After what appeared to be a departure from standard payment procedures, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered a criminal investigation into the $4.6 million renovation works done at a self-acting sluice in the western section of Lusignan in 2018. While examining the 2018 Auditor General’s Report on Monday, both government and opposition members of…

25-year-old former Communications Officer at the Government’s Department of Public Information, Zanneel Williams this morning pleaded guilty to trafficking more than 21 pounds of cocaine at the Cheddi Jagan Airport. Williams was busted on Friday with more than 17 pounds of cocaine in her carry-on luggage in the false sides of a laptop bag, and…

BETWEEN January and March 2022, Guyana’s thriving rice industry raked in approximately US$37,022,500, an equivalent of more than GY$7.7 billion in export earnings, according to figures provided by the Ministry of Agriculture on Friday. It was explained that these earnings derived from the exportation of approximately 49,304 tonnes of rice and rice products during the…

Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc. (TWTR.N) for $44 billion cash on Monday in a transaction that will shift control of the social media platform populated by millions of users and global leaders to the world’s richest person. It is a seminal moment for the 16-year-old company that emerged as one of the world’s…

In January this year, the International Republican Institute (IRI) designed and commissioned a national public opinion poll through its “Strengthening Democracy through Polling Data and Peacebuilding” programme. The face-to-face interactive poll which was conducted by CID Gallup throughout all regions of Guyana is the first IRI public opinion poll to ask for opinions and perceptions…

— works on $13B Eccles to Diamond Four-Lane Highway progressing as planned; to be completed within 18 months HOUSING and Water Minister, Collin Croal said commuters are expected to benefit from further relief soon as works are progressing, as planned, on the new $13 billion Eccles to Diamond Four-Lane Highway. Recently, the government commissioned the…

Two men on a motorcycle armed with a handgun and a knife reportedly robbed the driver and two passengers on a route 50 minibus when it stopped on North Road in Georgetown as a result of mechanical issues. Police Headquarters reported that the incident occurred at about 21:00hrs on Sunday. The bus was being driven…

The Government of Guyana is not too happy with the recent findings of a poll which was conducted by the US-based International Republican Institute (IRI) in Guyana. The findings of the poll which was conducted earlier this year were released last week. Among other things, it highlighted that majority of its respondents felt that there…

JAYSON Tatum scored 39 points as the Boston Celtics moved into a commanding 3-0 lead in their NBA play-off first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets. Tatum had his second 30-plus-point game of the series as they won 109-103. The result puts second-seeded Celtics on the verge of sweeping the seventh-seeded Nets in the fourth game…

LANCASHIRE made it two County Championship wins from two with a thrilling victory over Gloucestershire. Needing 237 more runs to make the hosts bat again, Gloucestershire were reduced to 116-5 by Matt Parkinson (3-79). James Anderson (2-25) soon removed Miles Hammond (50) but Tom Lace (71), Josh Shaw (29) and Jared Warner (10) took the…