Guyana Newspapers

…now asking for “fair compensation” The Guyana Government has issued eviction notices to over a dozen residents of Peters Hall, East Bank of Demerara (EBD) after negotiations to acquire their lands for the ongoing construction of the new bridge across the Demerara River have failed. In a statement chronicling the acquisition process, the […]

…says systems are in place to combat learning loss The Education Ministry is urging teachers countrywide to remain in classrooms and not participate in the planned Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) strike slated to commence today. Teachers had only returned to the classrooms on March 6, after striking for some four weeks, and the Chief Education The […]

A 22-year-old member of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) is fighting for his life following a harrowing encounter with two masked intruders, who broke into his home at Block 8, Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Private Azim Khan sustained a gunshot wound near his heart during the confrontation. Reports are that the incident unfolded The post […]

Three gunmen on Wednesday morning executed a daring robbery on the Jia Run Fa supermarket in Eccles, East Bank Demerara (EBD). The incident reportedly occurred at about 03:00h while the supermarket was closed. Guyana Times was informed that the three heavily armed men gained access to the supermarket’s bond at the rear of the building. The post […]

…security partnership, bilateral defence reiterated US Marine Corps Major General Julie Nethercot, US Southern Command Strategy, Policy, and Plans Director, visited Guyana May 6-8. A release from the US embassy in Georgetown on Wednesday stated that the strategy, policy, and plans directorate at US Southern Command oversees strategic planning, […]

It’s of more than passing interest that, more than three centuries after the founding of the three colonies that became “Guyana”, we still refer to our “interior” – or, worse yet, the “hinterland”!! – an amorphous, undifferentiated blob behind our coastland, where most of us continue to live! What makes it even more ironic is […]

As Guyana prepares to celebrate its 58th Anniversary of Independence from Britain, it would be a good opportunity for us to examine events that occurred in the past, and acknowledge that we inevitably do so from the present in which we are enmeshed; however, more so from a perspective of love of country. We will The post How do we relate to each […]

By Ravi Dev The emigrants were given a tin plate, a tin lota (vessel), two blankets, two dhotis, three shirts, two caps, and a bag as they walked onto the gangway of the ship that would take then to “tapu”. A tin tag with their registration number stamped on it was given each of them The post The Ship and Boarding appeared first on Guyana […]

Dear Editor, I am on fire for my country after witnessing the strength of our great party over the last weekend, when we held our 32nd Congress. There was a complete show of unity; everything went smoothly; and we elected many new leaders, who will no doubt lead our party to many more national and The post Extremely happy with PPP Congress […]

Dear Editor, The 32nd Congress of the PPP was indeed a resounding success, so much so that the detractors who foretold and splashed images of doom prior to the congress were silenced by the level of efficiency of its organisation and execution. PPP is indeed the most politically organized party in Guyana at the moment. No The post PPP is […]