January 2025

See below full release from the University of Guyana:  The University of Guyana wishes to advise that it has not authorized, nor is it currently conducting any survey which includes political polling. It would appear that persons purporting to be students of the University are soliciting responses to a certain survey in the Berbice area
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Amena Elliott, a 27-year-old single mother of two from Enterprise, East Coast Demerara, received the keys to her new house on Saturday, providing her family with a spacious and safe environment. The new home was built under President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali’s Men on Mission (MoM) initiative. The home that was handed over to Amena
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The Guyana Rugby Football Union (GRFU) has heaped praises on the government for its unprecedented injection of G$8 billion into sports development for 2025. Under the theme, ‘A secure, prosperous and sustainable Guyana’, this year’s allocation to sport significantly exceeded the record sum of G$4.6 billion in 2024. “The budget on a whole is very
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See below the full release from the National Toshaos Council (NTC):  The National Toshaos Council (NTC) of Guyana is pleased to announce the contracting 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). This consultancy will implement Phase
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Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha commissioned the Guyana Food Safety Authority’s Laboratory and Office at the ministry’s La Bonne Intention complex on the East Coast of Demerara on Saturday. The commissioning of this new office and laboratory is a pivotal step in the government’s commitment to safeguarding public health and promoting food safety nationwide. While offering
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The landmark US$300 million Vreed-en-Hoop shore base facility was officially opened on Saturday, a move that Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan Ali said is part of the long-term development of the country’s maritime and transport sector. “This is that one additional asset that allows us to build one of the best marine industries and marine sectors
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Guyana’s Under-17 women’s football team, the Junior Lady Jags, has arrived safely in the Dominican Republic for the CONCACAF qualifying tournament for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar. The team will face tough competition in the group stage, with matches against Cuba, Panama, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Director of Women’s Programmes
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Dindyal Persaud, a 47-year-old labourer of Grove, East Bank Demerara (EBD), was charged on Friday and remanded to prison after he assaulted a Police Officer. Persaud reportedly assaulted Lorenzo Gitten, a Police Constable at the Grove Police Station on January 16. Police Headquarters reported that the man appeared before Magistrate Wanda Fortune at the Diamond/
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Police found 2,720 grammes (or about 5.9 pounds) of marijuana on Saturday at an abandoned house in Sophia, Georgetown. A release from the Guyana Police Force noted that the narcotics were found after a team from Regional Division 4A carried out several ‘Cordon and Search’ exercises at South Sophia, Campbellville, Newtown, Albouystown, Stabroek Market, Leopold
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Parbhudai Boodram, a 64-year-old housewife of Belle West, West Bank Demerara (WBD), was allegedly murdered in her house after being robbed. Police Headquarters reported that the woman died sometime between 20:00 hrs Friday and 08:00 hrs Saturday. It was reported that Boodram, also called Renie, resided with her husband, 63-year-old tailor Anthony Alphonso Boodram. The
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