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Three Dorado Speed Swim Club members, Soroya Simmons, Daniel Scott and Alex Winter, took on the challenge of battling the tough waters at the Maracas Bay Open Water Classic in Trinidad and Tobago earlier today (Sunday) and produced good performances. Simmons, who is a National swimmer, was the best of the lot as she placed […]
Raynauth Jeffrey produced another splendid performance on Sunday when he swept the field with his speed and determination to be crowned the champion in the 10-lap Mountain Bike race at the National Park. The Team Coco cyclist completed the course in a time of 33 minutes 39 seconds (33.39) ahead of second placed Keon Thomas. […]
by Kurt Campbell at UN Headquarters in New York (New York) The United Nations has hailed Guyana’s leadership in the area of climate change as UN Member States are finalising policy and legislative frameworks for the implementation of the newest global climate agreement under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Guyana was […]
Two persons died and at three others were injured on Friday night as a result of an accident on the Unity Public Road on the East Coast Demerara. The latest fatal accident came just 3 days after the Guyana Police Force announced a major campaign to tackle the lawlessness on the country’s roadways. The two […]
Police investigators have traveled to the Puruni area in Guyana’s gold mining district, to probe the murder of a Brazilian miner. 47-year-old Brazilian national, Helio Batista Xavier Neves, was chopped to death on Friday night by another miner as the two had a heated argument over missing parts for an excavator machine. The suspect is […]
A driver attached to the MMC Security company was shot dead by a security guard attached to the same company during an argument on Saturday at the company’s Happy Acres, East Coast Demerara office. Dead is 36-year-old Herbert Verwayne. According to a police report on the incident, Verwayne and other security officials attached to the […]
Guyana’s Ombudsman, retired Justice Winston Moore has died. He passed away on Friday evening after a battle with cancer. Justice Moore was sworn in as Ombudsman in 2014, by then President Donald Ramotar. His appointment came following consultation with the Leader of the Opposition at the time. It was the first time in over a decade that […]
The Government of Guyana, on Friday, inked a US$5M agreement with the German Government to support the implementation of the third phase of an on-going programme to develop protected areas in the country. The agreement was signed at the Ministry of the Presidency between Minister of State, Mr. Joseph Harmon and Regional Director of Germany’s […]
President David Granger believes that more Guyanese children must become ‘A’ students, which means that they must have access to education, they must attend school regularly and they must strive to attain the highest possible level of education. The President made the remarks at the Education Month Rally on Friday, held at the D’urban Park. […]
Almost 180,000 beneficiaries of the National Insurance Scheme (NIS) can now breathe a sigh of relief with the government’s commitment to replace billions of dollars invested in the Colonial Life Insurance Company (CLICO) and were imperiled when the insurance company went bankrupt. The Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan on behalf of the Government of Guyana, […]
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