Women in hinterland and under resourced communities to benefit from HPV education and screening
More than 5,000 women in five administrative regions stand to benefit from HPV education and screening through a partnership between the Greater Guyana Initiative (GGI) and the Guyana Responsible Parenthood…
Guyana lacks legislGuyana lacks legislation for biometrics in electoral process – GECOMGuyana lacks legisl
Biometrics at polling stations will not be feasible for the upcoming general and regional elections according to the Guyana Elections Commission. The commission also said that Guyana lacked the necessary…
Farmer remanded to prison after 11 years on the run
A thirty-eight-year-old farmer on the run for murder for the last eleven years was finally caught. The man Bennie Adams of Cambelltown Village, Potaro, Region 8 (Potaro-Siparuni) was arrested on…
Paradigm shift in Caribbean Education systems needed – World Bank Caribbean Director
Enrico Woolford Inequality in access to quality education is a challenge in Guyana. Lilia Burunciuc, the World Bank’s Director for the Caribbean in an opinion piece titled Caribbean’s Education System:…
ANUG accuses National Assembly Speaker and GECOM Chair of bias and selective in parliamentary matters.
A New and United Guyana (ANUG) today accused Speaker of the National Assembly Manzoor Nadir and the Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission Retired Justice Claudette Singh of bias and…
Drug addict and pensioner dead following shooting and stabbing in Mahaicony
An investigation has been launched into the deaths of two Airy Hall Mahaicony men earlier on Wednesday. The dead men have been identified as Roger Pierre – 49 who the…
Prison officer attempting to smuggle marijuana into Mazaruni Prison sentenced to 3yrs
A decision to traffic drugs into the Mazaruni Prison on Tuesday, January 14th did not go as planned for a 21-year-old Prison officer. The young man who hails from an…
Body of missing Chinese national recovered
The body of the missing Chinese national Fu Jian Wei who fell into the Demerara River on Wednesday was recovered this morning. According to a statement issued by the Ministry…
Several homeless after Louisa Row Fire
Several persons are now homeless after their Lousia Row, Werk-en-Rust homes were destroyed by fire early this morning. No one could say how the fire started, but many people had…
Kwakwani man arrested with 136.687lbs of marijuana
A twenty-six-year-old man – Neil Patterson of Kwakwani Park, Berbice River has been taken into custody after he was busted with 136.687 pounds of marijuana. According to a statement issued…