Dear Editor, Please allow me, through the good offices of Kiskadee Watch, to congratulate Judge Navi Pillay, former international judge and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights – and my friend – on her richly deserved award of the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday rejected claims made by Dorwain Bess, co-founder of VPAC, suggesting that approximately one million pounds of contaminated chicken may be on the local market for purchase and consumption by Guyanese.
Guyana has retained the highest ranking in the United States’ annual assessment of efforts to combat human trafficking, although the latest report records fewer investigations, reduced funding and a sharp fall in the number of identified victims referred to care.
Head of the five-member Commission of Inquiry (CoI) set up to investigate the circumstances surrounding the MV Barima disaster, Belizean Justice of Appeal Godfrey Phillip Smith has said that the Commission cannot say at present if it will be able to cover the travel costs of all the persons who will be coming to give evidence.
After years of disability caused by haemophilia, 48-year-old Pooran Sookdeo is walking again following what the GPHC says was a complex surgical procedure made possible through international collaboration.
Dear Editor, The daughter of a missing MV Barima passenger told the Commission of Inquiry that she has no confidence in the probe.
Nathan Henry recorded three singles victories across two age groups as the National Junior and Senior Badminton Tournament got underway at the National Gymnasium, Mandela Avenue, on Thursday, October 8.
Three-year-old Keron Atkinson is feared drowned after disappearing in a waterway at Agatash Village, Cuyuni-Mazaruni on Friday.
The five-member Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the MV Barima tragedy yesterday visited two dry docks on the East Bank Demerara as part of its preliminary investigations into the circumstances surrounding the vessel’s capsizing last July 18.
Sixteen teams will chase places in the Courts Optical Pee Wee football quarter-finals today, when the competition’s knockout action unfolds at the Ministry of Education Ground on Carifesta Avenue.
A management committee will be established to oversee designated truck parking facilities, with fees and operational arrangements to be announced in the coming days, Minister of Housing Collin Croal said yesterday.
APNU parliamentarian Terrence Campbell has called for urgent action over conditions at a toilet used by Corriverton market vendors and patrons, citing a municipal employee’s complaints about inadequate cleaning supplies, a lack of safety gloves and alleged threats of victimisation.
Kyle Jonathan Griffith, 24, is being sought by the police in relation to rape. A police bulletin yesterday gave his last known address as 41 Main Street, Anns Grove.
Dear Editor, In an article published Friday October 9, 2026 in Kiskadee Watch titled “Meadowbrook Gardens residents demand suspension of GPL’s transmission line work”, this group of residents has expressed a concern which we the residents of Lodge housing scheme, share.
Gafsons Industries Limited (Gafoors) is pursuing several new manufacturing projects. This is according to Deputy Factory Manager, Jitendra Mishrah, according to a release from the GNBS.
Dear Editor, The President’s response on the debt burden Guyana is currently saddled with reminds me of my boyhood days when we would shake the carbon in a can and then apply some fire for it to explode.
Uprising will look to build on consecutive victories when they face Peters Hall and Eccles at Canal No.
Dear Editor, The recent announcement that the Ministry under embattled Minister Edghill’s responsibility is considering working with the Guyana-Colombian Chamber of Commerce to potentially carry out a number of key infrastructural projects raises significant concerns.
(Reuters) – ExxonMobil blocked a proposal for partners in the Kashagan oil field in Kazakhstan to make a settlement with the country’s government over a disputed US$5 billion environmental fine, Bloomberg News reported yesterday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Dear Editor, “One People One Space One Destiny”. This caught my attention as I listened to the address of the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso to the General Assembly of the United Nations.
