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The South Rupununi District Council (SRDC) today fired back at the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association, (GGDMA) over the association’s rejection of calls to halt mining in the Marudi area over a recent gang attack. The Council today denounced the Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA), describing its response to the concern of […]
Police investigators are probing the shooting of a 14-year-old boy late on Thursday night at Durban Park in Georgetown. The teenager is a patient of the Georgetown Hospital nursing a gunshot wound to his chest. According to a Police statement, the teen told investigators that at around 10:40 on Thursday night, he was in the […]
In wake of the firing of 65 workers who were contracted for the gas to shore project without warning, the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union through its Oil and Gas Branch is one again pressing for union representation for workers in the oil and gas sector and related fields. The 65 workers were laid […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo today said the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) should have all systems in place by August 2025 to facilitate General and Regional Elections. Ahead of those elections, the Opposition wants the Voters’ List to be sanitized, and systems to be put in place for electronic voting and the use of biometrics at […]
Longtime Parliamentarian and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance, Gail Teixeira, has been bestowed with the prestigious Commonwealth Parliamentarian Lifetime Achievement Award at the 67th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Conference in Sydney, Australia. The award was presented during the conference’s award ceremony today. Speaker of the National Assembly, Manzoor Nadir accepted the award on behalf of […]
The Guyana Gold and Diamond Miners Association (GGDMA) has dismissed a call by the South Rupununi District Council for there to be a suspension of mining activities in the Marudi area following last weekend’s attack and abductions by a suspected Brazilian gang. The Gold Miners body described the call to suspend mining in the Marudi […]
US President-elect Donald Trump is two months away from being sworn in, but Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo is already planning to engage the incoming Trump administration to counter what he considers to be “lies” that have been told on the Guyana Government. Mr. Jagdeo opened his weekly press conference at Freedom House this afternoon by […]
Venezuelan born Shaneeza Persaud is this year’s University of Guyana Valedictorian. Born to a Venezuelan mother and Guyanese father, Persaud completed a Bachelor of Science in Marketing at UG’s School of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation (SEBI). At the 58th Convocation ceremony this morning, Persaud spoke of her hardships in completing her degree. She explained that […]
The University of Guyana began its three days of graduation ceremonies today, with a call by President Irfaan Ali for graduates to remain in Guyana and assist in the building of the country. In his recorded remarks at this morning’s ceremony, the President said Guyana is in need of people that are trained and qualified. […]
A 37-year-old man from Rosignol, Berbice who was hired to transport just over $10 million from a cambio in Georgetown to a jewellery company in Berbice has been arrested after for allegedly stashing the cash for himself and claiming that he had been robbed. The Police said Paramdeo Victor turned up at the Mahaica Police […]
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