Cemetery Road, Georgetown residents, many of them business owners, have revived complaints over the delay in completing the road project. On Tuesday they lamented that dust and sand from ongoing work is affecting their health and profitability with some businesses now closed to facilitate the work. Earlier in the day,…
President of ExxonMobil Guyana, Alistair Routledge said Tuesday that the company was largely unfazed by Venezuela’s aggressions last year because it believes its contracts in Guyana are “valid.” And now that tensions between the two states have subsided, the ExxonMobil boss noted that the company believes Guyana is engaged in…
The 2024 West Indies Four-Day Championship starts February 7, and for the second time since the inception of the Professional Cricket League in 2014, the Guyana Harpy Eagles play all their matches away from home. Five out of their seven matches will be held in St. Kitts, Antigua and Jamaica-…
Opposition Member of Parliament (MP) Coretta McDonald who is leading a countrywide teachers’ strike as General Secretary of the Guyana Teacher’s Union (GTU) is being accused of telling untruths to support her cause which the government has repeatedly dismissed as political. The strike kicked off on Monday with McDonald leading…
India’s title defence at the Under-19 World Cup met its sternest challenge from hosts South Africa in a pulsating semi-final clash in Benoni. Then Uday Saharan, the captain, and Sachin Dhas put on a game-changing 171-run stand that set the tone for a come-from-behind victory. India are now into their fifth straight final,…
Trevor Jones, the John Farnandes employee who died in an accident at the Water Street, Georgetown wharf on Tuesday was crushed by a machine that was moving containers. The machine, a super reach stacker, was being operated by Linden McRae, a 51-year-old driver attached to John Fernandes Limited. The News…
To ensure that cattle and other livestock are free of diseases and in a bid to improve market access and boost the export of leafy greens and pineapples from Guyana, the Ministry of Agriculture on Tuesday launched a livestock surveillance programme and a food traceability system. By the official name,…
The body of Shamnarine Nowrang called ‘Shammy’, 61, a farmer of No.56 Village, Corentyne was found partially submerged in a trench at Bush Lot Farm Tuesday morning. The discovery was made at about o7:00 hrs. Drupattie Nowrang called ‘Devi’, the wife of Shammy, told police that her husband suffers from…
A cane harvester from Ulverston Village, Corentyne was Tuesday charged with the murders of two men last week. Devon Stanley, 32, of Ulverston Village appeared at the Mibicuri Magistrate’s Court to answer to the charge which read that between Friday, February 02 and Saturday, February 03, he murdered Floudy Moore…
The Ministry of Education continues to condemn the ongoing strike by some teachers across the country in a bid to pressure the government into higher salary increases and duty-free concessions, among other entitlements. As the strike enters day two with a dwindling number of educators participating, the ministry in a…
