By News Source Guyana on May 17, 2026
News, Politics
As the countdown begins to Guyana’s 60th Independence anniversary, President Irfaan Ali believes that the country’s journey after 60 years of independence is ongoing. Speaking at the opening of the Guyana Festival on Friday evening at the National Stadium in Providence, the President said the country continues to move forward as “One People, One Nation […]
By News Source Guyana on May 15, 2026
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Guyana’s Agent in the border case against Venezuela before the International Court of Justice, former Foreign Minister Carl Greenidge, today explained that Venezuela has always been inconsistent in its position on the border issue and its bilateral relations. Speaking at the conference being hosted by the Centre for International and Border Studies here in Georgetown, […]
By News Source Guyana on May 15, 2026
News, Politics
While admitting that the recent defection of additional members of the People’s National Congress to the People’s Progressive Party could have an impact on the party, longtime PNCR Member and Parliamentarian, Ganesh Mahipaul said the defections will not hamper the PNCR’s work. Earlier this week, General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Vice President Bharrat […]
By News Source Guyana on May 15, 2026
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Almost a year after local social media star, Daniel Wharton aka “Baby Skello” was charged for Blasphemous libel, he walked out of the Diamond Magistrates’ Court as a free man after the charge against him was dismissed. In June, 2025, Wharton was charged and remanded to prison over a song that he sang on his […]
By News Source Guyana on May 15, 2026
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Prime Minister Mark Phillips is assuring that the Wales Gas-to-Energy project will meets its target to go into operation this year. In a statement, the Prime Minister said works are being advanced by the contractor on the 300-MW project and the company remains commitment to deliver first power in the national grid by the end […]
By News Source Guyana on May 15, 2026
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In a frank discourse on the “Fault Lines in the Caribbean: CARICOM, Venezuela and Regional Geopolitics in an Era of Fragmentation,” Trade Research Fellow at the Sir Shridath Ramphal Center for International Trade, Law, Policies and Services at the UWI Cave Hill Campus, Dr Kai-Ann Skeete, believes Dr. Carla Barnett’s performance as Secretary General of […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2026
Crime, News
Guyana’s Customs Anti-Narcotics Unit (CANU) has issued a wanted bulletin for a Trinidad and Tobago national and a Guyanese for questioning about the alleged importation of cocaine and other drugs into Guyana. In a statement today, CANU identified the Trinidadian national as 23-year-old Ricardo Ramesh Chanarbhan. His last known address was Stadium Road, Providence in […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2026
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54-year-old Linden resident, Lester Baker, who was the driver of a minibus that was involved in a fatal accident along the Toka Trail in North Rupununi has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving. The accident occurred on the night of the 11th May, resulting in the death of 38-year-old Orin Davis, who was […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2026
News, Politics
The United States Government is looking to tap into Guyana’s bauxite industry and is also seeking to survey mining lands to identify other minerals, the U.S Under Secretary of Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg has said. Helberg, who met with President Irfaan Ali and other government officials on Wednesday during a visit to Guyana, told reporters […]
By News Source Guyana on May 14, 2026
Caribbean & International, News, Politics
Under the theme “Navigating the Future: Guyana, The Caribbean and Latin America in a Changing Global Environment”, the Centre for International and Border Studies Conference opened this morning with regional leaders, and academia taking stock of current global challenges and their impact on the Latin America and Caribbean Region. Assistant Secretary General of the Caribbean […]