Guyana

  ONE year after being sworn in for a second term on September 7, 2025, President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali points to a bridge and an operating table as proof his government’s oil wealth is reaching ordinary Guyanese. In October 2025, weeks into the new term, President Ali commissioned the Bharrat Jagdeo Demerara River Bridge,

MORE than 75 houses have already been completed at Yarrowkabra Hyde Park, Region Four, with over 50 beneficiaries allocated to a government initiative that will attach shade houses to their homes. The new initiative creates new opportunities for single mothers to generate income and improve household food security. Minister within the Ministry of Housing, […]

–as 2026 series wraps up in Pakuri THE Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce has closed out its 2026 Community Business Clinic (CBC) programme with a visit to Pakuri, St. Cuthbert’s Mission, an Arawak (Lokono) village on the Mahaica River that is Region Four’s sole Indigenous community and one of the country’s most culturally significant

–under new social housing programme THE Ministry of Housing, through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), has invited contractors, consortiums and individuals to submit Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for the construction of 400-square-foot flat housing units, giving practical shape to the government’s newly unveiled Social Housing […]

By Bebi Shafeah Oosman MINISTER of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson, has confirmed that works on the New Amsterdam Synthetic Track are in their final stages, with the facility expected to be completed within approximately one month. Ramson said the project is in keeping with the government’s promise to expand and modernise sporting infrastructure

THE Ministry of Public Works has said preparatory civil works at the Soesdyke Junction have advanced significantly, with the designated tarmac area now sand-filled, clearing the way for construction of a new roundabout to begin this week. Images released by the ministry document the works carried out so far on the site as part of

THE Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Priya Manickchand; Minister within the Ministry, Pauline Campbell-Sukhai; Permanent Secretary, Miguel Choo-Kang, and heads of departments, on Monday, reviewed ongoing projects, infrastructural priorities and service delivery matters during the ministry’s departmental meeting. Among the matters […]

THE Guyana Police Force’s Traffic Department recorded 2,133 traffic-related cases during the period August 30 to September 5, 2026, with speeding, leaving vehicles in dangerous positions and failure to comply with vehicle fitness requirements among the most prevalent offences. According to the Traffic Department’s latest weekly report, speeding […]

A 25-year-old videographer was, on Monday, charged with three offences under the Civil Aviation Act in connection with the alleged unlawful operation of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone. Dwayne Ross, of Princess Street, Georgetown, appeared at the Vreed-en-Hoop Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Ravindranauth Singh, where the […]

A BIG quarrel has broken out between two silly men that belong to the past and will become fossilised as Guyana moves on. They are David Hinds and Mark Benschop. Which one do you choose over which one? As soon as the results of the 2025 election revealed a disappearing PNC, I voiced my preference

As works on the first section of the Linden to Lethem Road Project near completion, the Guyana Government is already moving towards the next phase with the signing of a contract to advance the Mabura Hill to Kurupukari section. This was revealed by Public Works Minister, Juan Edghill, during the recent two-day Cabinet Outreach led The post Linden to Lethem […]

… “we never see an improvement like this” – fisherman Fisherfolk at Sheet Anchor, East Canje, Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), are poised to benefit from an $80 million landing facility that will provide improved mooring, security and other amenities once ongoing revetment works at the site are completed. Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha […]

Dear Editor, I am very ‘up-to-date’ as regards Opposition Leader, United States sanctioned and indicated Azruddin Mohamed’s presence near President Irfan Ali’s private Leonora home.” And as well know, it was not his presence as such, but the ‘heavily’ tinted and armoured vehicle and a drone, allegedly being flown in forbidden proximity of the […]

…champions indigenous youth in environmental protection Reah Henry of Parakese, Santa Rosa, Moruca, was crowned Miss Region One Amerindian Heritage 2026 following a six-delegate competition that celebrated Indigenous culture, traditional knowledge and youth advocacy. The pageant was held on Saturday evening at the Mabaruma Settlement Ground, Region One […]

A 36-year-old Georgetown man was on Friday remanded to prison after appearing at the Leonora Magistrate’s Court #2 in connection with an alleged attempted robbery under arms. Naipaul Basdeoram, of David Street, Kitty, Georgetown, was charged with attempt to commit a felony, “robbery under arms”, contrary to Section 36 of the Criminal Law (Offences) […]