16 GDF ranks begin 12-week ordnance course
training to strengthen military stores management, accountability and operational efficiency SIXTEEN ranks of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) have commenced a 12-week Junior All Arms Ordnance Course aimed at strengthening their technical capacity to manage military stores and ensure the accountable use of resources. The course, conducted by the GDF Training Corps, is designed […]
GCCI cautions against price controls on essential goods
The following is the full text of a statement issued by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Tuesday: “THE Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has noted recent public discussions surrounding the introduction of price controls on essential food items as a means of addressing the cost of living in […]
Oil, class antagonism and hate politics
ALL Guyanese and all post-colonial people, especially in the Caribbean, who know about Guyana are happy that a post-colonial country of non-White people is becoming rich and modern because it has oil. That is the story that Guyana is now basking in. Many years, on the Subryanville seawall, I ran into a man who had […]
Court issues arrest warrant for absent police witness in electoral fraud case
PRINCIPAL Magistrate Faith McGusty issued an arrest warrant for Woman Police Inspector Roshelle Peters on Tuesday after the prosecution reported that she had failed to appear at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Courts for the ongoing electoral fraud trial. Prosecutor Madana Rampersaud informed the court that Peters was absent, leading McGusty to remind him that the […]
Four in five domestic workers lack formal job protections, UN finds
AN estimated 66.5 million domestic workers – representing more than four out of five domestic workers worldwide – were informally employed in 2025, a new report by the UN’s labour organisation has found. This makes them more than twice as likely as other employees to lack effective labour and social protection, making them more […]
Karimbaksh rejects disputed audio as AI-generated, reserves right to sue
lawyer calls for fair, impartial investigation into recording circulating on social media DEPUTY Commissioner of Police Fazil Karimbaksh has rejected an audio recording circulating on social media and attributed to him, with his attorney-at-law, Rizwaun Mohamed, describing the material as AI-generated and warning that legal action may be pursued against those responsible for its creation […]
Record carbon dioxide levels will impact us for centuries – UN weather agency
LEVELS of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other major greenhouse gases in the atmosphere caused by burning fossil fuels reached record highs in 2025, locking in more long-term global warming, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Tuesday. The agency’s latest Greenhouse Gas Bulletin indicates an average global concentration of CO2 at 426.8 parts per […]
Modernising Caribbean shipping
THE strength of the Caribbean’s maritime sector is vital for the region to trade efficiently, reduce the cost of living, and compete globally. With over 400 delegates convening in Guyana for the Caribbean Shipping Association (CSA)’s 56th Annual General Meeting, Conference and Exhibition, the call for increased regional collaboration, modernised port infrastructure and strategic investment […]
Heaphy, Lennox, light deny India A in tight draw
A STUBBORN 10th wicket partnership between Curtis Heaphy and Jayden Lennox denied India A a stunning turnaround victory on the final day of the first Unofficial Test in Lincoln on Tuesday (October 27). Skittled out for just 113 and having conceded a 204-run first innings lead, India A’s revival was built on Devdutt Padikkal’s magnificent […]
Madushanka five-fer sends Sri Lanka to tri-series final
DILSHAN Madushanka’s career-best figures of 5/34 wrecked Pakistan in Lahore as Sri Lanka reached the tri-series final with ease. Madushanka and the rest of the Sri Lankan attack put Pakistan under pressure right from the outset as the hosts crashed inside 26 overs for just 110. In reply, Sri Lanka rode on a brisk half-century […]
