September 2023

Quibileh Pollard is one of the women producing charcoal at Yarrowkabra, along the Soesdyke/ Linden Highway. It is a dangerous, arduous job but it is a profession that she and other women are involved in because of few job opportunities…

Security of high-risk prisoners is now increased to ensure incidents such as the recent escape of convicted mass murderer Mark Royden Williams from recurring, Home Affairs Minister Robesen Benn has said. The convicted mass murderer…

Two women were shot and injured Thursday night as they attempted to part a fight between two school girls at Freeman Street, East Ruimvedlt Georgetown. Police Headquarters said the shooting occurred at about 18:45hrs. The Police did not…

A New Amsterdam man who is accused of intentionally hitting down a Police Constable and fleeing the scene was on Friday slapped with several charges and placed on a total of $145,000 bail. Magistrate Renita Singh read the charges to…

Education Minister Priya Manickchand on Friday commissioned the new building for the Haslington Nursery School located in Region Four on the East Coast of Demerara. The cost to construct the new school totaled twenty-eight million, one…

A 35-year-old man was on Friday charged in relation to the murder of Venezuelan national, Estephanie Garcias, who was allegedly killed in her Kaikan, Region Seven cottage one week ago. Jairo Medina Hernandes, also a Venezuelan national…

The team from Region One (Barima-Waini) took the top spot in Track and Field at the annual Amerindian Heritage Games at the Everest Cricket Ground on Thursday. The first is always the best and Region One would remembered for their…

Over the past few months, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) has recorded the “highest ever” electricity generation and demand in the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS) and the company is urging its customers to do more to conserve…

See the full statement issued by the Ministry of Finance below: Senior Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh has announced that the Government has made its fifth drawdown this year from the Natural Resource Fund in accordance with the Natural…

The Guyana Motor Racing & Sports Club (GMR&SC) will host the ‘Essequibo Drag Invasion’ on October 8 at the Mainstay Airstrip from 11:00h. According to GMR&SC Vice-President Mohamed Shairaz Roshandin, the event is part of…