GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) â the Guyana Government says it remains concerned at the high use of mercury and has promised to work on providing an alternative, especially to indigenous communities involved in the mining...
Dear Editor, Guyana has just staked out another dubious first. It has a phantom running for the highest office in the land. If at this early and hysterical stage of the game the candidate has all but faded into the...
 When I was in primary school, there was a girl who I heard some Indo-Guyanese boys call the ugliest girl in school. She didnât have many friends, and sheâd get teased a lot, about how dark her skin was. At...
After his non-eventful appearance at the book launch, he became more desperate. It had been two months since he had arrived back home but he was still to make any inroads into the upper social circles of the society. He...
You might think growing ginger (Zingiber Officinale) in your kitchen garden is a mere novelty, a horticultural gimmick that will never pay back the time and effort you need to put in. But, once you try it, you will never...
There is absolutely nothing any man or woman can do to remove the repugnant edicts that the seat of authority imposes on the Guyanese citizenry. By the seat of authority, I donât mean the Cabinet and governmental...
 A review of Michael Jordanâs supernatural novel by Berkley W. Semple The Caribbean tradition in literature gives short shrift to most genre fiction. There are almost no significant horror novels in the...
The Georgetown Turf Club (GTC) Race Course at Mocha Arcadia was alight with action yesterday when the entity brought off its Pre-Mashramani Horse Race Meet which was witnessed by a few hundred spectators. Six exciting...
The finals of the Bounty Farm Ltd. Handicap Tournament concluded yesterday at the Georgetown Club with Alex Arjoon being crowned King. Nicholas Verwey came out on top of Category A, Samuel Ince-Carvalhal took the Open...
 By Abena Rockcliffe-Campbell âAs the facts come, I will release it to the media.â That is what Irfaan Ali told the media the day he was elected to serve as Peopleâs Progressive Partyâs (PPP)...
â after being bedridden, now walking and speaking Several weeks after he was rendered bedridden as a result of a hit and run accident that caused his friendâs demise, Annandale, East Coast Demerara, teen Reaz...
 A 57-year-old woman perished at around 01.00 hrs yesterday after she was trapped in a fire that razed her Block 8 Mon Repos, East Coast Demerara home. Yowani Sasenarine, 57, who had suffered a stroke sometime ago,...
 On the heels of multiple loan and grant arrangements made available to Guyana from the Peopleâs Republic of China, Guyana is set to receive yet another loan from the Chinese government. It will come in the form...
By Kiana Wilburg  âOil spills are to be handled by the main contractor which is Exxon. They are the operator and they will have to adhere to the Environmental Act and they will be on the hook for the cost for any...
The Department of Social Cohesion, Culture, Youth and Sport through the Central Mashramani Committee hosted a handing over ceremony of sponsorships on Friday. The activity was yesterdayâs Children Float Parade. Five...
 Lethem has been earmarked as the next major transport hub in the country, and according to Minister of Public Infrastructure, David Patterson, the money has already bee n allocated for the project. Speaking at a...
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Last Valentineâs Day turned bitter for an Essequibo couple after the body of their two-year-old son, Ricardo Jaigobin, was fished out of a trench just outside their Reliance home. Based on reports, the child was last...
Attorney-at-law, Charles Ramson, is reminding the government of the old adage, âYou cannot have your cake and eat it too.â He said that the very positions that Government members are holding on to are created...
On Wednesday, February 20, Appeal Court Judge Rishi Persaud will commence hearing applications for interim stays of the rulings handed down by the Chief Justice in relation to three matters concerning the No-Confidence...
Forty-seven schools from across the country danced their way to the National Park to convince the judges that they deserve to win the Ministry of Educationâs Childrenâs Costume and Float Parade 2019. The theme...
First Lady Mrs. Sandra Granger, participated in the third annual childrenâs cancer awareness walk, organized by the Giving Hope Foundation. The walk was held, yesterday, in observance of International Childhood...
The Shipping Association of Guyana (SAG) says it is moving to appeal a recent decision by a regulator slap members with a multi-million-dollar fine. The fines pertains to what the Competition and Consumer Affairs...
Guyana full of confidence tricksters and foreigners come and join de numbers. Exxon is one of dem. De people shouldnât watch Exxon wid two eyes. You got to watch dem wid de two eyes wha de Creatah give yuh plus some...
âWe will uphold the law,â said Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo, when asked about the dual citizens who are currently parliamentarians. The Peopleâs Progressive Party (PPP) has three Members of Parliament...
The State, more particularly the Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan, will have control over the local authorities given that the Local Government Commission, (LGC) effectively shut its doors, this week. The...