Stating that at the midpoint of the agenda of 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, more than 50% of Guyana’s targets are off track, a portion of which are in reverse and worse there is a US$4 trillion financing gap for implementation, double to what it was in 2015, Prime Minister Mark Phillps has suggested that the application of science, technology and innovation could be the solution to challenges such as food security, poverty alleviation, and climate change.
Winston Alexander applying the final touches to his painting
The parent whose child was recently involved in a fight at the New Campbellville Secondary School that dominated several social media platforms is calling for action to be taken since her son suffered a series of blackouts and seizures.
Eighteen people on Thursday graduated from a Geospatial Capacity Building Programme, which was a joint initiative facilitated by the University of Guyana (UG) and SERVIR- Amazonia at the UG Education Lecture Theatre, Turkeyen Campus.
William Niewenkirk and Marlon Belle appeared on Friday at the Georgetown Magistrates Court before Senior Magistrate Leron Daly where they were both charged with using abusive language.
Richard Charles of Robb Street, Bourda, Georgetown, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates Court before Chief Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus on Monday last, charged with illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
An inquest has been ordered by the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) into the death of 13-year-old Rovin Williams who fell from his employer’s pickup on June 12th this year.
A Guyanese woman has been found murdered inside the luxury Los Angeles apartment she had been living in for just one month, cops said, according to a report in the New York Post.
The highest ranking Democrat in the US House and Brooklyn Congressman, Hakeem Jeffries on Thursday met with President Irfaan Ali and his delegation in Washington and stressed the need for an inclusive society here and for the government and the opposition to work together.
The main opposition grouping, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) yesterday called for the removal of Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo from the oil and gas portfolio following confusion over a key audit which saw the Ministry of Natural Resources going beyond what had been recommended by the Guyana Revenue Authority.
Three persons are currently patients at the Georgetown Public Hospital (GPH) following an accident on Friday night at the recently-commissioned Eccles/Haags Bosch roundabout.
The Ministry of Public Works has been regularly patching potholes along the Corentyne Highway, however, some of the recent patches have already begun to erode leaving road users in dismay.
Veterinarian Dr. Steve Surujbally has filed a $100m lawsuit against the State, which he says ought to compensate him adequately for his land compulsorily acquired for the gas to shore project.
Over 300 persons including farmers, agro- processors, women, youth, and other stakeholders, will benefit from a $28.3 million agro-processing facility at Charity in Region Two.
A cabin built in 2018 at St Cuthbert’s Mission (now known as Pakuri) was destroyed by fire after the village council ordered its removal but the toshao says it was accidental.
On Friday, the Ministry of Health in collaboration with the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company (GTT) and Champion of Hop (NGO) launched Pinktober 2023 at the Marriott Hotel in Kingston, Georgetown.
Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill says that the deadline for the rehabilitation of the Eteringbang airstrip in Region Seven has now been pushed back to the end of the year.
Mexico on Friday evening announced that it will be establishing a chamber of commerce in Guyana, and attributed this move to this country’s growing economy from its oil and gas resources and the vast opportunities that will be available here.
The Guyana Police Force has seemingly hit a brick wall as it relates to the investigation into the murders of Melissa Arokium and her eight-year-old son, Anthony Arokium, as sources close to the investigation have said that they have not made any “headway” on the matter since the release of the two suspects who were rearrested and released earlier this month.
