President of Ghana Mr Nana Akufo-Addo has been conferred with Guyana’s National Award – the Order of Excellence. The Order of Excellence was established in 1970 and is only available to 25 living individuals and can be conferred on persons of national and international significance. Mr Akufo-Addo was presented with the award from Guyana in…

Guyanese make-up artiste and social media star, Lolita Callenderr, has been further remanded to prison in the island of Tortola, BVI. She is facing a charge of attempting to falsify an HIV test by having a man impersonate her and have the test done in her name. In Court on Thursday, Attorney Stephen Daniels attempted…

— visit expected to deepen relations between the two nations TODAY, Guyana welcomes the State visit of President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who will remain in the jurisdiction until Wednesday, June 12. The visit by President Akufo-Addo, who will be accompanied by a delegation, is expected to deepen

A 27-year-old Leopold Street, Georgetown resident, who was recently released from prison, was on Monday remanded to prison on two armed robbery charges. Omalo Williams, a father of two appeared before Chief Magistrate (ag) Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus and pleaded not guilty to the two charges. It is alleged that on May 25, 2019, at Smyth and…

The Guyana Police Force has promoted two young Policemen who were heroic in their recent actions. The Police Force in a statement said it was recognising their bravery and courage. Two brave and courageous policemen who have been injured during the course of their duties on Monday 18 February and Thursday 30 May, 2019 respectively…

Dear Editor, PLEASE allow Power Producers and Distributors Inc. (PPDI) to respond to statements attributed to its operations and maintenance in your letters’ column on June 8, 2019. PPDI hereby seeks to correct certain statements through the following facts: 1.) PPDI is a state-owned entity established in December 2016. It entered into an operations and

The Giftland Mall on Saturday evening launched its own currency exchange centre to allow customers to exchange their US, Canadian and other currencies at a convenient location. Proprietor of the Mall, Roy Beepat told the News Room that the management has been working on setting up a Cambio for the past three years. After successfully…

..President Granger tells Albion Estate workers …guarantees employees livelihoods …commits to engaging sugar unions to move industry forward GUYANA’S sugar industry is being restructured so that it can be revived and President David Granger, on Friday morning, assured workers at the Albion Sugar Estate in Berbice that the sector is going to recover from the

President David Granger on Friday assured sugar workers that his Government will not close the sugar industry but is rather looking for solutions to address the issues faced by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo). The Head of State met with workers during his first visit to Albion/Port Mourant Estate since the coalition Government began downscaling…