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The St. George’s High School went up in flames this afternoon resulting in the displacement of more than 420 students and several teachers. The Guyana Fire Service was summoned to the early afternoon blaze after the security and a teacher raised an alarm when smoke was seen billowing from a section of the two-story wooden […]
While noting that the Guyana Government continues to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts to fight the trafficking of persons, the US State Department’s 2022 Trafficking-in-Persons report highlighted the fact that for the first time in four years, there were no convictions of persons involved in trafficking in persons. The US State Department’s International Trafficking-in-Persons report […]
As part of the efforts to prevent cases of suicide in Guyana, the Government will present a Bill to the National Assembly to address preventative measures to combat suicide and mental health awareness. A section of the Bill will also seek the repeal of the law which makes attempted suicide a criminal offense in Guyana. […]
Faced with reports of a shortage of sugar and price gouging across the country, the Government of Guyana has directed the Guyana Sugar Corporation to make sugar available to the Guyana Marketing Corporation for sale at a lower price than supermarkets and shops. The President’s Office announced this morning that the GMC which is located […]
The International Building Expo being hosted by the Ministry of Housing and Water opens on Friday at the National Stadium in Providence and will continue until Sunday. The event which is being promoted as the largest building expo in the Caribbean has caught the eyes of a number of international companies that have an interest […]
President of the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union, Seepaul Narine is standing firm behind the sugar workers who recently staged protest actions at two estates, making it clear that GAWU will not be deterred in its calls for workers to be respected. In a letter to the press addressing recent criticism of the protest […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today heard arguments for the case about whether the Guyana Court of Appeal has the jurisdiction to hear and determine the appeal filed to challenge the dismissal of the APNU+AFC’s Election Petition 99 of 2020. At the heart of the case before the CCJ is whether the Chief Justice […]
President Irfaan Ali, on Monday, joined investors of Pasha Global Investments for the sod turning exercise for a 500-room hotel to be constructed at Lilliendaal on the East Coast of Demerara. The first phase of the project will see 150 rooms being constructed by the end of 2024 and the second phase will see between […]
Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Judge, Jacob Wit today took a swipe at the slow pace at which election petitions are being dealt with in Guyana. Admitting that the issue is not confined to Guyana, Justice Wit said the system here seems to be more comfortable punishing litigants for a few days of late service […]
Five days after a 19-year-old West Demerara construction worker died from stab wounds after he was attacked on his way home, a 23-year-old construction worker has been charged and remanded for the murder. The accused, Keon Carr appeared in Court today and was not required to enter a plea to the murder of Chris Gaichan […]
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