July 2025

The Guyana Prize for Literature made its highly anticipated return on Friday evening with an intimate, formal awards ceremony hosted at the Pegasus Corporate Building in Kingston, Georgetown. Delivering the feature address, Prime Minister Mark Phillips acknowledged the prize’s historic legacy and its renewed direction. In a light-hearted moment, he quipped, “We’ve set another record;
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  Prominent miner and industry leader Ronaldo Alphonso has thrown his full support behind President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali’s bid for a second term, praising what he calls “real, tangible benefits” delivered to Guyana’s mining sector over the past five years. Alphonso, who has spent more than two decades in the gold mining industry and
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Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan Ali vowed that the East Coast Demerara would significantly transform in the next five years and revealed that there are already many proposals for the community of Enmore. In Enmore, the President revealed, there are proposals for a dairy plant, brewery expansion, private universities, and a waterfront development. Already, the Shoreline
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  Police are probing what appears to be a domestic murder at Soesdyke, East Bank Demerara, which claimed the life of 50-year-old housewife Bibi Salima Persaud late Friday night. Persaud, of Lot 193 Ivan Road, Soesdyke, was found dead inside her home with multiple wounds, including a fatal cut to her throat. Her partner, 38-year-old
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Police are investigating what appears to be a fatal case of road rage which left a 26-year-old mechanic dead in Georgetown on Friday afternoon. The victim, Jamal Green of Durban Street Lodge, was fatally stabbed following a heated street confrontation with a taxi driver between Robb and Albert Streets around 13:30 hrs. The suspect, 30-year-old
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Following President Ali’s proclamation dissolving the parliament, GECOM has intensified its voter education campaign to engage communities in raising awareness and promoting voter participation in the regional and general elections. In a release on Friday evening, GECOM indicated they are rolling out content on television, radio, and social media aimed at providing “accurate information that
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The Ministry of Natural Resources announced on Wednesday that ExxonMobil Guyana Limited (EMGL) has officially relinquished 20 per cent of the Stabroek Block. ‘Relinquishment,’ outlined in the 2016 Production Sharing Agreement (PSA), refers to the giving up of sections of a block by a contractor after a stipulated amount of time has elapsed and no
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The new Enmore Regional Hospital was commissioned on Friday night by Guyana’s President, Dr. Irfaan Ali, allowing thousands of East Coast Demerara residents to get much-needed health services closer to home. “We are opening a door to the future, we are raising the curtain on a new era of healthcare “This hospital is part of
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Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) strengthened its grip on the 2025 CARICOM Classic Team Chess Tournament, continuing to lead after surpassing Jamaica in Round Five played on Friday July 4, 2025, at the Pegasus Hotel. The Jamaicans were trailing their Trinidadian opponents by a slim margin after Round Four on Wednesday. Trinidad has now accumulated 18
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