Local Company teams up with Crystal Lagoon to introduce waterfront blue water communities in Guyana

The Monarch Group, a local real estate development company, has signed an agreement with US-based technology company, Crystal Lagoon, to bring waterfront communities to Guyana.  The collaboration aims to bring beach life to Guyana, while introducing a new era of waterfront communities. In a statement today, it was explained that Crystal Lagoons’ innovative technology has […]

Restorative Justice to be used to ease prison population of non-violent, minor offenders

Through funding from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Ministry of Legal Affairs today commenced the training of Toshaos, Prison Officers and Probation Officers in Restorative Justice, hoping that it will lead to a reduction of the country’s prison population.  It is believed that the overuse of prison sentences, particularly for minor, non-violent offenses, has […]

Banks DIH considering move to the Court over growing number of vendors outside Demico House, Stabroek

After years of trying to remove vendors from the surroundings of the popular DEMICO House Building at the Stabroek Square, Banks DIH Limited is now contemplating a move to the Courts to have the problem addressed. While addressing shareholders on Saturday at the company’s Annual General Meeting, Chairman and Managing Director of Banks DIH, Clifford […]

Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo seeking to highlight more opportunities for Guyanese in Oil and Gas

Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat believes Guyana has made significant leaps and bounds since the 2023 Energy Conference. At a press conference this morning on this year’s conference which will take place from the 19th to 22nd February, the Natural Resources Minister said this year’s event will provide additional opportunities to Guyanese businesses across […]

20-year-old motorcyclist dies in early morning crash

A 20-year-old motorcyclist lost his life on Sunday in an early morning accident at Windsor Forest, on the West Coast of Demerara. Police investigators have identified the dead youth as Brandon Henry from Crane Housing Scheme on the same West Coast of Demerara. The tragic accident occurred at around 4 o’ clock on Sunday morning. […]

Norton calls for increased and more strategic spending on national defence to counter Venezuela’s ongoing claims of Essequibo

by Svetlana Marshall As the curtains came down on the National Budget Debates today, Leader of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton, hammered the Government over its “failure to prioritize Defence and Security”, in the context of the ongoing threats to the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.  The Opposition Leader questioned the rationale behind what he considers […]

AG assures National Assembly of appointment of new Judges and Magistrates soon and start of Constitutional reform process

Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall has announced that a number of Judicial appointments will be made soon, in an effort to increase the number of Magistrates and Judges in the country to better dispense of cases. He made the anouncement during his defence of the Government’s national budget. The Attorney General […]

Court orders former Linden Hospital CEO to pay nurses $20M in damages and issue public apology over “sleep out with sweet man” statement

The former Chief Executive Officer of the Linden Hospital Complex, Rudy Small, has been ordered to pay nurses at the hospital a total of $20 Million in damages and to issue a public apology in two daily newspapers and on social media, over defamatory statements against the nurses. Back in 2021, protests erupted at the […]

Health Ministry ignoring pleas of Health Professionals for better working conditions and salaries -Dr. Asha Kissoon tells Budget Debate

Leader of The New Movement Party and Joinder List Representative in the National Assembly, Dr. Asha Kissoon today decried the state of the health sector in Guyana, declaring that it is contributing to the exodus of nurses and doctors from the system, even as she acknowledged that some progress has been made.  Contributing to the […]