Toshaos urged to craft plan to benefit from oil and gas resources
Head of the Department of Energy, Dr. Mark Bynoe has called on Indigenous leaders to craft a strategic plan to ensure their communities benefit...
27-year-old jailed for life over killing Mahaicony granny
27-year-old Davanand Rampersaud was this morning handed a life sentence with the possibility of parole after serving 25 years.
The custodial sentence was imposed on...
Dead soldier found in Tucville bears striking resemblance to bandit shot this morning
The body of an 18-year-old soldier was found abandoned in Tucville Squatting Area, Georgetown with two gunshot wounds around 11:50 hrs today.
The deceased has...
WARNING: GECOM impersonators going around conducting registration
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is urging residents to be vigilant following reports of persons purporting to be "GECOM officials" visiting homes and offering...
WPA cash transfer proposal is “Zombie Economics” – Ramson
The Working People’s Alliance (WPA)’s oil revenue cash transfer proposal lacks accuracy and can be branded as “zombie economics”, so says Attorney-at-law and Oil...
Residential mortgages jump by 16 percent due to oil sector activity-IMF Mission Chief
Even before Guyana gets its first barrel of oil, various sectors are already noting the impacts of the anticipated oil boom. This is particularly...
Former GRDB Manager to lead defence in falsification of accounts trial
Come October 31, former accountant at the Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB), Peter Ramcharran, will be called upon to lead his defence in relation...
Businessman dies following shootout with bandits
…Surveillance footage shows gunmen trailing victim’s car
An Essequibo businessman died at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) this afternoon—just a few hours after he...
Wakenaam girl achieves childhood dream of becoming a lawyer
Since she was a child, 28-year-old Candiacia Lewis wanted to be just like Ben Matlock, a criminal defence lawyer in the legendary sitcom Matlock....
Union bashes Gov’t, Troy Resources over poor, unsafe working conditions following deadly pit cave-in
Following a pit cave-in that claimed the life of a Troy Resources’ technician, the People’s United and General Workers Union (PU&GW), is holding the...
