UG to confer Honourary Degree on Black Panther star
The University of Guyana will Wednesday confer an Honourary Degree, Doctor of Letters, on renowned Guyanese movie star Letitia Wright.
The University, in its invitation...
New day/night care centres coming as House clears $163M
New day and night care centres will soon be established as the Parliamentary Committee of Supply on Tuesday approved $163 million for capital spending...
Five Guyanese attend world’s largest agri-food expo
Five young Guyanese professionals recently attended the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE), the world's largest annual poultry, feed, and meat technology exposition.
This year...
‘Keep chasing after your dreams’- Black Panther star tells high school students
Letitia Wright, the Guyana-born actress best known for her role in Marvel's Black Panther franchise, urged scores of high school students to continue chasing...
High-rise gov’t complexes to be constructed along Mandela/Eccles Road
Last year, Minister of Public Works Juan Edghill announced that the government has taken steps to commence work which will see several interlinked government...
Men sentenced to death for deadly 2018 pirate attack off Suriname’s coast
Berbice businessman, Nakool Manohar, known as ‘Fyah’ and his co-accused, Premnauth Persaud, known as ‘Sanbat,’ were sentenced to death for their involvement in the...
Local Content Secretariat gets $50M as gov’t preps for review of Local Content Act
A total of $50 million which was allocated in the 2023 budget for the Local Content Secretariat, previously financed by the Ministry of Natural...
First Lady is ‘godmother’ of third oil platform as production set to ramp up...
By Neil Marks in Singapore
First Lady Arya Ali has been designated “godmother” of Prosperity, the third oil platform that will operate in Guyanese waters...
BPL: Charles hits match-winning ton after Hope’s sparkling 91
West Indians Johnson Charles and Shai Hope stroked their highest T20 scores on Tuesday as Comilla Victorians were victorious in a high-scoring contest against...
Man gets 25 years for killing, stuffing wife’s body in barrel
Confessed killer, Suraj Veersammy, known as ‘Radesh’ or ‘Rabbit’ was, on Tuesday sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for hanging his reputed wife, Devika ‘Vanessa’...