Police instituted 50 cybercrime-related cases in 2025, resulting in 15 convictions, Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken disclosed at the Guyana Police Force’s Cybersecurity Awareness and Resilience Symposium.
The past few weeks have brought interesting developments for West Indies cricket, both on and off the field.
BANGKOK, (Reuters) – The son of Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi said today that he had spoken with his mother for the first time in more than five years while she remains under house arrest.
With a deadlock in the contest after six rounds of voting, the UAE yesterday nominated its Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh for the post of UN Secretary General.
Leonora Stadium will host four Concacaf Nations League B matches from November 12 to 17, 2026, with Guyana’s meetings against the Cayman Islands and Puerto Rico offering the hosts a chance to seal promotion to League A and automatic Gold Cup qualification.
Jaden Taylor’s climb to third place has added interest to the battle for the remaining Pegasus Weekly Chess League podium spots, with three players level on four points ahead of the October 26 finale at the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown.
MYO will play twice on Sunday, October 25, as the Georgetown Cricket Association stages 11 second-division T20 matches over the weekend, alongside two first-division 50-over encounters.
Waste oil collected from Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) facilities remained aboard a leaking barge for months after arrangements for its export stalled, with the vessel’s owner warning the High Court in May that its deteriorating condition threatened a major spill in the Demerara River, according to court documents seen by this publication.
A pujari is now in police custody alongside the father of six-year-old Orlando Jaikarran as investigators continue probing the child’s horrific murder and examine items recovered from the Waterloo Main Canal and a house at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice.
MARAD vessels searching for survivors of the MV Barima disaster decided where to search without coordinating coverage with other vessels, the Commission of Inquiry heard yesterday.
Police should not detain vehicles over unpaid traffic tickets but must proceed against the persons required to answer the charges, Attorney General Anil Nandlall has said.
Civil society organisations yesterday called for Ministers Juan Edghill and Deodat Indar and three senior maritime and transport officials to be placed on administrative leave pending the findings of the Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima disaster, while demanding specialist forensic expertise for the recovery of the wreck.
The Ministry of Housing is inviting expressions of interest for 15 lots of infrastructure works at Wales, West Bank Demerara, and Overwinning, East Bank Berbice, under a Saudi Fund for Development (SFD)-financed housing project.
A MARAD vessel used to transport 50 survivors of the MV Barima disaster did not have enough blankets for everyone rescued, despite concerns about hypothermia, the Commission of Inquiry heard yesterday.
The Vigilant Political Action Committee (VPAC) has called for a formal review of Avinash Contracting’s performance on the delayed $1.7 billion Karasabai Secondary School and for the company to be considered for debarment from future public contracts if the evidence and procurement rules warrant it.
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has called for Ministers Juan Edghill and Deodat Indar to give evidence before the Commission of Inquiry into the MV Barima tragedy, saying scrutiny must extend beyond operational personnel to those responsible for policy, supervision and institutional preparedness.
Dear Editor, On Monday October 19, a new organisation called the Guyana Association of Retired Persons (GARP) was launched at the exclusive Georgetown Club.
Georgetown’s Lighthouse Department operates from a single room on the top floor of the Marriott Hotel, lighthouse attendant David Chisholm told the Commission of Inquiry into the sinking of the MV Barima yesterday.
Dear Editor, As the Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the fatal sinking of the MV Barima continues its public hearings, early testimony from key officials has exposed critical gaps in operational communication, alert classification, and inter-agency response times. The
Dear Editor, I write with disappointment following reports of former President and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Mr.
