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A Lieutenant Coast Guard in the Guyana Defence Force, who served as the special assistant to the recently retired Chief of Staff, lost his life late last night after he was gunned down during a robbery in Culdesac Street, North Ruimveldt area. 33-year-old Rondel Douglas, was left to die in the street after putting up […]
by Svetlana Marshall Five months after a fire ripped through the Christ Church Secondary School in Georgetown, displacing hundreds of students, its rebuilding is about to begin. The Ministry of Education today signed seven contracts totaling $688.159M for the reconstruction of the school, which will see a three-story structure with 20 classrooms and science and […]
Two young children perished in a fire that ripped through their home at Market Road in Mahaica this afternoon. Family members have identified the two victims as 9-year-old Anamika Hardat and 3-year-old Shameena Hardat. The Guyana Fire Service was alerted to the fire at 1:30 this afternoon and immediately dispatched one of its tenders from […]
While choosing to stay away from this year’s Local Government Elections, the Alliance For Change continues to pay keen attention to the contest, and is now urging voters not to support the PPP. Leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), Khemraj Ramjattan has issued a call on the villages and towns that are usually big […]
As he praised his government for advancing development in the areas of Health, Education and Infrastructure, President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday told the people of Anna Regina that those who have crossed over to the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) have faced their demons, and are now moving on. While serenading supporters, the President said it […]
In wake of the Canadian Government announcing visa free travel for a number of CARICOM countries, the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce is renewing its call for Guyanese to be approved for visa free travel to Canada. In a statement on Tuesday, the Chamber of Commerce said that having established diplomatic relations with Guyana since 1964, […]
One week after the lifeless bodies of a 38-year-old woman and her 13-year-old daughter were found in their Providence home, the cause of death has not been determined. Government Pathologist, Dr. Nehaul Singh carried out a post-mortem examination on the two bodies on Tuesday and said the cause of death was “undeterminable”, owing to the […]
Canada has announced that it will allow visa-free travel to “known travelers” from 13 more countries, including a number of Caribbean countries. The visa-free travel has been extended to Antigua and Barbuda, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, St Kitts-Nevis, Panama, Argentina, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Morocco, Seychelles, Thailand and the Philippines. Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, […]
The Customs Anti Narcotics Unit is continuing its efforts to uproot the marijuana cultivation and drug trafficking trade across the country. In one of its latest operations in Corentyne, Berbice, which was carried out on Monday, CANU agents moved into #65 village and found eight large bags of marijuana stashed near a koker. In a […]
Afro-Guyanese Entrepreneurs operating in Guyana will soon get an opportunity to compete for $2 Million as part of the Black Entrepreneurs Association’s Emancipation Pitch Business Competition. During a launch of the pitch competition at Herdmanston Lodge today, Vice Chairman of the Black Entrepreneurs Association (BEA), Melissa Varswyk said the Emancipation Pitch Competition was birthed out […]
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