King Charles III arrives in Guyana
Photos: Office of the President
Bangladesh fight but Warrican, Campbell help West Indies edge ahead
(ESPN) Bangladesh fought back with three late wickets but West Indies held the edge when rain and bad light brought an early end to the second day’s play in Mirpur.
King Charles III to meet youth, businesspersons, indigenous community
During King Charles III’s two-day visit to Guyana beginning today, he will meet young people, business leaders, Indigenous community representatives, and innovators from across Guyanese society including at the Global Biodiversity Alliance conference.
VAMED presses gov’t on unpaid hospital work
VAMED Engineering has renewed allegations that the government failed to pay for certified work on the unfinished Paediatric and Maternal Hospital and allowed its British-backed financing to expire, issuing a statement today to coincide with King Charles III’s arrival in Guyana.
Ali’s call for reparations is hollow without renegotiation of oil deal
Dear Editor, An article in The Sunday Telegraph states: “In Guyana, president Irfaan Ali has been a loud and leading voice in the slave-trade reparations campaign”.
As criminal networks spread in Latin America, Quito is new battleground
QUITO, (Reuters) – For years, the neighbourhood watch group in the working-class area of Solanda in Ecuadorean capital Quito had patrolled their nighttime streets armed with little more than whistles and sticks, on the lookout for cellphone snatching and other petty crimes.
Opposition Leader, sister arrested
Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed and his sister, Hana Mohamed, have been arrested by police in separate incidents involving an investigation into an alleged $800,000 payment for surveillance footage and a complaint of property damage.
Guyana cannot afford to allow public trust in police force to deteriorate beyond repair
Dear Editor, The question that Guyanese must now seriously consider is this: Has the genie been let out of the bottle when it comes to the Guyana Police Force, and can it ever be put back?
Trinidad: Two women killed in brazen attack at Couva spa
(Trinidad Guardian) A Couva spa became the scene of a double murder yesterday morning when a masked gunman shot dead a customer and the business owner in front of other customers and employees before fleeing on a motorcycle.
Minibuses must not be allowed to stop at corner of David and Alexander Sts
Dear Editor, For the life of me I cannot understand why for years on end minibuses are allowed to stop abruptly and presumptuously on the corner of David & Alexander streets, Kitty a seemingly acceptable law by the authorities of the police force under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Mohamed calls for salary hikes for public servants, price controls
Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed has called for an immediate increase in public servants’ salaries of at least 100 per cent, the introduction of price controls on essential food items and urgent government intervention to address foreign currency shortages.
Law must follow evidence in Azruddin Mohamed and Orlando Jaikarran cases
Dear Editor, The alleged G$800,000 payment for surveillance footage must not obscure the State’s fundamental duty to establish what that footage reveals in Opposition Leader Mohamed’s case.
Slowe calls for scrutiny of police handling of Mohamed shooting footage
Retired senior police officer Paul Slowe has called for scrutiny of the Guyana Police Force’s handling of surveillance footage of the October 12 shooting involving Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed, alleging that investigators withheld material favourable to the defence while pursuing its disclosure.
CARICOM renews backing for Rodrigues-Birkett amid UN leadership deadlock
CARICOM Heads of Government have reaffirmed their endorsement of Guyana’s Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett for United Nations Secretary-General, calling for the next leader to come from Latin America and the Caribbean amid a deadlock in the selection process.
Benn says did not see Lowenfield alter SOPs, maintains tabulation figures were fabricated
-testifies about white bedsheet Former Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Commissioner Robeson Benn yesterday acknowledged that he did not personally see former Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield alter Statements of Poll (SOPs), change spreadsheets or enter figures into election documents, but maintained that he witnessed discrepancies during the disputed tabulation of the March 2020 election results.
Nandlall says unpaid traffic tickets will block licence renewals
Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC says measures will be introduced to prevent the renewal of vehicle and driving documents where traffic tickets remain unpaid, even as he renewed his warning to police against unlawfully detaining motorists and their vehicles for ticketable offences.
Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett’s journey remains an inspiration
Dear Editor, My memories of Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett go back to my final year at Santa Rosa Primary School.
Source for the number of practicing Hindus
Dear Editor, I write in response to Janette Bulkan’s second letter dated October 27, 2026, regarding this whole business around this idea of “this pujari”.
PAC chairman, WIN member abstained on Edghill proposal for backlogged accounts
-wanted time to review before vote Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Vishnu Panday last Monday abstained from a vote on a proposal by Public Works Minister Juan Edghill to examine multiple years of the Auditor General’s reports simultaneously, saying he wanted time to review the measure.
We should think about building a nuclear power plant
Dear Editor, We have now discovered that we have a very important mineral in our country, uranium.