Aug 20, 2025
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Destination Guyana featured in global tourism digital tourism series
Destination Guyana has been featured in the Global Sustainable Tourism Council’s (GSTC) first global digital series, Travel Redefined: Tourism for People and Planet. The series,…
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Former Jamaica PM heads OAS electoral mission to Guyana
The Organisation of American States (OAS) has begun the deployment of its Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) for the 2025 General and Regional Elections in Guyana,…
Prison officers equipped with body cameras
The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) has taken another major step toward modernising its operations with the introduction of body-worn cameras for prison officers—a move aimed…
Woman, 72, dies in Dutch Four crash
A 72-year-old woman from Corentyne, Berbice, died on Monday morning when the car she was travelling in collided head-on with a lorry at Dutch Four,…
Modern North Ruimveldt Secondary School commissioned
The North Ruimveldt Secondary School was officially commissioned today, four years after a devastating fire in June 2021 destroyed large sections of the institution, including…
Three killed in Soesdyke–Linden Highway crash
Three people, including a six-year-old boy, were killed and another injured early Saturday when a car slammed into a parked lorry on the Soesdyke–Linden Highway…
Family of three die in Lethem accident
Jagnarine Stephen, a 23-year-old motorcyclist, his 24-year-old wife, Kyrea Stephen, and their two-year-old daughter, Laurel Stephen, lost their lives in an accident at around 11:20…
OFAC: Transactions with sanctioned persons generally prohibited
Transactions with sanctioned persons are generally prohibited, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has said. The clarification comes as Guyanese banks face criticism…
Guyanese working two jobs will offset inadequate labour force, says President
President Dr. Irfaan Ali is seeking to address the country’s inadequate labour force by encouraging Guyanese to take on more than one job. Labour shortages…
Pedestrian killed in late-night crash near Russian Embassy
A pedestrian was struck and killed late Friday night in a collision on the Rupert Craig Highway, in the vicinity of the Russian Embassy, police…
Two arrested, three wanted over attempted murder of father, son on Essequibo Coast
Police have arrested two men and issued wanted bulletins for three others, including businessman Andra Parag, in connection with the attempted murder of a father…
THAG affirms no airline leaving Guyana
The Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) has refuted two widely circulated YouTube videos making sensational claims about the state of Guyana’s tourism and…
APNU casts wide net in manifesto
A Partnership For National Unity (APNU) today launched its manifesto hailed as "people-centred" during a ceremony at the Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown. In presenting the…
Jaden Adrian of Queen’s College secures 21 grade ones
Jaden Adrian of Queen’s College, with 21 grade ones; Odwin Bouyea of Fraser’s Educational Institute, with 19 grade ones; Avish Ganesh of Anna Regina Secondary,…
President touts Guyana as hospitable, tolerant society
President Dr Irfaan Ali has touted Guyana as a happy, multi-cultural society, with tolerance levels the rest of the world could learn from. He made…
CSEC/CAPE results available tomorrow
Students who sat the CSEC and CAPE examinations in Guyana will be able to check their results from 2:00 pm tomorrow via the CXC Student…
IACHR welcomes Guyana’s legislative progress in protecting children’s rights
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has commended Guyana on the passage, on June 5, of the International Measures for the Protection of Children…