Guyana

–serves as conduit for boosting food production, connectivity, tourism   PRESIDENT Dr. Irfaan Ali on Thursday commissioned the $920 million Aishalton airstrip in Region Nine, noting that geography would no longer determine who prospers and who is left behind, as the government presses ahead with a development agenda for hinterland communities centred on […]

–some 228 megawatts of power expected, Minister Indar says THE government’s flagship Gas-to-Energy (GtE) project at Wales is progressing on schedule and is expected to start power generation by the end of this year, while parallel investments are being made to upgrade transmission lines and expand power distribution nationwide.   Minister of Public […]

— President Ali says, highlights education, healthcare, infrastructure transformation in hinterland communities   PRESIDENT Dr. Irfaan Ali has stated that the government is closing the decades-old gap between coastal and hinterland communities, outlining the major investments in education, healthcare and public services, which are ensuring equal access […]

AS Guyana’s legal year begins next week, the justice system welcomes a donation of IT software and hardware worth US$400,000 to improve service delivery.   The items were officially handed over on Thursday during a ceremony at the United Nations Headquarters on Duke Street in Georgetown.   The donation forms part of a collaborative initiative

EFFECTIVE February 1, BK’s Jags Aviation will introduce reduced airfares for flights serving Regions Eight and Nine, in response to a charge recently made by President Dr Irfaan Ali to lower the cost of travel to Guyana’s hinterland communities. The announcement follows the commissioning of two multi-million-dollar airstrips at Aishalton in Region Nine […]

— China-Guyana health partnership to deepen with new therapies, plans to address obesity in 2026   HUNDREDS of Guyanese patients suffering from chronic pain and complex medical conditions, found relief in 2025 as they received acupuncture treatment from the 21st China Medical Team.   The Chinese medical team continues to make remarkable strides in […]

THE Ministry of Human Services and Social Security is launching a campaign to help pensioners transition from pension book payments to bank accounts or Mobile Money Guyana (MMG).   In a Facebook post on Wednesday, Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr. Vindhya Persaud stated that the initiative is designed to remove unnecessary hardship

–President Ali says while stressing the importance of community-led governance   PRESIDENT Dr Irfaan Ali has underscored the importance of government policies being clearly translated and directly experienced by citizens, stressing that effective governance must influence everyday decision-making at the household and business levels.   Speaking during a […]

I ALWAYS tell people that I am a dinosaur in Guyana’s politics. The grey in my hair proves that. I was a PPP polling agent at 17 years, then at that age went to work at the PPP’s bookstore, Michael Forde Bookstore (please name a public spot in Guyana after Forde). Since that time, I

A wooden and concrete building at Penitentiary Walk, New Amsterdam, was destroyed by fire shortly after 21:00h on Tuesday, just hours after the last tenants vacated the premises, as demolition works were already underway on the recently purchased property. The blaze prompted a swift response from the Guyana Fire Service (GFS), who managed to contain The […]

Three men appeared before Magistrates in Georgetown and East Coast Demerara (ECD) courts, facing charges of felonious wounding and simple larceny. In the first case, Keyvin Cupidore, a Tuschen bus operator, appeared before acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty on Wednesday, charged with felonious wounding. Cupidore pleaded not guilty to allegations that he […]

Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, SC, had made it clear that Guyana’s extradition laws do not contain any provisions for an equivalent offence to be committed here in order for a person to be extradited overseas to face charges. “There is no equivalent of Guyana offences in the extradition law,” AG Nandlall The post No […]

Attorney General and Legal Affairs Minister Anil Nandlall, SC, on Tuesday renewed his call for opposition parties to use the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)’s latest Claims and Objections period to address any concerns and claims about the Official List of Electors (OLE) being bloated. Over the years executives and supporters of the People’s […]

A Vryheids Lust, East Coast Demerara (ECD), construction worker was on Wednesday remanded to prison after being charged with larceny in relation to the theft of a Samsung smartphone. Johnathan Mohamed appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court before acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge. It is alleged that […]