On WIN platform… Now a member of We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), former Guyana Sugar Corporation Estate Manager and Agriculture Director Vishnu Panday yesterday blamed the PPP/C government for the state of the sugar industry.
Meeting the manatees: Delegates of the Miss Caribbean Beauty and Intelligence Pageant 2025 took a guided tour of Georgetown with local tour operator, Touring Guyana. They stopped at some of the city’s well-known sites, including the National Park, where they got the chance to feed the manatees, a release from the Ministry of Tourism Industry and Commerce said. (Ministry of Tourism Industry and Commerce Facebook photo) More photos >
Staff members of Massy Distribution Inc, Amar Rampersaud (branch coordinator), Elton Smith (salesman), and Harad Bhikham (salesman), recently donated 10 traffic cones, 16 reflector vests, and five traffic wands to the Police in Regional Division #2.
Vishan Bharrat, a 29-year-old labourer of Reliance, Essequibo Coast, was arrested on 19th August 2025 and charged yesterday with the larceny of 16 packs of chicken valued at $80,000.
Seon Delon Fraser, a 34-year-old resident of Nabaclis Squatting Area, East Coast Demerara was arrested on Wednesday at the Itaballi Police Checkpoint after he was found in possession of 87.2 grammes of suspected cannabis.
The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) in a release yesterday advised the general public that it is unlawful to annoy, molest, interfere, and obstruct electors during the electoral process at polling places.
In an effort to enhance operational standards within the prison system, Director of Prisons, Nicklon Elliot today introduced body-worn cameras to officers stationed at the New Amsterdam prison.
In its pre-election statement on Tuesday, the Carter Center called on GECOM to provide details of tabulation procedures in voting districts and it said it had seen no evidence to date of inflation of the voters list.
-will facilitate GOAL night classes President Irfaan Ali yesterday commissioned the new $930 million Tuschen Secondary School on the East Bank of Essequibo, announcing that the facility will also be used to accommodate night classes for students enrolled in the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL) scholarship programme.
The Guyana Joint Services, comprising the Guyana Defence Force (GDF), and its partners, the Guyana Police Force, the Guyana Fire Service, and the Guyana Prison Service, have expressed concern over recent comments in the public domain, including on social and traditional media that would suggest an inability or reluctance to carry out their duties to the nation in an impartial and professional manner.
Twenty-six-year-old Marco Seudatt also known as ‘Lil Man’, was on Monday sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for the 2021 murder of 72-year-old Mathura Etwaru.
-says working with police on problem MovieTowne Guyana is once again facing scrutiny from the public following complaints of excessive noise and unruly behaviour in its parking lot, with residents and patrons describing the situation as “mayhem and lawlessness.”
Guyana’s 2025 political campaign season didn’t begin with the traditional heavyweights. It began with the newcomer WIN, which published its manifesto first and set an anticipatory tone.
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Pan Am Games Keliza Smith captured a bronze medal in the women’s 200m final as the curtains came down on Guyana’s campaign in the Junior Pan American Games in Asunción, Paraguay.
After years of engagement with the Guyana Government, two major United States banks – Citibank and Bank of America – will establish representative offices here soon, government has said.
PANAMA CITY, (Reuters) – Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino yesterday blasted reports of a possible lawsuit against banana giant Chiquita, which fired all its local day workers due to a strike, as he prepares to negotiate the firm’s return to the country next week.
CAIRO/JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday that Israel would immediately resume negotiations for the release of all hostages held in Gaza and an end to the nearly two-year-old war but on terms acceptable to Israel.
