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Sita is the only female who captains a passenger boat in the Mahaicony River. She relocated to the Mahaicony Creek 29 years ago when she married. Sixteen years ago, she began driving speedboats to transport passengers to communities…

Some members of the Christian Community have published full page advertisements in three of the local dailies calling for the maintenance of laws prohibiting buggery and indecency. But local gay rights group, SASOD (Society Against…

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) is assisting the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) with relief items value US$30,000 (GY$6,226,562) to support Venezuelan migrants who have settled in Regions One, Seven and Nine. A statement from…

This is a Public Service Advisory from GTT for Sunday, August 5, 2018. This advisory serves to inform road users that the East Coast Public Road, within the vicinity of Annandale Market Road, will be temporarily closed on Sunday, August…

The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association is mourning the loss of Edward Shields, its former executive secretary and founder member who passed away in the USA after a period of illness on August 1, 2018. Shields, a former Vietnam…

African Cultural and Development Association “Freedom Day” or Emancipation Day, a national holiday is upon us once again on August 1. Emancipation 2018 commemorates 180 years of freedom from “slavery, the greatest crime ever…

Twenty-three persons have received some form of cardiac intervention over the course of two weeks when a delegation from the Baby Heart Foundation visited Guyana. The Foundation has performed a total of 100 procedures during 11 trips to…

KFC (Guyana) is contributing to a nationwide initiative against suicide and abuse led by Caribbean Voice, a Non-Government Organisation. The KFC donation will particularly go towards training persons in various communities “to…

Guyana’s leading gay rights activist group has renewed its calls for the Teachers’ Code of Conduct to be updated to include protection of students who are a part of the LGBT community. The call was initially made by Joel Simpson, the…

Sixteen inmates of the Timehri Prison graduated on Tuesday from several training programmes, the Guyana Prison Service (GPS) said as it announced plans to commence classes in Mathematics and English for prisoners. Eight of the inmates…