Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed has written to A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Leader Aubrey Norton seeking his views on the replacement of the three opposition-nominated members of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM).
The capping stack which can be used to contain an oil spill has been installed at the Vreed-en-Hoop Shore Base Inc.
Pursuant to concerns raised by some members regarding challenges with obtaining goods purchased from suppliers in China, President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Kathy Smith, and Senior Vice President, Gavin Ramsoondar met Li Hanqing, Economic and Commercial Counselor of the Chinese Embassy on Friday.
Cane cutters attached to the Albion and Rose Hall estates in Berbice went on strike yesterday over the non-payment of retroactive salaries that they say were promised since last year.
Water levels in Kwakwani, Region Ten, continue to rise, leaving several communities inundated and threatening homes, businesses and public infrastructure.
A US-based Guyanese has been convicted of welfare fraud and related offences after a jury found that she fraudulently obtained more than US$28,000 in public assistance benefits by concealing her income and household circumstances.
Parbatie ‘Rita’ Somai and her family of Lot 76 New Scheme, Herstelling, East Bank Demerara say they are constantly getting sick as a result of a drum-washing business being operated by one of their neighbours in which chemical fumes emitted during the process drift over to them.
The government has acknowledged that it has no statistical data to show whether anti-corruption workshops conducted over the past two years have produced measurable results and this has led a WIN MP to accuse it of “sugar coating” the problem. Governance and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Gail Teixeira was responding to We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) Member of Parliament, Tabitha Sarabo-Halley on June 5th when the National Assembly met after a hiatus of more than a hundred days at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal. Sarabo-Halley had asked why Guyana still lacks a modern anti-corruption law and whether the government intends to bring comprehensive legislation in line with the country’s obligations under the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC).
Police have arrested a 27-year-old pork knocker who was wanted in connection with the murder of Edward David, which occurred at Baramita, North West District, last year.
A teacher of Dolphin Secondary School died yesterday after the minibus in which she was travelling toppled and plunged into a drain along the Diamond New Interlink Road, East Bank Demerara.
A 26-year-old Venezuelan national was on Monday sentenced to one year and six months in prison after pleading guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm.
The June 2026 Berbice Assizes officially opened yesterday with the traditional parade and march-past along Esplanade Road outside the Supreme Court in New Amsterdam.
The Guyana Power and Light Inc. (GPL) yesterday outlined its development agenda and long-term plans for the electricity sector during an engagement with members of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI).
Minister of Education, Sonia Parag, today commissioned a brand-new wing at the Yarrowkabra Primary School. A release from the Ministry of Education said that the $177.5 million facility was built to accommodate the growing number of pupils in the community and provide a more conducive learning environment.
A Dolphin Secondary School teacher died this morning in an accident along the Diamond Bypass Road, East Bank Demerara.
Frustrated over what they say is unpaid retroactive salary increases owed since last year, Albion and Rose Hall cane cutters have taken strike action today, demanding immediate payment.
Trinidadian company, Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited is in the running for operations and maintenance of a key part of the gas to energy project in conjunction with local company, GuyGas Inc.
-says won’t take ‘flimsy’ excuses for non-attendance Vishnu Panday of WIN was yesterday elected chair of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament and said he won’t be accepting ‘flimsy’ excuses for absences which have stymied meetings in the past.
Nearly six years after the brutal murders of West Coast Berbice cousins Isaiah Henry and Joel Henry shocked the nation and triggered widespread protests, a Berbice Assizes jury on Tuesday, 9th June 2026, unanimously found Anil Sancharra and Vinod Gopaul guilty on two counts of murder.
For Leader of the Opposition, Azruddin Mohamed, the Batavia case in Region Seven involving the 38 Indian nationals who alleged that they were subjected to poor working conditions on a quarry was unlike anything he had ever seen before and resembled “modern-day slavery.” In an interview with Kiskadee Watch days after he assisted 34 of the workers to return to India (four decided to stay and continue working), he likened the situation to an indentured labour arrangement, noting that it has raised serious concerns about the treatment of migrant workers and the state of labour protections in Guyana. He said that his visit to the quarry operations of Indian company, Ekaa Hrim Earth Resources Management Inc.
