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Deplorable access road prevents fire service from saving burning building
Residents of Hauraruni village on the Linden/Sosedyke Highway are calling on the authorities to fix their access road after a fire destroyed the village’s Multi-Purpose Hall due the fire tender's inability to drive on the road to get to the…
VIDEO: Family, friends bid farewell to Sasia Adams
Family and friends of 19-year-old Sasia Adams this morning gathered at the Sandy’s Funeral home in Georgetown, some to say their final goodbyes and others to join the funeral procession to the Pomeroon River where she will be laid to rest.…
Persons at Guy/Ven border yet to prove they are Guyanese
The Guyana Government Friday said the recent arrival of 70 persons from Venezuela who are claiming to be Guyanese and another 182 individuals who are camping out at the border, are yet to prove their citizenship.
Minister of Foreign…
Suspected gas explosion at Diamond/Grove
A homeowner of 6th Avenue Diamond/Grove Housing Scheme, East Bank Demerara (EBD) is counting his losses after an explosion occurred in his yard late Thursday night.
News Room understands that the owner was digging a private well.
It…
Dr Bulkan elected to UN Human Rights Committee
Guyanese Dr. Christopher Arif Bulkan was today elected to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Committee for a term of four years from 2019 – 2022.
Dr. Bulkan, nominated by the Government of Guyana, was elected along with the…
BK Int’l donates beds, mattresses to Police Force
Local conglomerate, BK International today donated a quantity of beds and mattresses to the Guyana Police Force (GPF) as part of its corporate social responsibility programme.
Ten mattresses and five bunk beds were handed over during a…
Russian MP: Avoid sex with foreign men during World Cup
A prominent Russian MP has been heavily criticised after urging women not to have sex with foreign men during the World Cup.
Communist Party MP Tamara Pletnyova told a Moscow Radio station that she was "not a nationalist" but believed…
APA raises issues of mercury poisoning, mining on titled lands
By Bibi Khatoon
As the local mining industry continues to grapple with the challenge of eliminating mercury use, the Amerindian People’s Association (APA) has raised the issue of mercury poisoning in Amerindian communities. Miners…
VIDEO: Bartica youths make waves with robotic inventions
By Bibi Khatoon
Some people have had one for years and still cannot fix it, but students of the Miles Secondary School STEM Club in Bartica, Region Seven as built a robot which took 99 seconds on the first try to fix a Rubix Cube.
The…
No case of Child Labour on coastland- Chief Labour Officer
Though there are no statistics on Child Labour in Guyana, Chief Labour Officer, Charles Ogle says Child Labour does not exist on a large scale on the coastland and challenged persons to point out such instances.
As the Ministry of Social…
