June 2025

Raul Binand was remanded to prison on Friday after the Customs Anti Narcotic Unit (CANU) found 21.972 kilogrammes (or about 48.4 pounds) of cocaine in a car along David Street, Kitty on Wednesday. In a release, CANU said Binand appeared before Magistrate Annette Singh at the Georgetown Magistrate’s Court. He pleaded not guilty to the
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Georgetown, Guyana. June 13, 2025 – LNDCH4 Guyana is pleased to announce the arrival of the Backup Battery Storage System (BESS), which landed at the John Fernandes wharf today. The BESS forms a critical part of the power plant’s emergency support system and is engineered to ensure uninterrupted energy delivery in the event of turbine
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A 25-year-old man has been remanded to prison following serious charges of domestic violence, wounding, and other offences. Karran Sukhan of #2 Village, East Canje Berbice, appeared at the New Amsterdam Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Michelle Mathias. During the court proceedings, Sukhan pled guilty to charges of Assault Causing Bodily Harm, Threatening Language, and Threatening
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The Centre for Local Business Development (CLBD) wrapped up its 2025 ElevateAll Programme, focused on tourism and hospitality, on Friday, with a Demo Day graduation event. The event, held at CLBD’s office in Georgetown, marked the end of four months of intensive training, mentorship, and business development support divided into two phases. The programme was
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AFC leader Nigel Hughes on Friday pointed to a new transport system spanning from Mahaica to Durban Park and Diamond as part of the party’s infrastructure proposals ahead of the 2025 elections. Mr. Hughes outlined the party’s infrastructure plans for each administrative region at a party press conference on Friday. A huge focus, he said,
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In an effort to modernise its services for the digital age, stakeholders of the National Library of Guyana gathered on Thursday for the first engagement in a series of consultations to shape a five-year development plan. The session, held at the Central Library in Georgetown, brought together key figures including Chief Librarian Miss Emily King,
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AFC leader Nigel Hughes said his party did agree to PNC leader Aubrey Norton as the Presidential candidate for a possible APNU+AFC coalition for the 2025 elections, but accepting Mr. Norton came with certain “conditions” that were ultimately shut down.  “The AFC accepted APNU’s nominee for presidential candidate, a major step forward for compromise,” Mr.
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The engineer responsible for the drainage network in Georgetown, Rasheed Kellman on Friday said the city pumps are operational, helping local authorities to tackle water build up amid expected, prolonged rainfall. According to the Hydrometeorological Service- Guyana, rainfall is expected over a 36 hours- period as of Friday. Prolonged rainfall on Thursday night into Friday
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Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh, speaking on the second day of a high‑level Jamaican export and investment mission, outlined Guyana’s ambitious transport infrastructure plan which includes the Corentyne River Bridge linking Guyana and Suriname. On Friday, Dr. Singh revealed that talks have advanced between the two countries on the construction of the bridge. “We are
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