New Demerara bridge worker missing after falling into river
A Chinese national working on the new Demerara Harbour Bridge is missing after falling into the river last evening.
- Thursday, 9th January, 2025
- Today's Paper
Guyana condemns Venezuela’s plans to elect governor of Essequibo
Fire service HQ commissioned
Cop charged over Giftland Mall abduction, wanted man captured
Disciplined Services minimum salary upped to $130,000 – President announces
US EXIM Chair to visit
American teen drowns during outing with family at Linden
Herstelling couple still waiting to hear from Massy following August explosion
State to appeal $24m award in Quindon Bacchus killing
Sod turned for billion-dollar secondary school at Kaneville
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, yesterday broke ground for the construction of the Kaneville Secondary School, a project that will serve over 1000 students from the Kaneville-Grove area, on the East Bank of Demerara.
Deadly heat
Continuing the trend of the last few years, 2024 was the hottest year recorded in history and as had been predicted, it exceeded the 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 F) limit above the pre-industrial average set by the 2015 Paris Agreement.
What tariffs can and can’t do
China won’t save Labour’s Britain
‘Project 2025’ and America’s future role in the World
Australia’s Great Social-Media Experiment
The PSA 2016’s inherent inequality necessitates keeping the possibility of renegotiation open
Dr. Paul’s recognising the unfairness in PSA 2016 would have more appropriately reflected Guyana’s situation
Pushing for renegotiations is legally and politically fraught with economic and investment risks
A reality at the Cheddi Jagan Dental Centre
Deeply concerned at the treatment meted out to our old age pensioners
Weighing the correlation between GPHC’s heart disease statistics and the increasing levels of road rage in Guyana
Budget day is January 17
The Ministry of Finance yesterday announced that budget day for 2025 is Friday, January 17.
$46m maternity waiting home commissioned in Region One
Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony yesterday commissioned a $40 million,14-bed, maternity waiting home in Mabaruma, Region One.
Copa Airlines increases weekly flights between Guyana, Panama
Exxon signals weaker performance across the board to hurt Q4 profits
All set for `From whence we came: the Chinese experience’
Guard charged with shooting outside of Chinese store
Chevron confident of Hess merger
COPA offering more flights between Guyana and Panama
GuySuCo to outsource cane harvesting, delivery – CEO
Thirty-two workplace deaths recorded last year – Labour Minister
Trending
Increasing size and number of fines only way to tackle road carnage
Guyana condemns Venezuela’s plans to elect governor of Essequibo
GuySuCo to outsource cane harvesting, delivery – CEO
American teen drowns during outing with family at Linden
COPA offering more flights between Guyana and Panama
Cop charged over Giftland Mall abduction, wanted man captured
Ministry defends management of poultry industry
US EXIM Chair to visit
ExxonMobil’s Chinese partner in Stabroek Block on US list for ties to China’s military
Fire service HQ commissioned
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Anil Beharry Contributes to CWC Bomb Squad Award Ceremony
The Crabwood Creek Bomb Squad Cricket Club will host its first-ever awards ceremony on January 11 and the event will celebrate outstanding performances from the 2023–2024 period, benefiting several young cricketers through the commendable initiative.
Martin Guptill confirms retirement from international cricket
(ESPN) Martin Guptill has officially confirmed his retirement from international cricket, having last played for New Zealand in October 2022.
Liverpool incensed as Tottenham match-winner Bergvall escapes red card
LONDON, (Reuters) – Swedish teenager Lucas Bergvall opened his Tottenham Hotspur account in thrilling fashion with the winner in yesterday’s League Cup semi-final first leg but should not even have been on the pitch according to Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk.
Deschamps confirms he will leave France job in 2026, successor not yet named
PCB moves tri-series to Lahore and Karachi to indicate readiness for Champions Trophy
ICC cricket rankings: Boland, Bumrah, Bavuma and Babar make gains
US withholds WADA dues, calls for reforms to global watchdog
New Zealand clinch ODI series despite Theekshana hat-trick
Pistons go over .500 mark by beating Nets
Stuart Young in limbo as PNM MPs refuse to sign Trinidad PM ‘endorsement’ letter
(Trinidad Guardian) Days after Stuart Young was chosen as Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s successor at a parliamentary retreat in Tobago, he is now in limbo, as several MPs who were in that caucus are said to now be refusing to endorse him on a document indicating he will have majority support in the House of Representatives when Rowley eventually steps down.
Mexico president chides Trump: Mexican America ‘sounds nice’
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum yesterday suggested North America including the United States could be renamed “Mexican America” – an historic name used on an early map of the region – in response to U.S.
Trinidad man killed while driving home with mom
(Trinidad Express) A man was shot dead while being driven home by his mother in Belmont on Tuesday night.
Venezuela’s opposition decry arrests ahead of anti-Maduro protests
In first, Cuba leases farmland to foreign firm
Argentina privatizes state metal firm in Milei era first
Jamaica PM, Integrity Commission to face off October 13 in court over report on financials
Incoming Trinidad PM says won’t be distracted by Kamla’s ‘nasty’ attacks
Trump will not rule out force to take Panama Canal, Greenland
Lebanon’s army chief elected president, showing regional shifts
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state today, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys U.S.
Los Angeles surrounded by out-of-control wildfires; at least 5 dead
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Raging wildfires surrounded Los Angeles yesterday, killing at least five people, destroying hundreds of homes and stretching firefighting resources and water supplies to the limit, as more than 100,000 people were ordered to evacuate.
US determines Sudan’s RSF committed genocide, imposes sanctions on leader
WASHINGTON/NAIROBI/CAIRO, (Reuters) – The United States determined yesterday that members of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias committed genocide in Sudan and imposed sanctions on the group’s leader over a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and driven millions from their homes.
