Frustration over weeks of intermittent electricity and water supply, a broken school bus and deteriorating roads spilled onto the streets of Linden on Tuesday as protesters gathered outside Watooka Guest House, where Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo was leading a government outreach with several ministries.
Minister of Public Works, Bishop Juan Edghill, who has faced mounting calls for his resignation following the MV Barima disaster, has declared from the pulpit that he has been bitten by a “venomous beast” but will not die.
Dear Editor, I write to commend Mr. Lancelot Hyman for his timely letter, which arrives as the Public Accounts Committee meets.
As Guyana continues to mourn the devastating MV Barima tragedy, 23 United States Peace Corps volunteers have been sworn in to serve in communities across the country, with U.S.
Dear Editor, Last November I wrote to the BV/Triumph NDC to utilise part of the parapet (Council’s reserve) opposite my place of abode.
The U.S. Southern Command activated the Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM) on Tuesday, a purpose-built, force that will synchronize U.S.
Forty persons recently benefited from cancer screening and diagnostic services during an outreach at the Enmore Regional Hospital. The exercise was conducted by the Lotus Cancer Initiative Inc.,
A sleeping driver crashed into a parked lorry on the parapet along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway yesterday.
The police say they are investigating the discovery of an AK-47 assault rifle and two magazines in a drain at ‘C’ Field, Sophia, yesterday morning.
On Tuesday Vice-President Jagdeo and several ministers journeyed to Linden for an outreach at Watooka House.
Pakistan defeated West Indies by eight wickets on the fourth morning to level the Test series 1-1 and secure their first away victory in the format in three years.
Guyana’s Desmond Amsterdam, Colin Lewis and Terron Wintz were eliminated from the boxing competition at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games after suffering quarterfinal defeats at Combat Pavilion No.
…in Beharry Secondary Schools Under-19 T20 Abram Zuil Secondary completed a commanding run through Zone 1 of the 2026 Beharry Secondary Schools Under-19 T20 tournament by defeating Charity Secondary by 131 runs in the final at the new Anna Regina Stadium.
Book review by Christopher Ram One afternoon in 1957, a young civil servant batting in the nets at the East Indian Cricket Club looked up and found Cheddi Jagan running in to bowl at him.
Dear Editor, The People’s Protest on August 4, 2026, in Linden, led by Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed, was a wake-up call.
Following a series of stakeholder discussions in Georgetown, Guyana in June 2026, The Carter Center today called on Guyanese officials to implement the recommendations in its final report on Guyana’s 2025 General and Regional Elections.
Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed today accused the government of restricting the movement of opposition parliamentarians after he said that a boat transporting him and MPs Tabitha Sarabo-Halley and Dawn Hastings-Williams was prevented from proceeding to Moruca.
Dear Editor, Political scientists and historians recognize that sedition rarely announces itself. It arrives through identifiable stages—warning signs that escalate if unheeded.
Dear Editor, I write with a mixture of fury and hopelessness as yet another sugar crop season unravels before our very eyes in 2026.
as many as 30 may still be missing The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) yesterday announced the conclusion of search and recovery operations following the deadly sinking of the MV Barima, bringing an end to more than two weeks of efforts to locate victims of the tragedy with as many as 30 persons still unaccounted for.
