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Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha handed over a pontoon, two excavators and two tractors worth approximately $230 million in Kumaka, Region One, and urged more young...

  A 76-year-old contractor died on Thursday after being struck and run over by a reversing truck at an industrial site in Ruimveldt, Georgetown. Gobin...

  Police destroyed about 53,000 suspected cannabis plants valued at $22.04 million during an eradication exercise at Yaruni Bend, Linden, in the Upper Demerara River...

Guyana will host CARIFESTA XVI for the third time in its history, staging the Caribbean's premier cultural festival in Georgetown from October 8-17, 2027. Minister...

Questions surrounding the destruction of a police operational record, including what it may have contained and the legal basis for its disposal, came under scrutiny...

Three companies have submitted bids to salvage the wreck of the MV Barima, nearly two months after the ferry sank off the Essequibo Coast. Tender...

Five non-nationals, including Venezuelans, have been detained following the discovery of an illegal mining operation in the Potaro mining district, a release from the Natural...

Government has signed a Mineral Agreement paving the way for construction of the Eagle Mountain Gold Project, with production targeted for late 2028, a release...

Twenty-six students were injured, with at least one hospitalised, after a swarm of Africanised bees attacked students during lunch break at Port Mourant Secondary School...

Guyana recorded 209 rape cases in 2025 and 85 in the first half of 2026, Human Services and Social Security Minister Dr Vindhya Persaud disclosed...

Davion Mars is now the sole perfect player in the Pegasus Weekly Chess League after defeating Keron Sandiford in Monday night's highly anticipated Round Four...

Guyana's rapid economic expansion has drawn renewed interest from Japan, with officials from both countries meeting on Wednesday to chart deeper trade and commercial ties....

Local businesses have been urged to tap into a £3 billion UK financing facility that remains largely untouched, as Government looks to deepen private sector...

  A 61-year-old businesswoman of Port Kaituma is in police custody after a substantial quantity of suspected uncustomed goods was seized during an intelligence-led operation...

A 46-year-old miner has died after being attacked at Toroparo Backdam, Middle Mazaruni River, with police investigating the incident as a murder. Sceon Elias, of...

Videsh Singh, a 28-year-old Albion fisherman, has been remanded to prison after being charged with manslaughter over the fatal stabbing of a fellow fisherman during...

Caribbean consumers could face higher prices and thinner shelves as up to US$10 billion in CARICOM imports face exposure to transit limits at the dry-season-strained...