COVID-19 Update: Three more dead, 220 new cases recorded

  Three more persons who tested positive for COVID-19, have died, taking the death count in Guyana to 1,171. The latest fatalities are one 76-year-old, Region...

Almost 70% of 2021 GOAL Scholarship awardees are women – Minister

  The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government is well on its way to fulfil its promise to make 20,000 online scholarships accessible to citizens within...

Authorities probing Venezuelan aircraft found abandoned in Kuruduni

  The Ministry of Home Affairs along with the Guyana Police Force and Air Corp is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding an illegal aircraft bearing...

Two minors among four sisters charged for attempted murder

  Two minors are among four sisters who were today charged over the stabbing of a 16-year-old girl at Cummings Street, Georgetown. Evelyn Alfonso, 22, Roxanna...

We support disclosure of SOPs but gov’t must also publish names of all cash...

  The main Parliamentary Opposition agrees that Statements of Poll (SOPs) must be published after ballots are cast at an election, but the government must...

6,000 persons to be trained through Guyana-Barbados joint tourism initiative -Minister Walrond

  Some 6,000 persons will be trained through a Guyana- Barbados joint tourism initiative, as four internationally-branded hotels break ground in Guyana. Minister of Tourism,...

Quartet remanded for allegedly robbing man at Malgre Tout

  Imran Mohamed, Winsley Richards, Ryan Wilson, and Roberto Lewis were remanded to prison yesterday for the offence of Robbery Under Arms committed on Altaz...

Govt. to develop national classroom for autistic children; teachers being trained to provide appropriate...

  To ensure children, diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), get the best educational support they need, the PPP/C Government is leading the way in...

CGX strikes oil at Kawa-1; gears to drill second well in second quarter

  Canadian oil companies, CGX Energy Inc. and Frontera Energy Corporation disclosed that it finally landed an oil discovery at the Kawa-1 well in the...

Govt. resists wild borrowings against oil; secures lowest gross debt-to-GDP ratio in the region

  Despite having two more sanctioned oil projects—Liza Phase One and Payara—coming into operation in 2022 and 2023 respectively, thereby taking production volumes to 560,000...

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