket Board’s Super50 competition. News Room’s Avenash Ramzan presents individual profiles of the 14 players, on whose shoulders rest Guyana’s…

The Ministry of Social Protection today ( Friday, January 20, 2017) donated laptops, stationery and mattresses to students and other victims of the recent Cummings Lodge, East Coast Demerara fire that destroyed their apartment building.…

The Ministry of Presidency has announced that it has terminated the services of Mr. Omar Shariff as Permanent Secretary effective December 31, 2016. As a result, Ms Abena Moore was appointed to the position of substantive Permanent…