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China reaffirms commitment to supporting Guyana’s modernisation – Ambassador

Police probe knife attack on East Bank Demerara family
POLICE are investigating an alleged wounding incident involving a Coverden family on the East Bank Demerara on Friday afternoon. The victims, 53-year-old housewife Indira Thomas, her 68-year-old husband William Thomas, a businessman, and their...

Police recover .32 pistol during Ogle-New Highway search
POLICE conducted a cordon-and-search operation on Friday evening between 20:05 hours and 20:35 hours along the access roads connecting the Ogle New Highway and Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara. The operation targeted drugs, firearms,...

‘Don’t sign over your home, make wills’
-Minister Persaud warns against elderly exploitation, abandonment MINISTER of Human Services and Social Security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud, has sounded the alarm over a disturbing rise in cases where elderly citizens sign over their properties to...

Guyana, Singapore aviation authorities sign new partnership agreement
See below the full release from the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority: The Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) have signed a Technical Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote collaboration...

Guyana joins India in celebrating Dussehra 2025
THE High Commission of India in Guyana and the Swami Vivekananda Cultural Centre (SVCC) in Georgetown, on Thursday, hosted the traditional performance of Ramleela and Dussehra Celebrations 2025, retelling the story of a great Indian epic, The...

Is Littering Embedded Within Our Guyanese Culture?
AS a child, I often heard my grandparents reference how, decades ago, many communities were kept clean by community members and villagers. They always emphasised that the people were seldom wealthy but always took pride in property ownership. They...

Guyana gets two new pilot boats
The Maritime Administration Department (MARAD) commissioned two new pilot boats, the Haiakwa and Haiama, on Friday. The two vessels are worth approximately US$5 million. This move is aimed at strengthening the nation’s maritime capacity to meet...

Business Insight – TTMA Eyes Guyana And Beyond At International Business Forum
The International Business Conference 2025 returns to Guyana this month, and the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) is making waves with its strategic push into the region’s fastest-growing economies. Sunil Lalla has more in...

The Character of the Jungle in Edgar Mittelholzer’s Shadows Move Among Them
MUCH has been written about what literary critic Frank Birbalsingh, in his book Passion & Exile: Essays in Caribbean Literature, called the “pornographic psycho-sexual” aspects of Edgar Mittelholzer’s novels. This thesis is readily supported with...

A Riverfront View of History
By Chevon Lim AS the late afternoon light washed Georgetown in a radiant glow, the pavement bordering Parliament Building stirred with quiet anticipation. Strangers clustered together—some laughing, others hushed and thoughtful—united by a shared...


Indicted Before Swearing-In: Azruddin Mohamed’s Legal Trouble Casts Shadow Over Guyana’s Opposition Leadership. He Responds
By News Americas Staff Writer News Americas, FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, Mon. Oct. 6, 2025: Guyana’s fast-changing political landscape took another stunning turn Monday as Azruddin Mohamed, the businessman whose family empire dominates the nation’s gold...

Guyana to miss out on hosting 2025 Super50 finals amid budget issues

Dialogue of the Brush: Perspective Art Exhibition set for Oct 21-31
Oct 12, 2025 News, Waterfalls Magazine, Xtra Entertainment (Kaieteur News) – Perspective, the local art exhibition showcasing the diverse talents of eight carefully selected artists, each excelling in their respective fields of fine arts/ craft...

New SOMA Hotel & Restaurant opens at Houston
Oct 12, 2025 News (Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali on Saturday joined businessman Lars Mangal, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the TOTALTEC Group of Companies, for the official opening of his SOMA Hotel and Restaurant, which is...

CWIMA gearing up for first O40S T20 World Cup in Pakistan
Oct 12, 2025 Sports (Kaieteur Sports) – The Cricket West Indies Masters Association (CWIMA) is in the final stages of preparation for the inaugural O40s T20 World Cup set to take place in Karachi, Pakistan next month. A robust squad has been...


CJIA to integrate biometrics to reduce processing times for passengers
Oct 12, 2025 News (Kaieteur News) – The Cheddi Jagan International Airport Corporation (CJIAC) has said that it plans to integrate biometrics into its list of services to be able to reduce processing times for passengers. Chief Executive Officer...

APNU working with PPP was long in the making – GHK Lall
Oct 12, 2025 News – says alliance shows “perfect symmetry” between the two major parties (Kaieteur News) – Political commentator and columnist, GHK Lall, is contending that the A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) recent collaboration with...