August 31, 2023

A search is ongoing for Regan Rodriguez, a 40-year-old farmer of Charity Housing Scheme, who fell overboard in the Pomeroon River on Thursday afternoon after another boat crashed into him. Police Headquarters reported that the incident…

Three men are in custody after being found with 450 grams (15 ounces) of cannabis in a house at Friendship, East Bank Demerara during a Police operation. Police Headquarters reported that a team of ranks, led by a Corporal, acted on…

Police in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man, so far unidentified, whose lifeless body was found on the parapet at Fourth Avenue, Bartica, on Thursday. The man, of Amerindian…

By Neil Marks neil@newsroom.gy At Dakoura, 65 miles south of Guyana’s capital Georgetown, bulldozers and excavators work to fill in a crater left from bauxite mining. Once this work is done, it will be time to treat the land and…

Barbados Royals kicked off the 2023 Massy Women’s Caribbean Premier League (WCPL) with a thrilling final over chase at Kensington Oval, Barbados. After winning the toss and opting to bat, the Amazon Warriors produced a record-breaking…

Guyana closed off its participation at the 2023 edition of the World Men's Juniors and Sub-Juniors Classic Championships in Cluj Napoca, Romania, with a gold medal in the squat attained by 16-year-old Romeo Hunter contesting the 83kg Class.…

A total of 238 of 242 indigenous villages have already benefited from a US$22 million (about GY$4.7 billion) sum paid by the Hess Corporation for carbon credits from Guyana’s forests. Village leaders told the ongoing National Toshaos…

Guyana and the United States Export-Import Bank in July last year signed an agreement to finance projects in Guyana – outside of oil and gas – for up to an initial US$2 billion and now deals are being hammered out for American companies to…

Two men who were charged with the possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking were on Thursday found guilty and sentenced to serve time in prison. Ron Reid and Nigel Dundas appeared before Magistrate Rhondel Weaver at the…

In June 2018, a total of 17 prominent companies from both the USA and Guyana came together to form the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Guyana, a voluntary, non-profit, membership organisation committed to promoting and enhancing…