Guyana

URGED on by a sold-out crowd that included President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, the Guyana Amazon Warriors beat defending Champions St Lucia Kings by 14 runs in Qualifier 1 of the Republic Bank CPL last night at Providence. The Warriors have now qualified for their eighth final, with their only title coming in 2023. The

– Skeldon farmers urged to embrace science-driven, market-oriented agriculture By Bebi Shafeah Oosman PRESIDENT Irfaan Ali has called on private cane farmers in the Skeldon, Upper Corentyne area to significantly ramp up agricultural production and fully utilise their land holdings as he cautioned that ongoing government investments in infrastructure must […]

GUYANA’S capital city is poised for a transformation that could redefine urban life for residents and visitors alike. On Tuesday, 16th September 2025, President Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali unveiled his vision to turn Georgetown into a sustainable “Garden City,” an initiative that seeks to balance heritage preservation with modern development. The […]

GUYANA is facing a growing challenge in solid waste management as existing landfill sites across the country have exceeded their capacity. In response, the government is taking urgent steps to identify new locations for modern waste disposal facilities, while also exploring innovative strategies to transform waste into value-added resources. Speaking during […]

A HIGH-LEVEL site visit was conducted on Wednesday at the roundabout under construction at the intersection of the new Demerara River Bridge and Heroes Highway on the East Bank of Demerara. The visit was led by Housing Minister, Collin Croal, alongside Public Works Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill, Minister within the Ministry of Public Works Madanlall

THE Ministry of Education has joined forces with the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) to advance President Dr. Irfaan Ali’s directive for every public school to dedicate Friday afternoons to physical education, sports, and recreation. On Wednesday, Minister of Education, Sonia Parag, led a high-level delegation in discussions with senior GDF officers to chart […]

– 6,200 Guyanese now employed in Oil-and-Gas Sector as ExxonMobil expands training EXXONMOBIL Guyana continues to deepen its commitment to local content and workforce development, investing heavily in Guyanese businesses, training, and industrial capacity. Since beginning operations in 2015, ExxonMobil and its contractors have spent over US$2.9 billion […]

JUST over a year after taking the reins of a party already in decline, Nigel Hughes has tendered his resignation as leader of the Alliance For Change (AFC), following a scathing defeat at the September 1, 2025, general and regional elections. The Guyana Chronicle was, on Wednesday, reliably informed of Hughes’ resignation, which comes as

THE construction of the 12-storey Brickdam Police Station is advancing swiftly. The facility represents the government’s wider commitment to modernising and transforming law enforcement. The US$28M structure is now 65 per cent complete. It is the single largest infrastructural project undertaken by the Ministry of Home Affairs. Minister of Home Affairs, […]

THE trial into the alleged electoral fraud in the March 2, 2020, General and Regional Elections continued yesterday with two witnesses being called before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty for cross-examination. The two witnesses called on Wednesday were Rondha-Ann Lam, Presidential Candidate and Leader of The Citizenship Initiative (TCI) in the 2020 […]

Newly appointed Local Government and Regional Development, Minister Priya Manickchand, has announced that the Government will be significantly expanding its waste management capacity as the volume of waste entering the Haags Bosch landfill has tripled in recent years. Speaking during a site visit, Manickchand described solid waste management as “a huge […]

Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States, Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines, are on track to implement full free movement among themselves from 1 October this year. In a release on Monday, the CARICOM Secretariat said that by implementing the full free movement regime, these four countries have agreed to grant their The […]

Presidential Candidate for The Citizen’s Initiative (TCI) political party Rhonda Lam, on Monday morning testified to a “methodical raising of votes for the APNU+AFC (A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change) and lowering of votes for the PPP/C (People’s Progressive Party/Civic)” in variation of the actual numbers on the Statement of […]

Keron Mervin Daniels, a 32-year-old resident of Uitvlugt Pasture, West Coast Demerara (WCD) has confessed to planning the East Street, Georgetown acid attack that has left two women injured. In addition to confessing to being the mastermind of the attack, Daniels named two other individuals, one of whom committed the act and the other being The post East […]

Having a place to finally call her own is now a reality for Colleen Benn and her three children, ages 13, 14, and 5. After decades of renting and moving between relatives’ homes, Benn on Monday received the keys to her brand-new house at Lust-en-Rust, West Bank Demerara, under the Housing Ministry’s Central Housing and The post Single mother of 3 gets […]