Coach Wayne Dover said he is open to assisting Guyana’s football development, following the appointment of former Jamaican international and UEFA Pro Licence holder Michael Johnson as the new Head Coach of the Guyana Men’s National Football Team. The Guyana Football Federation on Monday announced the appointment of Johnson to the post, stating that he…
Fours years after a woman was found dead in bucket of water, her reputed husband was today sentenced to 22 years behind bars after a 12 member mixed Jury found him guilty of the offence of manslaughter. In a calm manner, the convict, Vindira Siriram Persaud strolled into the Courtroom of Justice James Bovell-Drakes, and…
President David Granger on Sunday issued a call for greater cooperation between the Government and the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU. Speaking at the GPSU’s 195th Anniversary Brunch in the Baridi Benab at State House, the Head of State said that the old model of confrontation and acrimony must be abandoned in favour of a…
Criticisms over a parade were brushed aside by members of the LGBT community and their supporters in Guyana on Saturday as they pulled off their first Pride Parade through the streets of Georgetown with support from several other groups. Joined by supporters from other countries and at least one Guyanese lawmaker, the LGBT agenda was…
The recent deaths of four workers attached to the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC) have not been proven to be mercury related, the Ministry of Natural Resources said. Latchman Chiti, a surveyor who was in his late 40s and Clement Proffit, a lab technician, who was in his early 60s recently passed away while…
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday rejected any settlement proposition from the State Asset Recovery Agency (SARA) for the plot of land on the East Coast of Demerara where he constructed his private seaside home. Mr. Jagdeo’s comments came in light of reports that the Agency was in settlement talks with at least one former Minister of…
The bridge connecting South Rupununi with Central Rupununi has collapsed, blocking off residents from both sides from travelling. The Yamatiwau Bridge disintegrated around 17:30hrs Friday after a lowbed transporting an excavator attempted to cross. The driver ignored procedures of off-loading heavy equipment. There were no serious injuries. Onlookers on scene when the bridge collapsed. (Photo…
With a direct threat to leverage its vote just at the LGBT community has been encouraged to do, the Georgetown Ministers’ Fellowship on Friday called on the Government to say “explicitly and truthfully” what is its position on homosexuality and its decriminalization. But more urgently the Fellowship, the body which represents a wide section of…
The Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA) on Tuesday seized a large quantity of smuggled alcohol at a location on the East Coast of Demerara and arrested one person who was subsequently granted bail. In a statement today, the GRA said an intelligence-led operation by its Law Enforcement and Investigation Division (LEID) led to the seizure of…
At a time when fuel prices are rising globally, Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo believes the Government needs to move and ensure reductions locally at the pump. According to Jagdeo, the Government has the fiscal space to put systems in place that will see less pressure at the pump. The state-owned Guyana Oil Company is currently…
