Serious focus on ensuring every child can go to school- Finance Minister
Some $577 million cash will be distributed to parents whose children attend schools in Georgetown and Senior Minister within the Office of the President...
Benn suggests linking direct feed of CCTV cameras at businesses to Police Command Centre
Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn on Tuesday made a pitch to the private sector of having a direct link from CCTV cameras situated on...
Lower cost of goods for consumers with ease on freight taxes – Finance Minister
Lower cost of goods for consumers is expected following President Dr. Irfaan Ali’s announcement of the reduction in freight charges to pre-pandemic levels.
This is...
Three additional COVID deaths, 81 new cases
Three new COVID-19 deaths were recorded on Tuesday, taking the country’s death toll to 564; it means that for the month of August so...
Post mortem shows man found dead in West Berbice backdam died from drowning
A post mortem has found that the man who was found dead Saturday at Rising Sun Backdam, West Coast Berbice (W.C.B) died from asphyxia by...
Vote to dismiss Lowenfield, Myers and Mingo delayed again
A decision is yet to be made on the motions filed to dismiss the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) trio over their handling of the...
Burma Rice Station workers protest against ‘abusive’ manager
Workers of the Burma Rice Research Station in Mahaicony have staged a protest at “threatening” and “abusive” language from a manager towards them.
Following the...
“Successful” GBTI Tennis tournament concludes at Diamond
Two weeks of competitive action came to an end on Monday afternoon when the curtains came down on the annual Guyana Bank for Trade...
Truck driver freed of charges in Agricola accident that killed Ciara Benjamin
The driver who was charged after his truck crashed into the median at Agricola, East Bank Demerara and killed seven-year-old Ciara Benjamin in 2019,...
Cross-dressing formally removed as criminal offence from Guyana’s law
Nearly three years after the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled that Guyana’s laws against cross-dressing violated the rights of people, the criminal offence...