Jaskaran’s Report Shows How Region Four Declarations Flipped the 2020 Elections Result
FORENSIC accountant Terrence Jaskaran’s 2021 report landed in Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty’s courtroom a week ago with the force of a thunderclap. I have followed the 2020 elections fraud trial since before the case was reassigned to Magistrate McGusty in 2024, and never before have I seen the attorneys defending the nine senior GECOM and […]
Gold miner arrested with suspected cannabis at Bartica
A 52-year-old gold miner is in police custody following the discovery of 110.6 grammes of suspected cannabis at Five Miles Junction, Bartica, on Friday. According to the police, ranks were conducting a mobile patrol in the Five Miles area at approximately 16:30hrs on September 25, 2026, when they intercepted a motor vehicle at the junction. […]
Cuban nationals robbed at gunpoint after boarding car
TWO Cuban nationals were robbed at gunpoint after boarding a motorcar to travel to Wales on Friday evening, police have reported. The victims, ages 41 and 29, both factory workers, were robbed between 19:30hrs and 20:00hrs in the vicinity of Stanleytown, West Bank Demerara. According to a police release, the men boarded a silver-grey motorcar […]
The political interest of the Guyana diaspora
I KNEW from living in Guyana and writing about Guyana that Alissa Trotz, who edited the column “In The Diaspora” (ITD) for the Stabroek News (SN), was a terribly biased person and that the SN’s editor, Anand Persaud, was equally biased and hopelessly incompetent. Ms Trotz never carried columns critical of the opposition and anti-government […]
Guyana now has 102 trained EV, hybrid technicians
— public charging stations to increase from nine to 24 by year’s end GUYANA now has 102 locally trained technicians capable of maintaining and repairing electric and hybrid vehicles, following the graduation of another 25 auto-electricians and mechanical technicians from the Guyana Energy Agency’s (GEA) specialised training programme. The GEA, which falls under the Office […]
Rotaract adopts sensory room at David Rose Special School
— initiative to support sensory learning, literacy development for 214 children THE Rotaract Club of Georgetown Central (RCGC) has adopted a sensory room at the David Rose Special School as it expands its long-standing literacy initiative to better support children with special education needs. The initiative forms part of the 12th edition of the club’s […]
16 young Guyanese awarded in China-Guyana youth-leadership competition
— students turn ideas into sustainability, education projects SIXTEEN young Guyanese have been recognised for their achievements in the China-Guyana Friendship Youth Leadership Development (YLD) Competition, with participants using the initiative to develop practical projects addressing issues within their schools and communities. The students received their awards during the fifth awards ceremony for the initiative, […]
Empowering Guyana’s Youth Through Clean-Water School Infrastructure: Project FLOW’s Impact in Region Six
THINK about an ordinary school day in Guyana. A student arrives for classes in the morning and, over the next several hours, moves between lessons, perhaps participates in physical education, spends time outdoors during lunch and eventually returns to the classroom. In our tropical climate, access to drinking water throughout that day is not a […]
A Caribbean Moment
THE contest for the next Secretary-General of the United Nations is no ordinary diplomatic contest. It is a moment in which the world must decide not merely who should occupy an office, but what kind of United Nations it wants to build. And in that contest, Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett’s candidacy deserves to be taken with […]
Fixing The Grid
TO be honest, we can cuss GPL, call it “GPHELL”, complain every time the lights go out and vent on social media until the current returns because when electricity becomes unreliable, the frustration is real — and extremely hot. But behind those outages is a much larger national challenge that cannot be reduced to […]
