January 2026

See below press release from the University of Guyana The University of Guyana, on Friday, December 19, 2025, hosted its Annual Sports Awards and Dinner which saw several of the institution’s top athletes, for the Academic Year 2024/2025, being honoured. The event, which was held at the George Walcott Lecture Theatre, Turkeyen Campus, went beyond celebrating wins and…
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  Senior Minister with Responsibility for Finance Dr. Ashni Singh on Monday used the first public glimpse of the 2022 Population and Housing Census to reaffirm the government’s commitment to fostering economic growth and supporting all regions of Guyana. The preliminary results reveal that every region recorded population growth — including Region Six — though…
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The driver involved in the crash that resulted in the death of 22-year-old Lakhram Etwaroo has been apprehended after fleeing the scene. On Sunday, around 11:00h, Sumesh James, a resident of Number 36 Village, Corentyne Berbice, was driving his car, plate number PXX 9161, with his cousin, Etwaroo, as a passenger. Reports indicate that James…
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Guyanese Quentin Sampson, the Breakout Player of the 2025 Caribbean Premier League, has earned his maiden international call-up, having been named in a 16-member West Indies squad to face Afghanistan in a three-match T20 series later this month. Other Guyanese named in the squad are fast bowler Shamar Joseph, who makes a return from injury,…
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The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has issued a Contravention Notice ordering the immediate closure of an unauthorised supermarket operating at Lot 22, part of Area “L,” Bel Air Village, Plantation Bel Air, Georgetown. In a statement, CH&PA said the notice was issued under Section 22 of the Town and Country Planning Act, Chapter…
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Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Mrs. Shalimar Ali-Hack, SC, has expressed satisfaction with her office’s progress in significantly reducing the backlog of criminal cases over the past five years, while acknowledging persistent challenges that continue to affect the pace of prosecutions. Ali-Hack in a statement said some 126 cases are listed to be heard between…
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See full press release from the Ministry of Housing: For years, hundreds of families living in the Mocha squatting area on the East Bank Demerara have called the land home without certainty—building lives, raising children, and investing what little they had, all without formal recognition. Today, that uncertainty is steadily giving way to opportunity, as…
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