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President Irfaan Ali and United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today signed a joint declaration at the Pentagon to expand defence cooperation, including training, combined exercises and support for Guyana’s ability to monitor its airspace.
A barge reportedly carrying approximately 8,000 barrels of waste oil at a private East Bank Demerara wharf has been brought upright and stabilised with its cargo intact, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) said on Wednesday, but several questions about the vessel and its cargo remain unanswered.
A 37-year-old Cuban labourer was fatally stabbed at his Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara residence on Tuesday night and his roommate is in police custody.
Guyana has slipped to 81st among 143 countries in the World Justice Project’s 2026 Rule of Law Index, with declines recorded in freedom of expression, assembly and civic participation, as well as judicial checks on government power.
Ryan Reeves produced a match-winning late assault as South Africa escaped with a one-wicket victory over West Indies Masters in the IMC Over-40s World Cup at Providence yesterday.
Guyana’s young basketball players will open their 2026 Inter-Guiana Games campaign against French Guiana on Friday, October 23, with the girls taking the court at 2:30 pm before the boys contest the second game of a double-header.
Every franchise in the Demerara Cricket Board’s (DCB) upcoming T10 fundraising tournament must field at least one Under-19 player in its starting XI, ensuring young cricketers receive playing opportunities when the eight-team competition takes place at the LBI Ground on November 22.
Police are investigating the alleged murder of six-year-old Orlando Jaikarran following the discovery of a partially decomposed child’s body in the Waterloo Main Canal, West Coast Berbice, on Tuesday.
The Guyana Defence Force Coast Guard did not receive coordinates from an aircraft that sighted a flare during the search for MV Barima survivors, and did not have recorded positions for all locations where survivors and bodies were recovered, its commander told the Commission of Inquiry.
More than three months after the MV Barima sank, relatives of victims returned to the Office of the President on Tuesday, demanding a timetable for raising the vessel and better communication about efforts to recover those still missing.
President Irfaan Ali says an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 persons have applied to the Guyana Development Bank since its October 5 launch, with submissions now being evaluated and grouped according to the sectors applicants intend to enter.
Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed on Tuesday called on Canadian and United States authorities to revoke the visas of Special Branch Head Senior Superintendent Prem Narine and urged international pressure for the release of CCTV footage relating to what he described as a failed assassination attempt.
The Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the MV Barima has not decided whether to summon the three men charged with murder in connection with the disaster, Chairman Justice Godfrey Phillip Smith said.
Dear Editor, The tragic deaths of two innocent children in Guyana, a six-year-old boy reportedly drowned by his own father and a three-year-old child who reportedly burned to death, have left me profoundly saddened and deeply concerned about the safety of our nation’s children.
Dear Editor, Magistrate Ravindra Mohabir clearly is in over his head in this government-made tragedy that is morphing into a politicized circus-type trial.
Dear Editor, I wish to bring to the urgent attention of the subject minister and the public the deteriorating state of the Internal Audit Department at the Guyana Power & Light Inc.
Dear Editor, The residents of Lamaha Gardens have noted that the Government of Guyana wants to continue the destruction of green in these times of climate change by engaging in outdated technologies supposedly to improve ‘parking’ by destroying parapets, some of which have trees which provide shade.
President Irfaan Ali has said an apology is the next step after King Charles III’s acknowledgement of the horrors of slavery, as Guyanese interviewed by Britain’s ITV News called for the monarch to confront the lasting consequences of Britain’s colonial rule.
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has welcomed Education Minister Sonia Parag’s assurance that J.E. Burnham Primary School will not close, but is calling for written confirmation that it will continue operating as a primary school and for details of proposed construction.
A 39-year-old construction worker was arrested on Monday after his legal representatives handed him over to police in connection with the killing of 17-year-old Akeem Bannister at Westminster, La Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara.
