Stories published on this date.
UNITED NATIONS, (Reuters) – An informal poll by the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday placed former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as the frontrunner in the race to become the 10th UN secretary-general, sources close to the process said.
(Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council today extended by six months the mandate of an international security force in Haiti intended to fight powerful armed groups that have taken control of much of the country.
Dear Editor, The phrase “The fastest growing economy in the world,” has become trite, frowned upon by and meaningless to, the average Guyanese.
Dear Editor, I have listened with disbelief to our great, great head of state crying or was it mewling, about the Barima tragedy.
LIVERPOOL, England, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Andy Burnham said today the Labour Party will contest the next election with a manifesto commitment to change the electoral system, after he announced he was establishing a national commission to look at reform.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – At least 11 people were killed yesterday in Haiti’s central Artibonite region by gang members after a deadly security operation, the local mayor said.
Two men are in police custody following the fatal chopping of a 23-year-old labourer at Friendship Village, Corentyne, Berbice, on Monday night.
(US State Department release) Under the Trump Administration, corrupt foreign officials can no longer freely enter the United States.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday met with Regional Executive Officers, Regional Education Officers and Regional Health Officers from all Administrative Regions at the Baridi Benab at State House.
Justice Nicola Pierre yesterday ordered the Commissioner of Information Charles Ramson Snr. to process and determine within 60 days three requests for information by commentator Christopher Ram.
Survivors and relatives of those who died in the MV Barima tragedy may apply to participate in the Commission of Inquiry, while anyone who could face significant criticism in its report must first be warned and given an opportunity to respond, under procedural rules published in the Official Gazette.
By Dr. Nand C. Bardouille For the second year in a row, two leading Caribbean voices laid bare disparate paradigms on international cooperation and multilateralism.
Leon Murray, who lost six members of his family in the MV Barima tragedy last July 18, says he has rejected a proposed $5 million payment from the government because he was being asked to accept the amount for the loss of all six relatives.
Dear Editor, The recent edition of Sources had an interview with survivors/ family members of the MV Barima tragedy, and it was heartbreaking to see the tears, hurt and trauma that were being expressed on the show.
Guyana ended the 2026 Chess Olympiad with contrasting final-round results, finishing 132nd in the Open division and 152nd in the women’s competition after play concluded on Sunday in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
Akash Singh, whose testimony was central to the prosecution’s case against the two men convicted of murdering cousins Joel and Isaiah Henry, yesterday pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter at the Berbice Assizes.
Dear Editor, Attorney General Hon. Anil Nandlall deserves credit for initiating a review of Guyana’s citizenship and immigration laws.
Attorneys for two of the three men charged with the murder of 73 passengers in the MV Barima disaster are asking the Charity Magistrate’s Court to stay the criminal proceedings, arguing that the prosecution amounts to an abuse of the court’s process.
Robin Persaud delivered one of the standout performances at Sunday’s AC Marriott/Carlton Wheelers Cycling Club Road Race, winning the Masters 35-and-over category and placing second in the Open event.
Guyanese novelist Jan Lowe Shinebourne, whose childhood at the Rose Hall sugar estate in Berbice shaped much of her writing, has died.
