Dec 28, 2025
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England win staggering two-day Test in Melbourne
England ended an 18-match winless streak in Australia and avoided an Ashes clean sweep in a staggering and absurd two-day Test in Melbourne. In one...
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75 new homes for women-led households at Yarrowkabra in 2026
Seventy-five homes are set to be handed over in early 2026 under the Yarrowkabra Homestead Programme along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, as part of the Government’s...
Tears, joy, and tiny cries: Christmas babies bring magic to Berbice families
Christmas Day brought more than festive celebrations and family gatherings to the East Berbice–Corentyne region this year. Six precious new lives filled the maternity wards...
Christmas joy at Dharm Shala, Albouystown
Elderly citizens and vulnerable residents at the Dharm Shala in Albouystown, Georgetown, were overjoyed to be served lunch on Thursday by President Dr Mohamed Irfaan...
Christmas brings new home for disabled man and family
James Hercules, 46, who lives with an orthopaedic impairment, received a newly constructed home on Christmas Day, ending years of moving from place to place...
Australia seize handy lead after Josh Tongue five-for on 20-wicket day
Australia 152 (Neser 35; Tongue 5-45, Atkinson 2-28) & 4/0 lead England 110 (Brook 41; Neser 4-45, Boland 3-30) by 46 runs Amid recriminations from...
Agriculture sector records double-digit growth
Agriculture grew by about 11.3 per cent in 2025, recording strong output and historic production levels despite climate shocks and rising costs, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar...
Jamaica’s Home Choice bets on Guyana’s boom
In the wake of Hurricane Melissa’s devastation of Jamaica’s sorrel crop, local food producer Home Choice is attempting to turn a national shortage into an...
Over $1B injected to support micro, small and medium enterprises
The Small Business Bureau (SBB) has injected over $1 billion to support more than 4,000 micro, small and medium enterprises nationwide in the last five...
Police investigate telecom employee over $153M larceny
Police are investigating a 37-year-old man from Herstelling, East Bank Demerara, over an alleged larceny by clerk or servant valued at $153,922,971, authorities said. The...
10 persons with disabilities receive $500,000 each to start or expand businesses
Ten persons living with disabilities received cheques of $500,000 each to start or expand their small businesses, marking a $5 million initiative aimed at strengthening...
Bright Christmas for 19 cattle farmers
Nineteen farmers have received dairy stock under the first phase of a government initiative to expand Guyana’s dairy industry. Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha said the...
Care economy to create jobs, povide vital services
The government is introducing a new initiative aimed at transforming community-based care into a sustainable and financially rewarding sector. According to Human Services and Social...
Justice Rafiq Khan joins Court of Appeal
Justice Rafiq Khan on Tuesday took the Oath of Office as a Justice of the Court of Appeal, sworn in by President Dr. Irfaan Ali...
$44M water systems in Baramita to benefit over 600 residents
Two new water systems were commissioned on Monday in the remote indigenous community of Baramita, bringing clean, treated water directly to residents for the first...
Miner stabbed to death during confrontation at liquor shop
A 42-year-old gold miner died after being stabbed during an altercation at Aranguy Landing, Cuyuni River, in the early hours of Sunday, December 21, 2025....
Motorcyclist dies in hit-and-run accident
A 59-year-old man was killed early Monday in a hit-and-run accident on Cemetery Road, Georgetown, police said. The deceased has been identified as Trevon Bacchus...
Remorseful miner sentenced to 11 years for 2021 Backdam killing
A 30-year-old miner was on Monday sentenced to 11 years and six months’ imprisonment for the 2021 killing of a fellow miner at Obanna Backdam,...