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Guyana’s Private Sector Commission is pushing to strengthen business ties with France, including proposals for French visa applications to be processed in Guyana and for...

The mother of a 22-year-old crew member who died after a molasses tanker barge sank off Guyana’s East Coast of Demerara is calling for a...

India's players swept all the women's categories in ESPNcricinfo's annual awards for individual performances in 2025, reflecting a year in which the team won their...

Distribution of the $100,000 national cash grant to citizens aged 18 and older, starting with central government employees who already receive their salaries through bank...

The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has dispatched 10 garbage collection trucks to Region Two as part of the government’s drive to improve...

The Guyana Oil Company Limited (GUYOIL) on Thursday said there has been no increase in fuel prices at its service stations across the country, dismissing...

The majority of aircraft engineers and mechanics currently working in Guyana have been trained locally at the Art Williams and Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School,...

The 2026 National Schools’ Championships opened at the National Track and Field Centre in Leonora, with standout performances across age groups. Akroy DeSantos of Zeeburg...

A 31-year-old man died early Wednesday morning after the car he was driving collided head-on with a lorry along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway at Loo Creek,...

Vendors operating under the canopy at the Stabroek Market will be temporarily relocated to facilitate rehabilitation works on the structure, Georgetown Mayor Alfred Mentore said...

A 54-year-old foreman, Steve George of Sophia, Greater Georgetown, died in a motor vehicle accident on Rockstone Trail, Linden, on Wednesday. Police said the accident...

A reconstructed Imbotero Wharf, a new police boathouse, and the rebuilt Imbotero Police Station along the Barima River were commissioned today, marking a major security...

Guyana has reaffirmed its commitment to advancing legislation and action to protect the rights of women and girls, Minister of Human Services and Social Security...

Two illegal mining sites were dismantled and equipment seized during a joint enforcement operation along the Puruni River in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), the Ministry of...

The search for missing West Coast Berbice fisherman Ryan Roberts, 33, ended on Sunday after a body believed to be his was discovered along the...

Two garbage trucks will be provided to the Charity area to strengthen waste management and improve sanitation at the Charity Amazon Market, Minister of Local...

The health sector is preparing to expand kidney care services across the country as the government moves to decentralise nephrology treatment beyond the capital. The...

The Court of Appeal on Tuesday refused an urgent request to halt extradition proceedings against businessmen Azruddin Mohamed and his father Nazar Mohamed, but said...

Vendors operating along the roadside at Suddie met on Tuesday with Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, Priya Manickchand, to discuss plans for their...

Massy Distribution plans to break ground on a new logistics facility in Guyana within the next few months as part of its regional expansion strategy,...

Ten entrepreneurs have each received $1 million in grant funding from Demerara Bank Limited after emerging as winners of the 2025–2026 DBL Innovation Tank programme....

The organisers of the 25 Influential Women Leaders Award (25IWLA) have announced the honourees for their 7th annual leadership awards, recognising women who have made...

More than 140 women entrepreneurs graduated from three business development programmes on Sunday, marking a significant milestone in efforts to strengthen women-led enterprises and expand...

Keron Sandiford, after two weekends of intense competition, won the National Open Chess Championship Qualifiers, while young Kataleya Sam took home the first-place prize in...

Guyana stands to benefit from a windfall in oil revenues following Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, but the disruption could also drive inflation,...

Caribbean economies face an uncertain outlook in 2026 amid global economic headwinds, although Guyana is expected to remain a standout performer as its rapidly expanding...

Beauty brands Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin, founded by singer and entrepreneur Rihanna, will launch in Guyana later this month, marking the brands’ expansion into...

The Government of Guyana said on Monday it has advanced plans for a large-scale 3D multi-client seismic survey offshore, a project aimed at strengthening the...

A 34-year-old woman is among three persons who have been remanded to prison after being charged in connection with an armed robbery targeting a Corentyne...

Two missing men have been identified as 22-year-old Videsh John of Goed Banan Land, East Canje, Berbice, and 52-year-old Gregory Singh, after a molasses barge...

The sixth edition of Guyana’s largest women’s exposition, ‘We Lift 6’, has been deemed a success, with 30 percent of participants being new women entrepreneurs,...

Charlotte Charles, Andrew Bailey, and Omar Satar were the standout performers at the Guyana Amateur Powerlifting Federation’s (GAPLF) 2026 season opener, the NSC/Fitness Express Novices...

A mother is seeking legal help after her six-year-old son was reportedly struck and dragged by a teacher’s vehicle in the Leonora Primary School compound...

Physical works on the new Wismar-Mackenzie Bridge in Linden, Region Ten, are 97 per cent complete, the Ministry of Public Works said following a recent...

A two-year-old child reportedly drowned on Saturday at Kabakaburi Mission, Upper Pomeroon River, while her mother was washing clothes nearby. The child, identified as Samirah...

Two crew members are reported missing after a tanker barge carrying molasses sank early Wednesday approximately 9.5 nautical miles off Buxton on the East Coast...

Caslene Toney, 39, a housewife of Long Creek, Soesdyke-Linden Highway, died after she was allegedly attacked on Sunday morning, police said. Police in Regional Division...

Herbert Hartman, 29, a labourer of Tuschen New Scheme, East Bank Essequibo, was found dead with several chop wounds about his body on Monday morning,...

Eleven-year-old Divya Persaud captured the first-place trophy with a standout performance at the Women’s Day Rapid Chess Tournament hosted by the Gambit Group. The event,...

Mahaicony Technical Institute (MTI) capitalised on an out-of-sync Upper Corentyne Industrial Training Centre to win the inaugural MODEC Tertiary School Football Tournament on Sunday afternoon...