—APNU MP calls for investigation, questions management’s response A 23-year-old supernumerary constable attached to the Albion Sugar Estate remained in a serious condition yesterday following a workplace accident on September 22, and APNU MP Vinceroy Jordan has called for an investigation and answers from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo).
The Ministries of Education and Tourism, Industry and Commerce yesterday met with representatives of Canada’s Niagara College to discuss curricula for the Hospitality and Tourism Training Institute (HTTI), which is being built at Port Mourant, Region Six.
Dear Editor, I express my sincere condolences to the family of Jan Lowe Shinebourne—Guyanese novelist—on her recent passing in the UK; I learnt that she’d been in special care for a while.
Starbucks has opened a new location at Giftland Mall, marking another expansion of the coffee chain’s presence in Guyana.
A 44-year-old miner was yesterday remanded to prison after pleading not guilty to possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking.
Dear Editor, As a Public Communications Analyst, I have been researching the issue of unauthorised emergency warning devices on private vehicles for some time, and I am pleased to see law enforcement taking stronger action against this practice.
Some 320 children with disabilities are to receive training in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), including robotics, under the seventh phase of the Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities’ (GCOPD) Inclusive Innovators programme.
Blanche Duke has celebrated her 102nd birthday, with a team from the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security visiting her at the Mercy Home in Vryheid’s Lust to mark the occasion.
In a recent interview with a local television station, President Irfaan Ali disclosed that the MV Barima tragedy continues to cause him “sleepless nights.”
A six-year-old boy died after sustaining a chop wound to his neck at Parika, East Bank Essequibo, this afternoon, the police said.
(Reuters) – Shubman Gill struck the fastest double century in one-day international history as India completed the second-highest successful chase in an ODI with an eight-wicket victory over West Indies in a run-filled second match of the three-game series in Guwahati today.
Shaka Phillips, called “Concrete Man”, has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for the July 2025 murder of teacher Jenel Pollydore, after pleading guilty to the offence.
JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – The co-pilot of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv tried to crash the plane after stabbing the pilot, but passengers then held him down while other pilots landed the plane safely in Saudi Arabia, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today.
ExxonMobil on Monday announced that it had hit the staggering mark of one billion barrels of oil from its wells in Guyana’s waters.
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-complainant says Walrond was told WIN parliamentarian Toshana Famey-Corlette, Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) and the Alliance For Change have called for an investigation into allegations of sexual assault and death threats against a senior police officer.
-following arrests in missing men probe A truck and other equipment were set on fire at Vigilance, East Coast Demerara yesterday afternoon during a protest following the reported arrest of the wife and brother of US-sanctioned Mark Cromwell in connection with the disappearance of two Surinamese men.
The Commission of Inquiry into the capsizing of the MV Barima is inviting survivors, relatives of victims and other interested persons to apply for standing to participate in its proceedings.
More than five decades after its formation, the Flying Stars Cycle Club is continuing its push to preserve Guyana’s cycling history while creating opportunities for a new generation through its 2026 Trifecta Criterium Memorial Series.
A firefighter administered CPR to a child who became unresponsive after inhaling smoke during Monday night’s fire at the Children and Family Home in Plum Park, Sophia, the Guyana Fire Service said yesterday.
