Guyana to ban styrofoam from January 1, 2016
Guyana is to ban the importation and use of closed-cell extruded polystyrene foam, popularly known by the trade mark brand, ...
Gold smuggling dents economy hard; growth falls by 2.5 percent
The Ministry of Finance, Main Street, Georgetown.Guyana’s economic growth slumped by 2.5 percent for the first half of 2015, partly ...
Bush fire on the East Coast Demerara
A huge bush fire was Saturday raging at the Kersaint Park foreshore area, East Coast Demerara. Fire Chief, Marlon Gentle ...
Man shot during West Coast Berbice home invasion
A man was shot and his family robbed during a home invasion by bandits at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice ...
Police force to get US$5M in vehicles, boats
Police stations countrywide will by next year be expected to respond to emergency calls on a timely basis and conduct ...
Fund for surviving children of police killed in line of duty
Police Commissioner Seelall Persaud addressing the new batch of policemen.Surviving children of police, who have been killed in the line ...
Increasing ministers salaries was “difficult” but necessary decision- Granger
President David Granger.In government’s latest explanation, President David Granger has sought to justify the hefty hike in ministerial salaries mere ...
Venezuela dumps Guyana, turns to Suriname for rice under PetroCaribe deal
Suriname's President, Desi Bouterse (left) and the President of Nicolas Maduro (right) during a working session. At centre is a ...
GDF being geared up to help fight transnational crimes
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is being geared up to help combat security threats other than its primary focus of ...
Suicide rife in Guyanese Amerindian community
Reproduced from Caribbean Lifeby Bert Wilkinson Until miners from the coast land discovered relatively large amounts of gold in the ...
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