Cannabis seeds, shotgun shells found at Moraballi Creek, three arrested
Three men are now in police custody after police uncovered a large quantity of cannabis seeds and shotgun shells at Moraballi Creek, Essequibo River...
More than 400 CSOs to receive skills training through BIT
Yesterday, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed between the Ministry of Labour (MOL)- Board of Industrial Training (BIT) and the Ministry of Amerindian...
No discrimination in distribution of ‘Because We Care’ cash grant – Minister
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand MP says there will be no discrimination in the Government’s ‘Because We Care’ cash grant programme, as each child...
Six companies benefit as govt. injects another $115M into Agri sector
As government continues to inject sums necessary for the restoration of the agriculture sector, six contracts were signed yesterday for the delivery of goods...
54 road fatalities as of July 10; over 19,366 traffic violations recorded
The latest figures provided by the Police Commissioner (Acting), Nigel Hoppie, shows a 32% decrease in fatal accidents, with 48 recorded this year compared...
COVID-19: Three more die; 51 new cases recorded
Three more persons have succumbed to COVID-19, the Ministry has reported. The death toll is now 506. Guyana Standard understands that the patients were...
BREAKING: APNU’s Annette Ferguson to be charged with “using computer system to humiliate a...
A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) Member of Parliament (MP) and former government minister, Annette Ferguson is expected to make...
Guyana records over 60 murders in six months; rape increases by 70%
Guyana has recorded 65 murders between the months of January and June this year, says Police Commissioner (acting), Nigel Hoppie.
“We continue assiduously to confront...
Labourer remanded over murder of GRA employee
A murder charge was today brought against a labourer after he allegedly, fatally stabbed a young man following an eviction notice.
45-year-old Rawle Lamaison, a...
Sod turned for the construction of a new $585M Abrams Zuil Secondary School
Yesterday, the Minister of Education Priya Manickchand, Minister of Local Government and Regional Development Nigel Dharamlall, and Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat turned...
