—eight lorry occupants injured, two drivers in custody A 47-year-old Number 67 Village woman died on Thursday afternoon after she was struck during an accident involving two motor lorries on the Number 67 Public Road, Corentyne, while eight occupants of one of the vehicles sustained minor injuries.
—MPs considering amendments to legislation, Norton says APNU Leader Aubrey Norton yesterday said the party supports the establishment of a development bank but fears that the government-controlled Guyana Development Bank could become a “slush fund” used to benefit PPP/C supporters and discriminate against others.
Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed has called for residents of Swan to be provided with access to electricity and water, following a visit to the small community on the Linden-Soesdyke Highway where villagers complained of living for years without consistent access to basic utilities and formal documentation for the lands they occupy.
Dear Editor, In Uruguay in 2004, citizens voted to enshrine access to water as a basic human right, in their Constitution.
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is offering funding and other support for the establishment of mobile care units to provide services directly to elderly persons in their communities.
Dear Editor, The upcoming visit of the Royal Couple to our shores is both timely and welcome.
Three men were arrested yesterday following an attempt to rob a Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) official at his Tuschen New Housing Scheme, East Bank Essequibo home.
Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed has highlighted the contrast between Guyana’s mineral wealth and the economic hardships faced by residents of Port Kaituma and Matthews Ridge, Region One (Barima/Waini), as he visited families affected by the MV Barima tragedy.
Guyana Power and Light Inc (GPL) yesterday conducted an exercise in Lamaha Springs, Georgetown, to identify and remove illegal electricity connections from its network, as its countrywide campaign against electricity theft continued.
Traffic Chief Mahendra Singh has rejected claims that police have failed to communicate with the family of critically injured 26-year-old Prakash Persaud, saying he has personally engaged several of his relatives and remains committed to ensuring a fair and transparent investigation into the Fairfield, Mahaica accident.
Rehabilitation works along the East Bank Demerara corridor under the Good Success to Timehri Road Project are progressing, the Ministry of Public Works has said.
Dear Editor, I am writing to publicize a matter of critical national importance regarding public safety and infrastructure development in Guyana.
(CPL) Trinbago Knight Riders secured a very comfortable seven wicket victory against the Barbados Tridents at the Queen’s Park Oval in the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
Dear Editor, There is a sad and terrifying breakdown of law and order in Guyana’s oldest Municipality and the birthplace of some of the nation’s finest and brightest…good old New Amsterdam.
Dear Editor, The recent political landscape in Guyana has raised a pressing question that many neutral observers and party loyalists alike are whispering behind closed doors: Does the main opposition party’s proverbial boat have a leak?
(Reuters) – President Donald Trump today announced an unprecedented U.S. push to take control of a fifth of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves, betting that American companies can revive the OPEC nation’s battered energy industry while delivering a new source of crude to help bring down U.S.
Two Indonesian nationals were killed and four other foreign nationals injured in a three-vehicle collision along the Timehri Public Road, East Bank Demerara, early this morning.
The Government of Guyana today welcomed the announcement that the restriction has been lifted on the ferry to Suriname, M.V.
(WCPL) The Limacol WCPL today confirmed the overseas players who will represent franchises in the upcoming season, with a host of international stars from South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan and Ireland set to line up alongside the region’s finest talent.
Dear Editor, Coastlander goldminer Wayne Vieira once again protests his four GGMC-awarded medium-scale mining permits for Tassawni which is within the titled Amerindian Village Lands (AVL) of Chinese Landing; ‘Chinese Landing Toshao chooses village watch over emergency meeting with Bharrat’, Kiskadee Watch, 27 August 2026.
