Guyana should focus on expanding trade with the EU and Canada
Dear Editor, As Canada strengthens its partnership with the European Union, we too as a nation must also pursue a similar strategy to diversify and strengthen our trade partnerships.
50 graduate from GPHC healthcare programmes
Fifty healthcare workers on Wednesday graduated from three specialised training programmes offered by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC).
MV Barima compensation: Victimhood or rights?
On Monday, President Irfaan Ali announced that his Government had disbursed $123 million to some 750 persons affected by the MV Barima tragedy and that twenty turnkey houses would be provided to affected families.
Nation’s late heroics deliver Warriors’ first WCPL crown
Chedean Nation played the T20 innings of her life to guide the Guyana Amazon Warriors to their maiden Limacol Women’s Caribbean Premier League title with a dramatic two-wicket victory over the Trinbago Knight Riders at Kensington Oval.
Abhishek Sharma smashes fastest T20I hundred by a Full Member batter
(ESPN) Abhishek Sharma has broken the record for the fastest T20I hundred by a Full Member batter.
Rastafari groups propose Jamaica–Ethiopia repatriation pilot
The Ethio-Africa Diaspora Union Millennium Council (EADUMC) is proposing a Jamaica–Ethiopia pilot programme for the voluntary repatriation and resettlement of Rastafari and other members of the African diaspora.
Australia’s Smith still has flashbacks to aftermath of ball-tampering scandal
SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Former Australia captain Steve Smith believes he was “thrown to the wolves” after the 2018 ball-tampering scandal and says he still gets flashbacks to his exit from South Africa and arrival back home when he hears the sound of camera shutters.
Trans Guyana aircraft runs off Mabaruma airstrip
The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has dispatched an accident investigation team to Mabaruma, Region One, after a Trans Guyana Airways aircraft ran off the runway this morning.
Supermarket guard shot dead at Non Pareil
Police in Regional Division 4 ‘C’ are investigating the fatal shooting of 25-year-old Keion Wilman at a supermarket in Non Pareil, East Coast Demerara last night.
Climate change likely to have helped trigger Nepal glacier collapse, scientists say
SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – Climate change is highly likely to have contributed to the catastrophic glacier collapse that flooded parts of Nepal and Tibet in late August, killing around 1,400 people and leaving thousands still missing, scientists said today.
Berbice Bridge company in voluntary liquidation
The shareholders of the Berbice Bridge Company Inc (BBCI) have voted to wind up the company and have appointed chartered accountant Raan Motilall as liquidator, according to notices published in the Official Gazette.
Guyana Development Bank Act to take effect October 5 – Singh
The Guyana Development Bank Act will come into operation on October 5, clearing the way for the launch of the state-owned lending institution with an initial injection of $20 billion.
Sadaqat makes CPL history as Kingsmen eliminate Tridents
Maaz Sadaqat became the youngest centurion in Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League history as the Jamaica Kingsmen crushed the Barbados Tridents by nine wickets in yesterday’s Eliminator at Kensington Oval.
Exxon advances talks to return to Venezuela’s Orinoco Belt, sources say
CARACAS/HOUSTON, (Reuters) – ExxonMobil is negotiating to return to Venezuela and has shown interest in the large Petromonagas heavy oil project in the Orinoco Belt – where the US energy major previously had a stake – as well as in areas in the neighboring Carabobo block, according to people familiar with the matter.
Mohamed questions December start-up for gas-to-energy project
—points to incomplete transmission works at Wales Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed yesterday questioned whether the gas-to-energy project will deliver electricity by December, pointing to what he said were incomplete transmission and substation works at Wales, West Bank Demerara.
US ambassador meets Strategic Bauxite principals on US$150m expansion
United States Ambassador Nicole Theriot has met representatives of Strategic Bauxite Inc to discuss plans to expand its refractory-grade bauxite operations in Guyana following the company’s acquisition of First Bauxite LLC.
Guyana’s debt rose by US$830.2m in first half of year
Guyana’s public and publicly guaranteed debt increased by US$830.2 million during the first half of this year to US$8.573 billion, the 2026 Mid-Year Report shows.
Newborn found dead in garbage receptacle at Orange Walk
A newborn baby was found dead in a garbage receptacle at a waste disposal site at Orange Walk, Bourda, yesterday afternoon, prompting a police investigation.
MARAD, VAMED disputes heading to arbitration in Guyana – Nandlall
Two major commercial disputes involving the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) and Austrian healthcare contractor VAMED are to be heard in Guyana, with the claims collectively valued at hundreds of millions of dollars, Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC has disclosed.
‘Courts can review what I say but cannot stop me’ – Nandlall
Attorney General Anil Nandlall SC on Tuesday defended his right to criticise the conduct of judicial officers, declaring that the courts may review his statements but cannot prevent him from speaking when he believes the administration of justice is being undermined.
