Badal accuses APNU+AFC and PPP of stealing his ideas

The recently formed Change Guyana party is accusing the two leading political parties, the APNU+AFC and the PPP of copying the ideas of Change Guyana. At a Press Conference hosted today at the Pegasus Hotel, Presidential Candidate of Change Guyana Robert Badal said he has been watching the major parties on the campaign trail and […]

Guyana eyeing Category 1 status after successful international audit

The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority is preparing to start engaging the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States to be granted Category One status for the country. A Category One status would allow direct flights between Guyana and the United States of carriers other than U.S owned airlines. The move by the Guyana Civil Aviation […]

Sophia squatters demand land “or no vote”

Some residents in the Sophia community started to claim already allocated government land over the weekend and earlier today, demanding that they be granted house lots or the government could face the possibility of them withholding their votes. Many of the residents have been converging in an area behind Cummings Lodge, marking off plots and […]

Exxon makes its 16th oil discovery offshore Guyana

Director, Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe, today, announced that ExxonMobil has made its 16th oil discovery offshore Guyana. The new discovery was made northeast of the producing Liza field at the Uaru well, on the Stabroek Block. This new discovery coupled with all other discoveries brings the estimated resource for the Stabroek Block to more than […]

GTT warns public again over scammers

 Local telecommunications company, GTT has issued another warning to its customers to guard themselves against scams that may be using the company’s name. In a statement on Friday, GTT urged customers to be more vigilant and seek verification of promotions as the company saw an increase in fraud reports during 2019. GTT’s Vice President of […]

Police charged for assault after breaking businessman’s jaw

Six months after a businessman was allegedly beaten at the hands of a Police Officer in a Police outpost, the policeman has found himself before the Court facing an assault charge. 27-year-old, Policeman, Jamal Watson appeared before Magistrate, Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus this morning and denied the allegation made against him. The Court heard that on the […]

23-years in jail for unlawful killing of Festival City youth

A-29-year-old North Ruimveldt resident was sentenced to 23 years in jail today after admitting to the execution-style killing of Festival City resident Christopher Wharton. In Court today, the accused Rickford Jones called Junie appeared before Justice Sandel Kissoon and entered a guilty plea to the lesser count of manslaughter. He admitted to the unlawful killing […]