Pensioner challenges 7 years jail sentence for sexual assault on underage girl

Kenrick Morrison, who is said to be in his 70s, and was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment for engaging in sexual activity with an...

COVID-19: Guyana records 59 cases in four days; total now 649

Guyana would have recorded 59 new cases of the Coronavirus Disease in just four days, says the country's Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr  Shamdeo...

Gov’t. promises emergency budget in three weeks; ministries, agencies given up to next week...

The Government of Guyana is moving to implement an emergency budget in three weeks, Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo said during a press conference this...

NICIL documents on “illegal” land transfers, disposal of assets not forthcoming – Vice President

The Government of Guyana (GoG) has made several requests to the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) for documents pertaining to land transfers...

Energy sector in bad shape; Power generation 20 MW below peak demand – Jagdeo

Guyana’s power generation output is below what is required mainly due to poor oversight on the part of the former regime, the A Partnership...

Gov’t mulls increase to COVID-19 household assistance; disbursement details being ironed out – Jagdeo

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government is currently working out the minutiae of its plan to disburse direct assistance to persons affected by the...

Jagdeo bemoans APNU+AFC efforts to combat COVID-19; said country only had 2000 testing kits...

Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo has expressed disappointment in the way the former regime, the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC),...

Cops remanded for shooting death of unarmed man

Days after 39-year-old Cecil Sampat, an unarmed man who was shot by police ranks, died, two members of the Guyana Police Force (GPF) have...

Culture, Youth and Sport Ministry denies Minister ordered staffers to leave cellphones at gate

The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport is denying that Minister, Charles Ramson Jr., ordered his staff to leave their mobile phones at the...

Gov’t., GMSA to establish joint working group to address issues in the extractive, forestry...

Following a meeting yesterday between Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat and a delegation from the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA), a Joint...

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