18 years jail-time for man who raped 12-year-old girl
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Berbice man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after being found guilty of raping a 12-year-old girl.…
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El Niño alert: Guyana braces for hotter, drier months and rising wildfire risk
Reading Time: 2 minutesREAD BELOW THE STATEMENT FROM HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICE, MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE: The Hydrometeorological Service, Ministry of Agriculture, advises that El Niño…
Contract signed for dredging of Demerara River
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) within the Ministry of Public Utilities and Aviation signed a US$11.2 million contract with Boskalis…
PPP scores political boost as former APNU MPs, councillors seek to join party
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRead the full press statement from the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C): General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP),…
Court frees one GDF rank, convicts another in 154-pound cannabis case
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Guyana Defence Force Staff Sergeant who had been on trial alongside a fellow rank in a narcotics trafficking case…
Nearly 12,000 contractors sign up as gov’t cleans up small contracts list — Jagdeo
Reading Time: 2 minutesVice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo says the government is currently sanitising a massive list of nearly 12,000 companies that registered…
Jagdeo brushes off health rumours, says gov’t’s focus now on planning and delivery
Reading Time: 2 minutesVice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has dismissed speculation surrounding his recent limited public appearances, saying he remained fully engaged in…
Generic version of Ozempic to enter Guyana
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA generic version of Ozempic could become available on the Guyanese market within the next two months, according to Minister…
Vendor walks free as magistrate tosses 6.1kg cannabis case
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA 27-year-old vendor who had been on trial for alleged cannabis trafficking has been acquitted after the Diamond Magistrate’s Court…
Henry cousins murder trial hears emotional testimony from Isaiah’s father
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe murder trial into the deaths of cousins Joel and Isaiah Henry continued on Friday in the Berbice High Court,…