Guyana

– stakeholders to help shape framework for online safety, digital well-being THE Government of Guyana on Tuesday launched a national consultation aimed at examining the impact of social media on children and developing a framework to better protect young users in the country’s rapidly expanding digital environment. The consultation, coordinated by the […]

ATTORNEY-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC, has announced that six major pieces of legislation will be introduced in the National Assembly on Friday, including bills aimed at establishing a Development Bank, strengthening protections for hire purchase customers, modernising sexual offences laws, and restoring benefits for former […]

GUYANESE businesses and investors are being urged to position themselves to take advantage of the vast opportunities emerging from the country’s rapidly expanding oil and gas industry and wider economic transformation. The call was made on Tuesday during the opening of the fourth annual Local Content Summit at the Houston Event Centre, Four Points by

– President says land secured for Upper Mazaruni facility; warns delayed projects will be terminated PRESIDENT Dr. Irfaan Ali has announced that two major hospital projects earmarked for Region Seven are moving ahead, including a new state-of-the-art hospital in the Upper Mazaruni and a $7.6 billion regional hospital in Bartica, as the government […]

THE Ministry of Public Works on Tuesday officially handed over a newly constructed commercial tarmac to vendors who previously operated along the railway embankment line top at Buxton, East Coast Demerara. The new asphalted space can accommodate 61 vendors and is part of efforts to regularise roadside vending while improving traffic safety along the East

THIRTY-EIGHT persons were arrested on Tuesday after authorities shut down six illegal mining operations in the Mazaruni Mining District, Region Seven, as part of an ongoing crackdown on unlawful mining activities. The enforcement exercise was carried out by the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) through its Corps of Wardens, in collaboration with […]

LEADER of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Aubrey Norton, has made it clear that he has no intention of stepping aside as leader of the party, despite growing calls from some former members and supporters for his resignation following the coalition’s poor showing at the 2025 General

THE Ministry of Education has invited bids for the construction of two new schools and a teaching block as Guyana continues efforts to expand access to education nationwide. According to a notice, contractors are being invited to submit bids for the reconstruction of St. Sidwell’s Primary School and J.E. Burnham Nursery School. Additionally, the notice

– Junior Stock Exchange, Development Bank, Diaspora Bond among measures to expand local participation PRESIDENT Dr. Irfaan Ali has announced a series of initiatives aimed at increasing Guyanese ownership, investment and participation across key sectors of the economy, signalling what he described as a new phase in the country’s local content agenda. […]

A 62-year-old wheelchair-bound woman lost her life after becoming trapped in a fire that destroyed her home at Number Two Settlement, Blairmont, West Bank Berbice, early Tuesday morning. Dead is Bibi Shafroon Ramprashad, known as “Zina,” of Lot 95 Number Two Settlement. According to her husband, 64-year-old Lokenath Ramprashad, he had left home around […]

Cletus Rodulph, a motorcyclist from St Ignatius Village, Central Rupununi, Region Nine, was on Monday slapped with a driving under the influence of alcohol charge, among other allegations of failing to maintain the brake on a motor vehicle. The 60-year-old man appeared before Magistrate Omadatt Chandan at the Lethem Magistrate’s Court, where he pleaded […]

Forty-four-year-old Wayne McLean, of Tabatinga, Lethem, Central Rupununi, was fined for several traffic-related offences, including failing to report an accident, failing to conform to a sign, driving a vehicle without a valid driver ‘s licence, breach of insurance, and driving in a dangerous manner. Police stated that the offences were committed on […]

A 31-year-old Venezuelan national has been remanded to prison after being charged with the murder of a man whose body was discovered in the Iwokrama Protected Area earlier this year. Jose Armando Alsena Coll, a welder of Sheriff Street, Georgetown, appeared before Senior Magistrate Clive Nurse at the Mahdia Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday via Zoom, The […]

The bodies of 20-year-old Lyodisa “Loyda” Waldron and her fiancé, 33-year-old Andri Francis, a Special Constable, who went missing on Sunday while swimming at Unity Beach, were recovered on Tuesday. Based on reports received, the bodies were recovered at about 11:00h, some distance from where they went missing, during a recovery mission involving ranks […]

The United States (US) and Guyana continue to strengthen bilateral relations, with senior officials from both countries meeting on Tuesday to discuss expanding economic cooperation and investment opportunities. According to a statement from the US State Department, Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau met with Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister […]