January 2025

In an effort to better manage traffic and promote road safety, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has received $50 million worth of modern equipment to utilise in the execution of daily operations. The items include speed guns with cameras, wheel clamps, speed radar signs, direction sensing radars, portable speed bumps and 20 tablets to record
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See below full statement issued by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI): Guyana on the presentation of the $1.382 trillion 2025 National Budget under the theme ‘A Secure, Prosperous, and Sustainable Guyana’—which was notably an increase of 20.6 percent from the 2024 National Budget, with no new taxes. As Guyana’s development continues on
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A total of 89 new ranks successfully completed eight months of rigorous training to join the Guyana Police Force. The new recruits graduated on Wednesday from the Police Academies in Berbice and Essequibo. As part of their training, the ranks also did Spanish as the Force enhances its proficiency in foreign languages. The ranks were
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A critical issue is currently plaguing the education sector – teachers’ absenteeism. This was revealed by Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Wednesday at an event at the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE). Manickchand revealed about 30 to 40 per cent of Guyana’s 14,000 teachers are absent daily from classrooms. “Now there are peculiarities
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Popular philanthropist and ardent cricket supporter, Dave Narine, of Dave West Indian Imports (USA) on Wednesday (January 22) launched Everest Cricket Club’s pavilion and hall rehabilitation fund with a first donation of G$500,000. Receiving the cheque on behalf of Everest, in the club’s pavilion, was national player Richie Looknauth. The launch of the Renovation Fund
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Abel Fernandez and Kataleya Sam are the new Under-12 Chess Champions for 2025 after performing splendidly in the National Under-12 Chess Championships. The tournament, sponsored by Moo Milk, went off without a hitch on January 19 in the Oasis Terrace Room of the Guyana Pegasus Hotel, Kingston. The Guyana Chess Federation hosted some 54 participants,
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Press Release from the Guyana Football Federation On behalf of the entire football fraternity, I extend heartfelt congratulations to His Excellency, President Dr. Irfaan Ali, and the Honourable Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson, on their unwavering commitment and remarkable leadership in advancing sports in Guyana. We commend President Ali for his clarity
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For the third year in succession Saints Hockey Club (SHC) travelled to Trinidad and Tobago to compete in the Ventures Hockey Club International Indoor Tournament, from January 9-12, 2025. Having competed for the first time on foreign soil in 2024, the SHC women’s team, which included six teenagers, showed remarkable improvement. Despite losing their first
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Police have arrested a 46-year-old man following the discovery of a backpack containing 371 grammes of cannabis at the Stabroek market tarmac, Georgetown. The discovery was made during a raid late Tuesday night. According to a Police report, an operation was conducted during which a man, carrying a black backpack, attempted to flee the scene.
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Jairam Bissessar, a businessman of Region Two (Pomeroon- Supenaam), was on Tuesday sentenced to one month imprisonment after he was found guilty of assaulting a Police Corporal. The sentenced was handed down by Magistrate Tamieka Clarke at the Suddie Magistrate’s Court. On January 2, 2025, Bissessar assaulted Police Corporal Hakim Atkins of the Anti-Crime Patrol
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