August 18, 2020

The supplier of the US$41 million power generating sets for the Guyana Power and Light company (GPL) has faced challenges in manufacturing the sets due to the COVId-19 pandemic, Albert Gordon, the company’s Chief Executive Officer said…

A 21-year-old unemployed male was on Tuesday arrested at the Soesdyke Junction, close to an hour after he and two accomplices tied up, beat and robbed two construction workers at Guy America Housing Scheme, Hill Foot Soesdyke-Linden…

As citizens, fed up with blackouts, continue to vent frustration, the government has told the country’s power supplier GPL to immediately move ahead with plans to buy electricity from private generators. It’s not a new plan. Last…

Brandon King is looking to replicate his outstanding efforts of 2019 when he lit up the Hero Caribbean Premier League and played a huge part in Guyana Amazon Warriors coasting to a tournament-record 11 consecutive wins. Last season, the…

Former President David Granger, who headed the list of candidates for the Coalition APNU+AFC, is expected to put forward the Coalition’s list for members to the National Assembly, but leaders of several of the small parties have been left…

A further round of COVID-19 testing was carried out on Sunday (August 16) and all 237 members of the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) cohort tested negative for the virus. This news comes as the first set of matches of the tournament…

Guyana on Monday recorded its 24th COVID-19 related death. An 87-year-old man died in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Georgetown Public Hospital. This was confirmed by Public Relations Officer at the GPHC Chelauna…

Five months after suffering electoral defeat, the leadership of the People’s National Congress (PNC) – the largest party in the APNU+AFC coalition – has come under attack from one of its most prominent members, James Bond, who believes that…

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government has begun engagements with the Russian Aluminum company (RUSAL) to recommence operations along the Berbice River in Guyana. RUSAL’s Country Representative Vladimir Permakov and the…

In 2019, the National Tripartite Committee (NTC) that is tasked with a number of labour related matters between the government and business sector proposed a $60,000 minimum increase in wages for the private sector. Minister of Labour,…