If you’re travelling to Aishalton in Region Nine and glance out of your aircraft window, you’ll now see a brand new, two-thousand-five-hundred-foot airfield, built to ensure safer, more reliable landings. It wasn’t always like this. The airstrip was once made of laterite and scattered with vegetation, making landings treacherous for…
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), with funding from the European Union (EU), on Thursday handed over approximately US$400,000 in information technology (IT) equipment and software to key justice sector agencies, marking another major step in Guyana’s push to modernise the administration of justice. The Judiciary, the Office of the…
The Barbados Cricket Association (BCA) is preparing to launch a semi-professional league, a move expected to significantly benefit local players, according to a report from Barbados Today. The announcement was made by BCA President Calvin Hope while speaking to members of the media following the departure of the West Indies…
Michael Raymond Haralall Tamassar, the 88-year-old pensioner who was a suspect in the investigation into his wife’s death, passed away sometime on Thursday. According to a Police release, the man died sometime between 07:00 and 09:38 hours at Bladen Hall School Compound Living Quarters, East Coast Demerara. He was last…
Two men have been arrested after Police ranks found 21.5 kilograms (or about 47 pounds) of cannabis in a car on Thursday. According to a Police release, the cannabis was found at about 09:00 hrs during a Police operation along Strathspey Public Road, East Demerara. During the patrol, ranks intercepted…
Vendors along New Market Street and in the vicinity of the Georgetown Public Hospital, will be moved to a nearby parking lot, Town Clerk Candace Nelson has said. On Monday, Nelson received a lawyer’s letter indicating that if the vendors do not vacate the area within three days, the hospital’s…
The Guyana Squash Association has unveiled a packed calendar of tournaments for 2026, starting with the BCQS Masters competition from February 4-7 at the Georgetown Club Courts. The schedule includes a range of local, regional and international competitions, with the country’s squash players set to attend events in Paraguay, Peru,…
Guyana’s horse-racing industry reached a historic milestone this week as three of the country’s top jockeys successfully completed the first major step toward obtaining their international jockey licences in Barbados, opening the door for Guyanese riders to compete on tracks around the world. Leading the group is 2025 Champion Jockey…
President Dr Irfaan Ali outlined major targets for expanded agricultural production in Regions Eight and Nine, a venture he said will be supported by the construction of new airstrips across the hinterland. As he addressed the commissioning ceremony for the upgraded Aishalton Airstrip on Thursday, President Ali said the government…
President Dr Irfaan Ali announced on Thursday that Jags Aviation, a local flight operator, has agreed to lower its fares for travel to the hinterland communities of Paramakatoi in Region Eight and Aishalton, Region Nine. The new costs, he said, would take effect from February 1, 2026. Soon after President…
