Guyana News

See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King The United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has sanctioned two Trinidadian Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) financiers. The Treasury Department said on Sept. ...

Local Government Minister, Ronald Bulkan on Monday asked the High Court to block efforts by the opposition People’s Progressive Party’s  Bibi Shadick  to quash his decision to hold elections for several neighbourhood councils without first issuing an order containing important ...

Town Clerk, Royston King leased a parcel of land to a shipping company, but the Commission of Inquiry into the operations of the Georgetown Municipality says that land is owned by government’s holding company for State assets. Chairman of the ...

As political parties engage in a ground battle at the community level for candidates to contest the November 12 Local Government Elections, General Secretary of the opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Bharrat Jagdeo on Monday said if claims of irregularities ...

The Guyana government on Monday confirmed the appointment of a new Board of Directors for the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco), after months of haggling over who has the authority to appoint that governance structure. After the National Industrial and ...

The Commission of Inquiry into the operations of the  City administration  opened on Monday with pensioners claiming they were enduring delays in the receiving pensions, retroactive salary increases and gratuities. Former Supervisor of South Road Day Care Centre, Jardine Hope ...

See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Azad Ali A high court judge has ruled that it is legal for two male adults to have sexual intercourse. The final landmark ruling was handed down in the Port of Spain High Court ...

See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King The Guyana Independence Celebration Committee (New York) says it will host an OGBA Paati (Garden Party in Yoruba) and cultural extravaganza on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, at the roof garden of ...

The Alliance For Change (AFC) and the Working People’s Alliance (WPA) on Sunday looked set to collaborate on whether there should be conditional direct cash transfers of oil revenues to poor Guyanese households. WPA Executive Member, David Hinds confirmed that ...

China on Saturday signed a US$37.6 million agreement to boost Guyana’s broadband access for security surveillance and the provision of remote health care, officials said. “This project will see the upgrading of the network to enable an equitable delivery of ...

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