Two officers and twenty-eight other ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have successfully completed an intensive Jungle Life Training programme conducted by the Brazilian Army’s 1st Jungle Infantry Brigade in Boa Vista, Brazil.
Brazil survived a World Cup last-32 scare when they battled back to beat Japan 2-1 after Gabriel Martinelli squeezed in a shot at the far post far into stoppage time yesterday.
The Amerindian Peoples Association (APA) has called for plans by Canadian company U92 Energy Corp to explore for uranium in Region Seven to be halted, arguing that the project has proceeded without consultation with affected Indigenous communities and in violation of the principle of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC).
Dear Editor, During the recent National Building Exposition, His Excellency President Irfaan Ali posed a direct question to a business leader of Comfort Sleep Inc: “What is his greatest problem in the business?” The
-says importation of cattle from Brazil is `backdoor deal’ The importation of cattle from Brazil for slaughter at the Onverwagt abattoir “stinks with corruption” and is a “backdoor deal” that does not benefit Guyanese, APNU Region Five Member of Parliament Vinceroy Jordan said yesterday.
Dear Editor, As I have followed the race to succeed António Guterres as UN Secretary-General, I have become increasingly convinced that the most qualified candidate in the field is the one without the most obvious résumé: Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett of Guyana.
The families of Collis Bristol and Akeem Burgess are offering a reward for information leading to the apprehension of the driver who fled the scene of the accident that claimed the men’s lives on Sunday night.
Six persons are now homeless following a devastating early morning fire yesterday which took down the entire wooden building at Lot 36 John Street, between D’Urban and Hadfield streets, Lodge.
Rice farmers across Guyana are expected to begin receiving government’s cash assistance from next week following the completion of a verification exercise by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB).
Morocco beat the Netherlands 3-2 on penalties yesterday to reach the World Cup last 16 after their Round of 32 matchup ended 1-1 following extra time, setting up a meeting with co-hosts Canada.
Guyana’s long-awaited National Sports Policy is expected to be implemented before the end of 2026, with Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson Jr.
The installation of the first magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine in the public healthcare system has commenced at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), marking what the government has described as a significant milestone in the country’s healthcare system.
Shadow Minister of Home Affairs Toshana Famey is calling for greater accountability and systemic reforms within the Guyana Police Force following the recent death of 44-year-old Hemat Kumar Mohamed while in custody at the Leonora Police Station lockups.
Dear Editor, One can easily argue that Guyana is not going through economic transformation but instead is experiencing a period of economic recovery with the addition of the oil and gas sector.
Police have arrested a fourth suspect in connection with the brutal killing of 39-year-old Levi Williams, whose decomposed body was discovered stuffed inside a barrel at Le Repentir Cemetery on Christmas night 2025.
Traffic charges against Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed, were dismissed yesterday at the Whim Magistrate’s Court by Magistrate Tuanna Hardy.
The International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G) yesterday called on the government to “promptly and fully” comply with last week’s High Court ruling ordering it to pay the remainder of the organisation’s 2022 subvention.
Twelve students have graduated from the University of Guyana’s inaugural Elementary Wapichan Language Course, marking what the institution says is a significant step in its efforts to preserve, promote and strengthen indigenous languages through higher education.
Dear Editor, It took time for the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) pioneers to get inside Guyana’s parliament.
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Priya Manickchand, officially commissioned a pedestrian bridge connecting Unity Street, La Grange, to Inner Bagotville over the weekend.
