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Guyana, Roraima state to intensify efforts for second phase of Linden to Lethem road
Guyana and the northern Brazilian state of Roraima have agreed to intensify efforts towards the completion of the second phase of the Linden to Lethem road. The governor of the Brazilian state is currently on a visit to Guyana. A joint statement...

Guyana, State of Roraima to advance Linden-Lethem Road, energy complex plans
The Governor of the State of Roraima, Mr. Antonio Olivério Garcia de Almeida visited Guyana on 4-5 July 2025. The Governor was accompanied by the Secretaries for Investment Attraction, Agriculture, Communication and Military, the Special Envoy of...

Improve on educational standards prior to contemplating removal of assessments
Dear Editor, Education is a continuous process that requires testing at various times. Examples would be testing before going to University or even testing in new job (normally 3 months probationary period) to ensure you are suitable for role. To...

GSL cricket season presents opportunity to showcase Guyana’s capacity as a premier service destination
Dear Editor, As a tourism writer, I am confident that with the highly anticipated GSL cricket season upon us once again, Guyana is poised to experience a significant surge in sports tourism and business travel. This season presents yet another...

Guyana has highest access to nursery education in Caribbean — Dr Ramsammy

Unicomer Guyana relaunches Courts Optical at Main Street branch
CELEBRATING 10 years of eye health services, Unicomer Guyana, the home of Courts Guyana Inc., has relaunched the Courts Optical Store, at its Main Street branch. This marked a bolder step forward in Unicomer’s unwavering commitment to serving...

Education system uplifted as Christ Church Secondary reopens after fire
President Dr. Irfaan Ali on Thursday recommitted to modernising Guyana’s entire education system to match the pace of national development, as he delivered the feature address at the official reopening of the newly rebuilt Christ Church Secondary...

Guyana-China relationship has potential for increased growth best reached through acculturation
Dear Editor, Resilience and stability can be considered the appropriate words to describe the current relationship between Guyana and China in 2025. Despite global turbulence due to armed conflicts, financial system fluctuations and trade wars...

Guyana pushes for bold new framework to finance biodiversity protection
Guyana is once again stepping onto the international stage with bold ambition, this time to ensure that biodiversity protection takes its rightful place at the centre of the global climate agenda. President Dr Irfaan Ali, speaking on the United...

Extractive industries initiative silence can jeopardise Guyana – policy forum
Last Updated on Friday, 4 July 2025, 13:43 by Writer The Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (GYEITI) has been effectively inactive for the past six months, following the publication of its sixth annual report in December 2024,...

Samir Mohammed’s mission is to bring astronomy home to every Guyanese
AstroPhotosGY is said to be Guyana’s first interactive astronomy and astrophotography platform designed to bring the universe closer to every Guyanese. It was built by 20-year-old Samir Mohammed, who described himself as “a scientist at heart”. He...

Guyana’s CARICOM 10K team off to Jamaica; all expenses covered by MCY&S, NSC
Guyanese athletes Jelicia Wright, Cleveland Thomas and Timothy Smith, along with their coach Jonathan Fagundes, have arrived in Jamaica for this weekend’s CARICOM 10K Road Race in Montego Bay. The team, accompanied by James Cole, General Secretary...

Performative Activism is just as dangerous as your silence
ACTIVISM is more visible in recent times, with many people taking their activism to social media platforms. In fact, activism is now a part of a growing “trend” in Guyana. During the month of Pride in June, people shared rainbow-coloured content...

Notes on the rise and struggles of trade unionism in Guyana
“The essence of trade unionism is social uplift. The labor movement has been the haven for the dispossessed, the despised, the neglected, the downtrodden, the poor.” – A Philip Randolph, American labour unionist and civil rights activist Since the...

An overview of Guyana’s Family Violence Act 2024: Strengthening protection through modern law
Today, I begin a new series which will focus on Guyana’s new law on family and domestic violence: The Family Violence Act 2024 (the Act). This new law repealed and replaced the old Domestic Violence Act, and represented a transformative shift in...

Guyana’s education sector will be diversified – President Ali
PRESIDENT Dr. Irfaan Ali has recently emphasised the importance of diversifying Guyana’s education, just as the country’s economy is being diversified. The head of state made these remarks at the recent commissioning of the St. George’s School of...

Education Expansion Drive: Tucville Secondary School to gain new classroom block
MINISTER of Education, Priya Manickchand, on Wednesday, conducted a site visit to the Tucville Secondary School (TSS), where construction is underway on a new classroom block aimed at enhancing access to quality secondary education in Georgetown....

Canada-based Guyanese receives recognition for 40-plus years of humanitarian work
– Invested with Order of Ontario and the Guyana High Commissioner to Canada Award for Excellence IN January, Guyana-born Winston Kassim, a retired Executive Officer at the Royal Bank of Canada, was conferred with the Order of Ontario. On June 15,...

Tribute paid to late cultural icon Patrick Michael Foster
169 Barbados and the region have lost a legend. The words of Prime Minister Mia Mottley as she paid tribute to the late Patrick Michael Foster, legendary artist, playwright, actor, director and author. She said Foster was one of the ‘very special...

Why Children Lie
MY last column was for the parents and a few reached out to me. Sadly, as expected, some were at their breaking point and unsure of the next step, wondering whether they were even doing a good job. A recurring theme was a lack of transparency from...