Second devastating fire hits Critchlow Labour College
A devastating fire hit the Critchlow Labour College (CLC) on Woolford Avenue last night, the second in months.
- Friday, 1st August, 2025
- Today's Paper
Second devastating fire hits Critchlow Labour College
Man, 57, gets 24 years for murdering wife in 1998
Fifty-seven-year-old Philbert Thomas, reappeared yesterday before Justice Simone Morris at the High Court in Deme-rara over the 1998 murder of his wife and was sentenced to 24 years.
Woman charged with $8.5m cheque forgery
Nicola Rampersaud appeared yesterday before Acting Chief Magistrate Faith McGusty at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court to face three charges relating to the forgery of cheques. Rampersaud pled not guilty to the charges.
Upcoming elections vital to maintaining development momentum – Ramson
-says no OFAC-sanctioned individual should ever be running for public office At a lively public meeting last evening at Back Circle, East Ruimveldt, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson told the gathering that the upcoming general and regional elections are critical to maintaining the country’s development momentum.
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GBTI employee terminated after name appeared on WIN list
WIN in East La Penitence meeting
GPL says explosion resulted in shutdown
Around 20 WIN members have had accounts closed by GBTI – Primus
Security officer charged with giving false information to police
Ali fast-tracks 2,000 police promotions
Trump ups tariff on Guyana by 5%
Linguist joins WIN
Mahipaul flays GPL deal with Dominican Republic’s InterEnergy Group
Seventy-five bed $6.6b Bath hospital opened
Reforms
The campaign for political office in Guyana is once again in full swing.
The US-India relationship is changing again
AI is not your friend
Brazil’s brave stand against Trump
We deserve to know how our would-be leaders will deal with environmental and waste management issues before we cast our votes
Why Toshaos endorsing political parties is not a good idea
In the super abundance of oil and gold money and two Turkish power ships most parts of the city were without power yesterday
Did the police promotions have to anything to do with the elections?
An agro-based buffer zone between Guyana and Venezuela can help to improve our national security
Shining a light on societal challenges
WIN is feeding off of the discontent of the masses
Infrastructural transformation have allowed us to adjust how we interact with each other
Seeping sewers outside post office continue to repulse vendors
Big Apple Mall hosts Emancipation Extravaganza
Linguist joins WIN
Happy emancipation:
GPL says explosion resulted in shutdown
Seventy-five bed $6.6b Bath hospital opened
Ali fast-tracks 2,000 police promotions
Mahipaul flays GPL deal with Dominican Republic’s InterEnergy Group
GOAL awards 107 scholarships for postgraduate studies in the UK
GBTI employee terminated after name appeared on WIN list
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A taste of home: Shrimp Choka
American photojournalist with local ties embarks on pictorial study of sugar industry
Dr Anne Walmsley – a true friend of Caribbean art and literature
Nine to vie for Miss Universe Guyana 2025 on August 23
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Ayub 57, Nawaz three-for extend West Indies’ horror run
(ESPNcricinfo)- In a game which wasn’t as close as the final scorecard would suggest, Pakistan’s spinners were the difference between the two sides as they derailed the West Indies chase of 179 in the middle overs to ease to a 14-run victory in the first T20I in Lauderhill.
Go-Invest sees trade opportunities from Grenada forum
-Guyanese businesses test market, heartbreak for one The Guyana Office for Investment (Go-Invest) sees a potential lucrative market for small- and medium-sized businesses to export their products to the Caribbean and Africa and used the Afreximbank Trade and Investment Forum as a springboard their push, saying that already interest has been expressed with large investors looking for rice for Grenada.
Trinidad: Five schoolgirls in viral beating video appear in court for assault
(Trinidad Guardian) Five girls, who allegedly assaulted a 15-year-old Holy Faith Convent student, appeared virtually in the Couva Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Former Trinidad Children’s Authority Chairman on sex-related charges involving teen boy
Jamaica Supreme Court rejects Holness’ bid to strike out parts of Integrity Commission official’s affidavit
Panama communities challenge canal expansion project in Supreme Court
Dominica to explore possible resettlement of Palestinians – Prime Minister
Antigua calls in immigration officer over airport incident with Rowley
Trump hits dozens more countries with steep tariffs
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump imposed steep tariffs on exports from dozens of trading partners, including Canada, Brazil, India and Taiwan, ahead of a Friday trade deal deadline, pressing ahead with plans to reorder the global economy.
