The US$260 million Demerara River bridge was commissioned yesterday and named after former president and current Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo and the Chinese underscored its importance in their Belt ...

As he entrusted them with a mandate of humility and delivery of tangible service to the people, President Irfaan Ali last night announced 25 Cabinet ministers with seven being new faces. Among the ...

A truck rolled backwards on the approach to the new Bharrat Jagdeo Demerara River Bridge earlier today and was stuck for some time on the structure, causing a severe buildup of traffic on the western ...

Most law-abiding citizens would agree that so long as they are in Guyana, they are obliged to obey our Constitution, the supreme law of the land, and all other laws that are passed by Parliament in ...

It explained that a total of 22 countries, including 18 WCO members were involved, as well as the Caribbean Joint Intelligence Office (JIO). The operation was conducted in partnership with the ...

“Those who eat the Cascadura will, the native legend says, wheresoever they may wander end in Trinidad their days,” Johnson and the Cascadura (Selvon, 1957). So goes the folklore in Trinidad and ...

The World Bank has said that Guyana’s poverty rate is among the highest in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region prompting the Opposition to call on the government to utilize the resources from ...

Aleena Preetam of Good Hope Village, Region Two passed away on Mashramani Day, leaving her relatives, friends and the wider community in deep shock and mourning. According to information reaching this ...

“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 ...

President Irfaan Ali yesterday underscored the importance of collaboration over competition within Guyana’s growing hospitality sector, as the US$18 million Plaza Court Hotel officially opened its ...

A brief history of Guyana’s elections allows for the predicting of election results. In developed countries, observers rely on polls as a guide. In Guyana, reliance can be placed on historic patterns ...

(Basdeo Mangru received his doctorate in History from the University of London. He is currently Associate Professor of History at York College, City University of New York.) For a considerable time ...