ExxonMobil Guyana has become the title sponsor of the third annual Inter-School Kayaking Competition, which will take place today (May 5). The competition will be on the riverfront of the Watooka Guest House in Linden, and this year, ExxonMobil Guyana will provide cash incentives for school projects. Lead organiser, Deon…

See below full message from the People’s Progressive Party: Arrival Day, designated a national holiday on May 1st, 2004, is of tremendous significance to our country and all of its people. It is a day that brings into focus the rich history of strength, determination, and innovative spirit brought by…

See below full message from President Dr Irfaan Ali: Multiculturalism is a priceless asset. I extend greetings to all Guyanese, at home and in the diaspora, on the occasion of Arrival Day 2024. Arrival Day 2024 is a public holiday of great significance in Guyana.  It commemorates the rich and…

Weeks after four men, including the two prime suspects, were charged, a 70-year-old man was on Friday placed on $600,000 bail after he denied being an accessory in the murders of gold miners Zaheer Mohammed Sheriff and Donvan Washington, at Arimu, Backdam, Cuyuni River. Joseph Thomas of Liverpool Village, Corentyne,…

A 29-year-old man was on Saturday arrested following the discovery of a toy gun and four rounds of ammunition in a bedroom of his Mon Repos Pasture, East Coast Demerara home. Police Headquarters in a statement said that a party of Police led by an Assistant Superintendent of Police conducted…

The 36-megawatt power ship, which will provide extra power to the national grid sailed to Everton, Berbice on Saturday and works are expected to commence on Sunday to connect it. The power ship arrived in Guyana on Wednesday. Officials from Karpowership International from Turkey, through which it is being rented…

President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Saturday said the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) government managed to create 60,000 jobs from 2020, reversing the employment woes faced from 2015 to 2020. Dr. Ali spoke at the opening ceremony of the party’s 32nd Congress. About 3,000 delegates gathered at the Arthur Chung…

See below full statement from the Guyana Prison Service (GPS): The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) can now add 16 new officers to its roster after they completed a three-month Basic Recruit Training Course (BRTC) at the Prison Training Centre at Mazaruni. The recruits, 11 males and five females, obtained training…

General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), and Guyana’s Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo on Saturday said the party is steadily attracting more supporters, particularly groups of Guyanese who have not traditionally supported it. Jagdeo, while addressing the opening ceremony of the PPP’s 32nd Congress, highlighted that the party…

West Indies A concluded their tour of South Asia on a losing note, as they were handed a six-wicket beating by Nepal in the final encounter of a five-match T20 series at the Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground in Kirtipur, on Saturday. Despite the loss, the Caribbean side topped the…