Aug 6, 2025
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Guyana secures five gold medals at OECS Boxing Championships
Guyana secured third place at the recently concluded Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Boxing Championship in St. Lucia, winning five gold medals. Ken Harvey…
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Sod turned for $350M secondary school in Shulinab
Students of Shulinab and surrounding communities are set to benefit from the construction of a new $350M secondary school, following a sod-turning exercise on Tuesday.…
Child dies in Crabwood Creek accident
A family in Crabwood Creek, Region Six, is grappling with unimaginable grief after an 8-year-old child, Sahil Naipaul, was struck and killed by a speeding…
More homes, better healthcare, and youth opportunities for Region Two
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, has pledged increased housing, family support, and youth development initiatives for Region Two as…
Over 300 Berbicians receive free spectacles
More than 300 residents in Region Five received free spectacles during a distribution drive hosted by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security on…
Youth-friendly centre, sewing hub open in Region Five
Region Five welcomed its first youth-friendly centre and sewing hub in Bush Lot Village on Monday. This marks a milestone achievement for the Ministry of…
Forward Guyana proposes budgeting at community level
The Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) today launched its official manifesto ahead of the 2025 General and Regional Elections, titled Contract With the People. The launch…
Housing Ministry cracks down on illegal encroachment along Mandela–Eccles highway
The Ministry of Housing and Water has taken enforcement action against a busines illegally occupying sections of the road and drainage reserves along the Mandela–Eccles…
Youths being empowered through training, jobs
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Dr Bharrat Jagdeo, has reiterated his party’s commitment to supporting the development of young Guyanese, as he…
Four parties sign code to reject violence, hate speech ahead of Guyana elections
Four of the six political parties contesting Guyana’s upcoming General and Regional Elections have signed the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) Code of Conduct, pledging to…
Guyana’s focus on rehabilitation enables lowest recidivism rate in CARICOM
At 14 per cent, Guyana holds the lowest repeat offending rate in CARICOM compared to Barbados (60 per cent), Trinidad and Tobago (50 per cent),…
Guyana’s Shadiamond Assanah crowned Miss Caribbean Culture Queen
Guyana has done it again on the regional stage. Twenty-one-year-old Shadiamond Assanah was crowned Miss Caribbean Culture Queen 2025 on Sunday night, securing the country’s…
Dagg Point uses LCDS grant to improve community transportation
Dagg Point Village in Region Seven has invested its 2024 Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) funds into a 20-seater, 200-horsepower boat to improve transportation and…
Labourer reportedly drowns in Capoey Lake
Mortimer Sooknanan, a 33-year-old labourer of Queenstown, Essequibo Coast, reportedly drowned over the weekend at Capoey Lake, Essequibo Coast. Police said that enquiries disclosed that…
APNU urges GECOM to prohibit photographing in polling booth
A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) has called on GECOM to ensure the public is informed that photographs and the use of cameras are prohibited…
Sampson’s heroics leads Titans to consecutive Kares T10 title
Quentin Sampson once again shone in a crucial match, leading the Titans All-Stars to a title repeat at the third Kares One Guyana T10 Tapeball…