December 5, 2022

The Parliamentary Committee of Supply on Monday approved $1 billion in supplementary funding for the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) to help with the retooling of sugar estates.  Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha, offering…

Following a request by Surinamese renters for boats owned by Guyanese fisherfolk to return to Suriname for registration, some 30 boats are now in Suriname while another 60 vessels are expected to return to soon. Based on Surinamese law,…

A sum of $6.6 billion was approved by the Parliamentary Committee of Supply on Monday, paving the way for the government to pay electricity arrears to the Guyana Power and Light (GPL). This sum was requested by the Ministry of Finance as…

Guyana, like many other countries, has been grappling with the significant increase in the cost of fuel and on Monday, the Parliamentary Committee of Supply approved $1.3 billion to offset that fuel price hike at several local electricity…

(BBC News) - In Port-au-Prince you cannot see the boundaries, but you must know where they are. Your life may depend on it. Competing gangs are carving up the Haitian capital, kidnapping, raping, and killing at will. They demarcate their…

The Parliamentary Committee of Supply approved $11.5 million in supplementary funds to facilitate the expanded work programme of the Guyana Office for Investment (GO-Investment).  Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail…

Police arrested a 37-year-old male minibus passenger on Sunday who was found with a .38 revolver loaded with six live matching rounds of ammunition along with 17 additional rounds. The incident occurred along the Barnwell Public Road,…

A 56-year-old female security guard of Seventh Avenue, Bartica, Region Seven was busted with 293 grammes of marijuana after police ranks conducted a raid at her home on Sunday night. Police Headquarters reported that ranks acted on…

Nike has ended its sponsorship deal with Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving one month after he promoted a documentary which contained anti-Semitic material on social media. The sportswear giant initially suspended its contract with Irving,…

Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic was the hero, saving three penalties in the shootout, as Croatia edged past Japan 3-1 on penalties after a 1-1 draw to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. Livakovic kept out the first two efforts before…