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Granger, Jagdeo to recontinue engagement on appointment of GECOM Head

Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo confirmed moments ago that a meeting has been scheduled for tomorrow between...

Guyana commits to cultural exchange at Tokyo 2020 Olympics

Minister of Social Cohesion, Dr George Norton, has signalled Guyana’s intention to participate in a cultural exchange component...

Swifter action needed at the courts to deal with human trafficking – Ramjattan

With 18 reported Trafficking in Persons (TIP) cases and 131 alleged victims recorded for the first half of...

PANCAP youth meeting to draft tactical HIV response roadmap

Set for July 30–August 2, 2019, the Pan-Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), the mechanism that provides a...

Over 1.2 million pounds of narcotics confiscated in 2018 – NANA report

The National Anti-Narcotics Agency (NANA), in collaboration with other agencies, was able to take some 579,412 kilogrammes of...

Sophia wife killer’s sentence reduced from 83 to 30 years

A man who strangled his common-law wife and was convicted and sentenced to 83 years’ imprisonment in 2014...

Guyana, others to benefit from IMF’s improved transparency tool for natural resources sector

Guyana and 188 other nations stand to benefit from the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) recently improved transparency tool...

Man’s murder conviction reduced to manslaughter

Clive Knights was today sentenced to 30 years behind bars after the Court of Appeal substituted his initial...

Lands and Survey Commission moves to address shortage of technical staff

Head of the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GL&SC), Mr Trevor Benn, recently revealed that steps have been...

Three charged with murder of fisherman

Two teenagers and a 26-year-old man were today charged with the murder of a young fisherman whom police...

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