National ID Cards ready to be uplifted
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is urging citizens to uplift their national identification cards. The call according to the commission is for those with completed transactions which includes new applicants,…
70-year-old miner dies in pit cave in Region 7
Police Officers in Region 7 are investigating the death of a 70-year-old miner. The accident occurred at Thomas Island, Puruni River on Tuesday afternoon. According to a statement issued by…
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…
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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…