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When U.S.-based Guyanese businessman Navin Shivpal first took over Cottage Home Care Services in a small Queens office just before the pandemic, he could hardly have imagined that five years later it would become one of New York’s largest and fastest-growing home care agencies. Now employing over 3,000 caregivers and serving thousands of families across…
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Police Corporal Yonelle Almarie Cumberbatch of Eastville Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara (ECD), was on Tuesday granted $500,000 bail after she was charged with causing the death of 15-year-old Navindra Mahes by dangerous driving. The accident occurred on October 30 along the Success Public Road, ECD. Cumberbatch appeared before Magistrate Abigail Gibbs at the Sparendaam…
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Ryan Boodhoo, the new owner of the iconic black KTM X-Bow, has declared himself happy with his return to competitive motor racing after a 20-year hiatus at the South Dakota Circuit. The comeback represents a significant step up for Boodhoo, who last competed two decades ago in the Starlet Cup and established a strong pedigree…
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Three hundred officers in the Guyana Police Force are undergoing special training in public engagement to strengthen the quality of visitors’ experience in Guyana. The six-part training session is made possible through a partnership between the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) and HAROBED at the GPF Officers’ Training Centre, Camp Street in Georgetown. The initiative aims…
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Two persons have died in a Monday night accident at the intersection of Proctor Road and Kara Kara Public Road, Linden, Region 10. Dead are Latrel Whinfield, 19, and Isaiah Richards, a student whose name and address are not yet known. Whinfield and Richards were riding on a motorcycle at the time of the accident….
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Guyana received US$1.05 billion as revenue from its share of profit oil in the first six months of 2025 and another US$1.7 billion in royalties during that period, according to the Ministry of Finance’s mid-year report. The revenue earned included payments for two lifts of oil that occurred in the final quarter of 2024 and…
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The Government of Guyana wrote off $1.5 billion in student loans in the first six months of 2025, according to the Ministry of Finance’s mid-year report that was tabled in the National Assembly on Monday. In total, $2.8 billion in loans have been cancelled since the student loan debt write-off programme commenced. The government began…
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Javon Roberts secured a bronze medal in the men’s 800m with a new personal best as part of a successful outing for Guyana at the South American U-20 Championships in Lima, Peru. Roberts crossed the line in 1:51.98s to claim third place. The gold medal went to the host nation’s Giancarlo Banda (1:50.86s), with Brazil’s Carlos…
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Leonora Primary edged St John the Baptist 6-5 in a sudden-death penalty shootout to claim the Courts Optical Pee-Wee Football Championship title in a dramatic finale at the Ministry of Education Ground. The final, a battle of first-time contenders, finished 1-1 after full-time, forcing the contest into the dreaded penalty lottery. Leonora’s Jonathan Melvin handed…
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Audited financial statements for the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) show that the body spent $231.4 million last year on various operating expenses, a significant increase from its 2023 expenditures. The financial statements were tabled in the National Assembly on Monday when the 13th Parliament was convened. The ERC’s Statement of Receipts and Payments for the…
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