2020 Elections COI HEARS: Relative of former Deputy Permanent Secretary was arrested as a...
The Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the 2020 General and Regional Elections resumed hearings today. A returning witness during cross-examination revealed new and damning...
Dataram further remanded for alleged drug trafficking charges in USA
Locally convicted drug trafficker, Barry Dataram has been further remanded to prison in the United States of America (USA) where he could be facing...
Persons born overseas to Guyanese parents can apply for birth certificate – Registrar General
In response to mounting concerns over who can be issued a Guyanese birth certificate, the Registrar General Raymon Cummings has confirmed that persons who...
Guyana’s rice industry earned $42B from exports last year; country on track for 1...
Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha has confirmed with Guyana Standard that exports from the rice industry earned $42B last year, thereby reinforcing its position as...
AGRO-PROCESSING BOOM: Guyana exported more than $2.9B high-quality products to the US, Canada, other...
Over the last two years, the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC) said it has expended millions of dollars to harness the potential of the country’s...
Govt. paid more for less work completed at Amelia’s Ward Primary School – Patterson
Despite completing no more than 20 per cent of the work at the Amelia's Ward Primary School in Linden, Region 10, the contractor was...
Farmers to net multi-million dollar profits with govt’s shrimp projects – Min. Mustapha
Guyana’s aquaculture industry is poised for further growth as several multi-million dollar initiatives will be expanded in 2023. This is expected to take the...
Guyana will have no need to import roses by 2024; flowers now as cheap...
The Ministry of Agriculture’s One Guyana ‘Cut Rose’ Project which aims to reduce the heavy importation of roses, is proving to be a successful...
$100M to be spent on inmate, prison officers training in 2023
The Guyana Government will be doling out $100M this year to train prisoners and prison officers. The sum is part of a $5.5B allocation...
PSC condemns chaotic protest in Buxton; says serious implications must follow
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has condemned the recent actions of protestors at Buxton on the East Coast of Demerara during the arrest of...
