-Lindeners attend outreach despite protest The government is launching a programme to build small, one-bedroom houses for destitute persons, including elderly citizens abandoned by their families, Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo announced yesterday during a public outreach at Watooka House in Linden.
The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) yesterday called on the government to review its proposed state-owned water bottling plant, warning that the venture could compete with existing local manufacturers, discourage private investment and distract the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) from its primary mandate.
The Parakeese Area Council, Moruca in Region One yesterday called for an apology from the government over the MV Barima disaster that claimed at least 73 lives and the resignation of ministers responsible for the transport sector.
Three Cuban nationals were yesterday charged with the murder of Yudivian Cardenas Amador Almagro at Diamond, East Bank Demerara.
Police are investigating a collision on the Number 22 Public Road, West Coast Berbice, which claimed the life of 42-year-old Carlton Pluck of Number 8 Village and left three other persons injured.
Chelsea Edghill delivered Guyana’s best result during yesterday’s table tennis singles action at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games, sweeping her opening opponent before bowing out in the Round of 32 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Scores of passengers were still aboard the MV Ma Lisha last night, more than seven hours after the vessel was scheduled to depart Georgetown for Kumaka.
– but APNU maintains ‘no business as usual’ with Edghill Even as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Vishnu Panday is pushing to have meetings continue during the period that parliament usually goes into recess each year – August 10 to October 10 – the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) says its position regarding Public Works Minister Juan Edghill has not changed.
The Santa Rosa Village Council yesterday said that it had not given approval for the visit of Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed to the village today.
Andre Cummings made a winning return to competitive golf on Sunday, capturing the overall title when Round Five of the Promotech and Danny Auto Sales National Top Flight Golf League Tour Number Two resumed at the Lusignan Golf Club.
Residents of Princes Street, Georgetown, particularly those living along the stretch between Cemetery Road and Mandela Avenue, have for years been forced to live with a row of visibly leaning utility poles that they say pose a serious safety hazard.
STRIDE592 will launch the third edition of its national SOCA Heart campaign this week, beginning a three-month programme aimed at improving heart health, encouraging physical activity and building healthier communities across Guyana.
The Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) issued 37 warnings to Facebook users over ethnic hate speech between June 20 and July 28, while three new complaints were received during the period and 13 matters remained under active investigation.
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Minister within the Ministry of Public Works Madanlall Ramraj has expressed satisfaction with the pace of the Corentyne road expansion project, with Lot Two reportedly ahead of schedule.
As we continue to come to terms with the devastation that occurred on July 18 when the MV Barima capsized, this nation is still navigating profound grief.
Pakistan seized control yesterday on an absorbing day of Test cricket that went one way and then the other.
Guyana’s dining landscape on July 28 welcomed a new addition with the official opening of Padrón Mediterranean, a restaurant that seeks to transport diners to the sun-drenched coasts of Mediterranean while celebrating Guyana’s emergence as a dynamic destination.
As protest action intensified in Linden today, demonstrators, including members of all of the opposition parties, breached police barricades outside Watooka House and surged into the compound, reaching the stairs leading to the upper flat of the building.
Guyana’s women finished sixth in the 3×3 basketball competition at the 2026 Central American and Caribbean Games in Santo Domingo yesterday after defeating Guatemala 15-11 before suffering a 15-7 loss to Cuba in the fifth-place playoff.
