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Big Man Cricket bowls off this weekend in Guyana
Big Man Cricket (BMC) is thrilled to announce that it has secured the generous sponsorship of well-known benefactors Peter Lewis and Ravi Mangali, leaders of their respective businesses, Peter Lewis Contracting and Asphalting Services, and Permaul...
GUYANA-CRIME-Airport police arrested for demanding money from passenger

Guyana eyes China’s expertise to bolster affordable housing construction
AS Guyana continues to chart its course on a rapid development path, the government is eyeing Chinese expertise to drive large-scale affordable housing construction and urban planning. These comments were made by Prime Minister Brigadier (ret’d)...

Guyana forges ahead with air-service development
IN alignment with President Irfaan Ali’s vision for Guyana to become a major regional aviation hub, Ramesh Ghir, Chief Executive Officer of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA), is currently spearheading Air Service Development efforts at...

Submissions open for 2025 Guyana Prize for Literature
THE Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport has issued a call for submissions for the Guyana Prize for Literature 2025, which will remain open until January 31, 2026, at midnight Guyana time. All submissions should be made through the link provided...

Guyana's Global Recognition And President Ali's UN Speech
(MENAFN- Caribbean News Global) Dear Sir, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali's recent address at the United Nations marked a proud milestone in Guyana's foreign policy trajectory, particularly in advancing relations with the Middle East and the wider...

Scotiabank Guyana Inc. to replace The Bank of Nova Scotia from November 1
EFFECTIVE November 1, 2025, The Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) will officially transfer its Guyana operations to Scotiabank Guyana Inc. (SGI), a newly incorporated, locally registered company that is a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank of...

Guyana Chronicle hosts fifth Back-to-School drive, supporting learners nationwide
THE Guyana National Newspapers Limited (GNNL), publishers of the Daily and Sunday Chronicle, on Friday hosted its fifth annual Back-to-School Gadget and School Supplies Drive, rewarding 22 learners from across the country with essential learning...

Dr. Leslie Ramsammy: A lifetime of service rooted in equality and public duty
“Public service is about people, not prestige.” from the canefields of Albion to the corridors of Geneva, Guyana’s veteran public servant reflects on a life defined by compassion, discipline, and the pursuit of fairness IN a quiet but decisive...

What Dr Mark France said
CHAIRMAN of A New and United Guyana (ANUG) Dr Mark France, said that the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party has not honoured the agreement that was signed between the two parties before the 2025 election. Dr France admitted on the Freddie Kissoon...

Munroe commends GBTI for introducing ‘invoice financing’ to support Guyanese oil and gas suppliers
DIRECTOR of the Local Content Secretariat, Michael Munroe, has commended the Guyana Bank for Trade and Industry (GBTI) for demonstrating flexibility as it now allows local companies to use invoices from oil and gas companies to access loans....

Guyana must tie military cooperation to trade concessions
Sep 27, 2025 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom Kaieteur News – The United States wants deeper military cooperation with Guyana. It wants to work with our Defence Force on counter-narcotics, transnational crime, and regional stability. It wants...

Guyana, Rwanda sign air services agreement for connectivity to Africa
Sep 27, 2025 News Kaieteur News – The governments of Guyana and Rwanda on Friday signed an ‘open skies’ Air Services Agreement to encourage and facilitate airlines operating air services between the two countries and other nations. According to a...

The Bank of Nova Scotia will now be Scotiabank Guyana Inc.
Oct 02, 2025 News Kaieteur News – Effective November 1, 2025, the Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) will transfer its Guyana banking operations to Scotiabank Guyana Inc. (SGI), a locally registered company which is a direct, wholly- owned subsidiary of...

Guyana: Two Dead After Car Slams into Parked Lorry on Soesdyke-Linden Highway
Guyana: A tragic car crash on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway has left 54-year-old Da Tai Lei and 87-year-old Edward Singh, resident of Lethem dead after crashing into a parked Motor Lorry on September 25. According to police reports the accident took...

Election in Guyana: Changing Voters Dynamics & The Decline of Racialism
Oct 02, 2025 Letters Dear Editor, The recently concluded 2025 General and Regional election in Guyana has marked a historic milestone in our country’s political evolution. The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) unsurprisingly secured a...

U.S. TIP report urges Guyana to boost prosecutions, inspections
Guyana has once again secured a Tier 1 ranking in the United States Department of State’s 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report but the country has also been urged to ramp up prosecutions, strengthen inspections, and expand protection for...

Court of Appeal dismisses Forward Guyana Movement’s election ballot case
The Court of Appeal today upheld the decision of the High Court in the case brought by Forward Guyana Movement (FGM) against the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), ruling that the Forward Guyana Movement party, and by extension the Assembly for...

Guyana-born school superintendent arrested by immigration authorities
DES MOINES, Iowa (CMC) – Immigration authorities in the United States on Friday arrested Guyana-born educator, Dr Ian Andre Roberts, who rose to become superintendent of Iowa’s largest public school district. Roberts, 48, was arrested by U.S....

Significant progress in Guyana-led food initiative – Mustapha
“For Guyana, we are fully committed to playing a leading role. Our national targets for 2030 include more than one million tonnes of rice, nearly half a million tonnes of vegetables, 300,000 tonnes of coconut, and over 100,000 tonnes of poultry....