Politics

Crop insurance initiative launched for rice industry

President Irfaan Ali, this morning launched a crop insurance initiative which will benefit more than 6,000 rice farmers across the country. The initiative is aimed at providing financial and other support to rice farmers that experience crop damage due to flooding, pesticide or pesticide infestation. During the launch of the initiative in Essequibo, the President […]

OAS signs agreement to deploy Election Observers to Guyana

The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of Guyana have signed the agreement for the deployment of the Electoral Observer Mission (EOM) that will observe the Guyana’s upcoming General and Regional Elections on September 1, 2025. The agreement was signed at the OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, by OAS Secretary General Albert Ramdin […]

West Indies Agricultural Economics Conference opens in Guyana

The 35th West Indies Agricultural Economics Conference opened on Monday at the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus, under the theme “Drivers for Agriculture and Economic Development.” Hosted by the University of Guyana’s Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry in collaboration with the Caribbean Agro-Economic Society (CAAES), and the Ministry of Agriculture, the conference is focusing on […]

$560.7 Million new Brickdam Secondary School commissioned

President Irfaan Ali has described the commissioning of the new Brickdam Secondary School as part of the “concrete actions” being undertaken by his Government to transform the Education Sector. The new school building was commissioned on Monday afternoon where the former St. Mary’s Secondary once stood on Brickdam. The new school was built at a […]

Norton says APNU will form a Government of “honesty and integrity”; Offers glimpse of manifesto plans

APNU Presidential Candidate Aubrey Norton on Sunday addressed supporters in Melanie on the East Coast of Demerara and said it was time to take back the country from the hands of the corrupt. “We are saying to you, we will govern with integrity. We will govern will honesty,” Norton assured. Promising to lead the country […]

APNU will return integrity and honesty to Government and Police Force -says former Deputy Top Cop

Repeatedly beating his chest, former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Dr. Paul Williams made a call last night for Guyanese to “wake up,” and vote the PPP out of office. Detailing that for the last five years, Guyana has been the subject of increasing crime and violence, injustice, human rights violations and corruption, Williams said it […]

Fernandes promises larger carbon credit share and equitable development under an APNU-led Government

In her hometown of Bartica, APNU Prime Ministerial Candidate, Juretha Fernandes, blasted the governing People’s Progressive Party and its policies, which she believes, have left Bartica and the wider Region Seven community behind. Region Seven is known for its gold and diamond mining, and the town of Bartica is its regional capital. At an APNU […]