Articles published on Saturday, January 25, 2025
Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Guyana Energy Agency, the Guyana Fire Service and the Guyana National Bureau of Standards met yesterday to coordinate efforts aimed at reviewing the recent series of suspected cooking gas cylinder-related explosions across the country.
JERUSALEM/CAIRO/GAZA, (Reuters) – The Palestinian militant movement Hamas released four female Israeli soldier hostages today, in return for 200 Palestinian prisoners, in keeping with a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the 15-month-old war in Gaza.
(Trinidad Guardian) An unidentified man was killed by police in Claxton Bay on Thursday.
-gov’t seeking proposals for Natural Gas Liquids facility German firm Siemens Energy SAS will run the government’s ambitious 300 MW combined cycle power plant and requests for proposals are being sought for the operations and management of the Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) facility which will provide the fuel.
-Chandan-Edmonds announces support for budget By Khadidja Ba As debate on the 2025 budget kicked off yesterday, Shadow Finance Minister Juretha Fernandes blasted it for not supporting the vulnerable but in a surprise twist her fellow APNU+AFC MP Geeta Chandan-Edmond voiced her support for it.
A fiery accident along the Eight Mile Trail (Teperu), Bartica, Region Seven, yesterday morning has claimed the life of one with several others injured.
Georgetown vs The Rest Street Football Competition The Georgetown vs The Rest Street Football competition reached a climax in its group stage on Thursday night at the Back Circle Tarmac.
In response to questions concerning the current status of the negotiations with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and its leader, Nigel Hughes’ comment of “life support,” at a press conference, Alliance For Change (AFC) Chairman, David Patterson stated in a release yesterday that his party is willing to engage and take the talks off ‘life support’ providing certain conditions are met.
The National Toshaos Council (NTC) has engaged the services of a consultant to lead the development of draft Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) Guidelines for Stakeholder Engagement with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs).
The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially announced the launch of Season Seven of the Elite League, which will kick off on March 9, at the National Training Centre in Providence.
A Woman Special Constable and Woman Police Corporal have been jointly charged with obtaining money by false pretence, committed against Malika Nelson on August 15, 2024 at the Central Police Station, New Amsterdam, Berbice.
The Guyana Hockey Board (GHB) is set to launch its 2025 hockey season in spectacular fashion with the highly anticipated Bounty/Antonio’s Grill One Day tournament.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced that the National Public Health Reference Laboratory (NPHRL) has officially received accreditation from the Pan American Health Organisation/World Health Organisation (PAHO/WHO) as a National Influenza Centre (NIC) and has become a member of the Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS).
Dear Editor, I have become deeply skeptical about the government’s receptiveness to comments and analyses by the Guyanese public and the Diaspora.
Dear Editor, It’s budget time in Guyana! Over the past week, we’ve seen a surge of comments from both supporters and critics regarding the budget and its implications for everyday Guyanese.
The fire which completely gutted a home at William Street, Kitty, Georgetown, on Thursday afternoon, was caused by a lit gas stove that was left unattended, a source close to the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) disclosed.
WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico has refused a request from President Donald Trump’s administration to allow a U.S.
-Speaker cracks the whip By Milton Grannum Day one of the 2025 budget debate saw intense exchanges between Government and Opposition backbenchers over the provisions made in the estimates of expenditure and areas where improvements could have been made.
Dear Editor, Permit me a space in your daily to express my total disappointment in the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Culture.
Sherwin Alli, a promising young referee from Guyana, recently returned from the CFU NEXT GEN Referee Course held in Barbados from January 17–19.
BRATISLAVA, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of protesters thronged a central square in the Slovak capital yesterday, waving banners opposing Prime Minister Robert Fico’s policy shift closer to Russia, after tensions between the government and the opposition rose.
Dear Editor, As Guyana experiences unprecedented growth driven by its oil wealth, it is clear that our governance structures need urgent reform to ensure equitable development and accountability.
Akeem Morris and Roy Sandiford are currently on trial in the High Court in Demerara before Justice Navindra Singh for the 2020 murder of Troy Ramalho, a Bourda Market vendor, during an alleged robbery.
The Guyana Chess Federation (GCF) has hit the ground running in 2025 and is gearing up for its second tournament of the year, the Ready Mix Concrete-sponsored National Under-14 Rapid Chess Championships.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s data protection authority ruled that tech firm Tools for Humanity, co-founded by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, must stop offering compensation for iris scans in the country, it said in a statement yesterday.
Leslie Paul who was charged with the offence of uttering a forged document, appeared yesterday before Magistrate Marissa Mittelholzer where he was found guilty and was sentence to four years imprisonment, the police said in a release.
Dear Editor, Both the leaders of the Alliance for Change (AFC), Mr.
Shem Persaud and Maria Warrick appeared yesterday before Magistrate Allan Wilson at the Vigilance Magistrate’ s Court on cannabis charges and both were remanded.
Dear Editor, Swami Aksharananda, from Guyana received on January 10, 2025 the Pravasi Samman Award, the highest that India hands out to any individual or organisation from the Diaspora.
FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique, (Reuters) – Rodrigue Petitot, who led protests in French-ruled Martinique, left prison yesterday after a court handed him a one-year suspended sentence for trespassing on state property during cost-of-living demonstrations.
HAVANA, (Reuters) – Cash-starved Cuba this month opened the first grocery store to accept hard U.S.
Dear Editor, Midway along the mile and a half burnt-clay-brick road leading into the sugarcane plantation community where we once lived, the Georgetown to Rosignol railway tracks ran across the road.
Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn has distributed all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) to the Community Policing Groups (CPGs) in Aishalton, Leguan and Mahdia.
Green gas bottle explosions were warnings that were ignored. The pain and suffering of the Guyanese people is often like an endless tragedy for the entertainment of those culpable.
(ESPN) It is not difficult to know what’s coming this Test match.
CAIRO, (Reuters) – The Sudanese army has broken a siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of its command centre in central Khartoum, the army said yesteday, in what would be a major victory in the capital after nearly two years of war.
Dear Editor, If the Alliance for Change (AFC) and the A Partnership for National Unity collaborate and head into the next election as a unified team they know they are going to win the elections and I am convinced that the consideration is a right move to oust the PPP.
…as West Indies Women defeat Bangladesh Women by eight wickets to seal ODI 2-1 series win (SportsMax) Hosts West Indies Women produced a dominant display over Bangladesh Women with an eight-wicket win in the third One-Day International at Warner Park in St.
(Reuters) – Sydney Thunder are eyeing a second Big Bash League title after accounting for rivals Sydney Sixers by four wickets in a sudden-death derby yesterday, chasing their way to 157-6 with seven balls remaining to advance to the season decider.
Clement Vandecruz appeared yesterday before Magistrate Michelle Matthias at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court where he was sentenced to two years and six months imprisonment over 2.286 kg of cocaine.
MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Novak Djokovic retired injured after losing the opening set of his clash with Alexander Zverev yesterday, sending the German to a first Australian Open final where he will take on defending champion Jannik Sinner for a maiden Grand Slam title.
In Guyana, currently, the speed of construction seems uncompromising. Massive hotel structures ascend at an astonishing pace, apartment buildings emerge from previously undeveloped land, retail spaces transform in a matter of days and even tombs get relocated as in the case of the 15 tombs to be moved from the Golden Grove Burial ground.
By Todd G. Buchholz SAN DIEGO – When the US president, Congress, and Supreme Court are all in a tizzy at the same time, the topic under discussion is usually a global meltdown or, at the very least, income taxes.
The University of Guyana (UG) has attained institutional accreditation from the national body, NAC.
