May 2025

This country is not ready or prepared for a third-party option according to Gary Griffith, Political Leader of the National Transformation Alliance (NTA) as he conceded defeat at 9.30 last night. The mood at the NTA headquarters in Mt Lambert was quiet and pensive, as the results started to trickle in about after 7 pm.
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A fire ravaged through several buildings located between Thomas and Pike Streets, Kitty, Georgetown on Thursday leaving several persons displaced. When the News Room visited the scene at about 12:30 hrs, smoke blanketed the area, as fire engulfed buildings that were close to each other. The Guyana Fire Service responded to the fire about 30
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– Authorities send DNA samples to New York; multiple officers on administrative leave  The owner of the Double Day Hotel, who had been held in connection with the investigation into the death of 11-year-old Adriana Younge, has been released from police custody after the statutory detention period expired, the Guyana Police Force (GPF) confirmed. He
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See below the full statement issued by Guyana’s Ministry of Forign Affairs and Internaional Cooperation Order issued on 1 May 2025, by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, in response to Guyana’s request for the indication of additional provisional measures, following the announcement by the Government of Venezuela in January 2025
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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) unanimously reaffirmed provisional measures granted in December 2023 and told Venezuela that it shall refrain from conducting, or preparing to conduct elections, in the Essequibo region. The reaffirmation of the provisional measures is part of the substantive case before the ICJ regarding the long-standing Arbitral Award of October 03,
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Deodat Indar, Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, has initiated legal proceedings against former Mayor of Georgetown, Pt. Ubraj Narine, in the High Court, alleging defamation arising from statements made on social media. According to the Statement of Claim filed on Wednesday, Minister Indar is seeking damages exceeding $60 million, along with aggravated and/or
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A police constable from the Guyana Police Force has been remanded to prison after being formally charged with possession of narcotics for the purpose of trafficking. Sherman Ferguson, 31, appeared at the Friendship Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 30 April, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge. The matter has been adjourned to 22 May
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Fourteen-year-old batter Vaibhav Suryavanshi experienced the lows of elite sport just three days after his record-breaking century as he was dismissed for a two-ball duck in the Indian Premier League. The prodigious talent became the youngest player to hit a men’s T20 century in Monday’s victory over Gujarat Titans, but in his following outing he lobbed a
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