Housing and vulnerability
The government’s proposed social housing programme is being presented as an intervention for some of the most vulnerable people in Guyana.
Woman, 75, dies two weeks after struck by GDF officer’s vehicle
Seventy-five-year-old Patricia Cornelius has died after being struck by a vehicle driven by a Guyana Defence Force (GDF) officer nearly two weeks ago, with the officer still not in police custody as the family seeks answers over whether charges will now be brought.
CARICOM group raises concerns over Haiti’s readiness for December polls
The CARICOM Eminent Persons Group (EPG) has raised concerns about voter registration and security in Haiti as preparations continue for the first round of elections scheduled for December 13.
750 victims of MV Barima being helped – President
At a press conference today, President Irfaan Ali disclosed that 750 victims of the July 18 MV Barima disaster are being assisted by the government’s HEART relief initiative.
Killing at Triumph resulted from loud music, drinking at Chinese supermarket
Dear Editor, A young man was shot and killed by a security guard on Saturday night, in front of the Smiling Supermarket on Triumph Line top.
Lula, Bolsonaro neck-and-neck in Brazil runoff polls ahead of election
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Two opinion polls released today showed Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro statistically tied in a potential second-round runoff ahead of next month’s election.
Elite League Season VIII: Substitute scorers power GDF rout
…as champions Slingerz stay strong The Guyana Defence Force gathered four goals from second-half substitutes in a dominant 6–0 win over Den Amstel as the GFF Elite League continued with two decisive results at the National Training Centre, Providence.
Ali again agrees Exxon contract was bad but still rules out rejigging
President Irfaan Ali has again acknowledged that the controversial 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) with ExxonMobil was a bad deal which benefited the company more than Guyana, but he maintained that his government could not discard the contract.
Gov’t has to own and fix its failures
Dear Editor, The Government must stop treating every critic as an enemy and every national failure as someone else’s fault.
Tridents men trounce Amazon Warriors by six wickets
(CPL) The Barbados Tridents ended the group stage of the 2026 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) in style, defeating the Guyana Amazon Warriors by six wickets at Kensington Oval.
Social and community development shouldn’t become so closely tied to one corporation
Dear Editor, Is ExxonMobil Guyana increasingly becoming perceived not simply as ExxonMobil operating in Guyana, but as “ExxonMobil & Guyana”?
DDL after-tax profit for 1st half of 2026 up by 3.7%
-returns negatively affected by energy, other costs Demerara Distillers Limited’s (DDL) after-tax profit for the first half of this year rose by 3.7% from $2.202b last year to $2.284b this year.
Duncan raises safety concerns over $87.8m Bartica multipurpose hall
Opposition Member of Parliament Sherod Duncan has raised questions about the structural integrity of the incomplete $87.8 million multipurpose hall at Mongrippa Hill, Bartica, saying that work is continuing despite defects reportedly identified by the Audit Office.
Ali confirms Guyana has accepted six US deportees
–‘The United States cannot just dump people into Guyana’ President Irfaan Ali has confirmed that Guyana has accepted six persons deported from the United States under a third-country arrangement, while maintaining that the country conducts its own vetting and can reject anyone proposed for transfer.
Six High Court judges reassigned across Eastern Caribbean
Six High Court judges are to be reassigned across several Eastern Caribbean jurisdictions this month in what the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) has described as part of its regional deployment of judicial officers.
Amazon Warriors women defeat Tridents
(CPL) Guyana Amazon Warriors defeated the Barbados Tridents for the first time in Limacol WCPL history, securing a fighting five-wicket victory yesterday afternoon at Kensington Oval.
Skeldon student dies after motorcycle collides with horse
A 14-year-old student died early Saturday morning after the motorcycle on which he was being transported collided with a horse along the Number 50 Village Public Road, Corentyne.
Former Sophia Primary head Sharon Chapman dies
The education fraternity is mourning the death of former Sophia Primary School head Sharon Chapman, the latest in a series of recent deaths involving serving and retired educators.
72 pounds cocaine found in abandoned pickup on Ituni trail
Police are investigating the discovery of 72.1 pounds of cocaine in an abandoned pickup along the Five Miles–Ituni Trail in Region Ten.
The Houthis have risen and Trump is in a vise
Dear Editor, U.S. President Donald Trump planned well, convinced he had the right plot. The outcomes have not bowed to his will, as he had imagined.