August 10, 2021

Some $577 million cash will be distributed to parents whose children attend schools in Georgetown and Senior Minister within the Office of the President with responsibility for Finance Dr. Ashni Singh has said the grant is part of the…

Home Affairs Minister Robeson Benn on Tuesday made a pitch to the private sector of having a direct link from CCTV cameras situated on business entities to the Guyana Police Forces’ Security Command Centre in an effort to address crime.…

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 according to the Senior Minister within the Office of the President with…

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 far, 18 people have died. The Ministry noted that the latest fatalities were all admitted at medical…

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 drowning. Police had said investigators were probing the discovery of the body of 64-year-old Clive…

A decision is yet to be made on the motions filed to dismiss the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) trio over their handling of the 2020 general and regional elections. One of the three, Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield withdrew…

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 recognition of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers' Union (GAWU) by…

Two weeks of competitive action came to an end on Monday afternoon when the curtains came down on the annual Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) Open Tennis championship on the court of the bank’s Diamond branch, East Bank Demerara.…

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, was on Tuesday freed because of insufficient evidence. Danion Welcome, 40, of Turkeyen,…

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 of cross-dressing was formally removed from Summary Jurisdiction (Offences)…