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Young couple bedridden after struck down on LBI road
By Isanella Patoir
A young fisherman and his wife are now bedridden after they were struck down on the La Bonne Intention (LBI) public road on January 29.
The couple, 23-year-old Naresh Chunilall and 20-year-old, Priya Mangra of…
Principle or popularity: Political parties grilled on LGBTQ issues
Just days before the 2020 general and elections, political parties are being asked the tough question of choosing, in principle, the fundamental rights of some marginalised groups or their political popularity.
At a Town Hall styled…
NGO building house for stabbed Linden schoolgirl and family
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) identified as ‘Remigrant United’ has commenced construction of a house for 15-year-old Shashamani Williams who was brutally stabbed by a classmate on January 23 outside of the Linden Foundation…
Residents decry deplorable state of Kurubuku road
The residents of Hururu on the left bank of the Berbice River are calling on the local authorities to assist them in fixing the Kurubuku Road, their only roadway out of the community, which is rapidly deteriorating.
Deputy Toshao Leon…
‘A national hero to sports’ – Cyclists honour Jude Bentley
By Isanella Patoir
Jude Bentley was not just a cycle hero, but a hero to the entire sporting fraternity.
This was reflected in the number of cyclists, friends and family who came out for a Sunday morning ride - something that Jude…
LGBTQ+ community makes demands ahead of elections
General and regional elections is less than a month away and Guyana’s leading gay rights activist group –the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) – has launched what it calls a manifesto with a list of changes it wishes…
Bauxite Union calls for arbitration to settle decade-long wage dispute with RUSAL
See full statement from President of the Guyana Bauxite & General Workers Union (GB&GWU), Lincoln Lewis:
Response is being made to reported comments made by RUSAL company representative Vladimir Permyakov to the media yesterday…
Naya Zamana – Zindagi Express to be staged on Feb. 8
The Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha on Thursday announced that it will put on its theatrical spectacle Naya Zamana - Zindagi Express on Saturday, February 8 at the National Cultural Centre.
The Sabha said the production is a frank and…
$36M spent to build homes for Broad and Lombard St. families
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) in collaboration with Food for the Poor Guyana on Tuesday morning commissioned Phase One of their relocation and resettlement programme through which 20 families from Broad and Lombard…
‘No land, no vote’ – Squatters take up lands at Cummings Lodge/Sophia
By Isanella Patoir
A large number of Guyanese who began to squat in the Cummings Lodge/Sophia area have threatened not to vote at the March 2 general and regional elections if the Government does not give them house lots.
Some twenty…
