January 23, 2023

School teacher Nima Flue-Bess opened the 2023 Budget Debate for the Opposition benches on Monday in the National Assembly but did not specifically attack any of the proposed spending in the $781.9 billion budget. Flue-Bess, who sits on…

By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy A new partnership among Trinidad and Tobago (T&T), Guyana and the other gas-producing nations in the southern Caribbean region could help meet the region’s energy needs, the Twin Island’s…

Local restaurant owner, Collin Andrews is counting his losses after someone burnt and vandalised his outdoor restaurant at the weekend. Andrews and his wife operate the Tocuma Indigenous Restaurant along the Georgetown Seawalls. While…

A 55-year-old man of Victory Valley, Wismar, Linden, was on Sunday caught with 14,900 grams (32.8 pounds) of marijuana by patrol ranks from the Ituni Police Station. Police Headquarters reported that while on patrol within the vicinity…

With the government on an aggressive path to expand agriculture, Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton on Monday indicated the government would be seeking to repossess “tens of thousands” of acres of land that are held by Cooperative Societies…

By Vishani Ragobeer Vishani@newsroom.gy Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan Ali has contended that oil and natural gas, both non-renewable sources of energy, will be used for a much longer time in the Caribbean as the region seeks to meet…

Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Gail Teixeira is performing the duties of President as both President Irfaan Ali and Prime Minister Brigadier (ret'd) Mark Phillips are out of the country. The announcement was made by the…

A firefighter woke up on Monday morning to prepare for work and discovered that his silver Toyota Premio motorcar was missing. The car, with registration number (PAC 3417) was parked in his yard at Kuru Kuru on the Soesdyke/Linden…

Pakistan will not pull out of their upcoming bilateral series against Afghanistan, like Australia did, with PCB chairman Najam Sethi saying that "cricket and politics should be kept separate". The series in March, however, will now…

Guyana’s top Badminton player Narayan Ramdhani continued his impressive run in 2023, winning the Men’s Singles and Mixed Doubles in the Alberta Colleges’ Athletics Conference (ACAC) Tournament #2 at the Northern Alberta Institute of…