Guyana Times

President Dr Irfaan Ali on Wednesday told the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that Guyana is leading the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Vision 2030 Agri-Food Systems Agenda, with the aim of boosting food production, ending hunger, and ensuring food security across the Caribbean. He urged global leaders to accelerate the transformation of global food systems to make them more resilient, sustainable,...

The Audit Office of Guyana (AOG) is currently building capacity in a number of new areas, including the oil and gas sector, and is looking to increase its trained staff to adequately scrutinise the burgeoning industry. The Auditor General’s office is responsible for conducting annual audits of public accounts, financial transactions or operations and financial statements. To this end, several...

– says payments can be made via bank or cash as WIN MPs' accounts closed – 13th Parliament to be convened as soon as list of 65 new MPs submitted Clerk of the National Assembly Sherlock Isaacs has explained that Members of Parliament (MPs) can be paid either via the bank or in cash. His clarification comes on the heels of at...

A 13-year-old boy of Guyanese parentage who was shot in the head at a Dunkin' Doughnuts in Queens three days ago has succumbed to his injuries while being treated at Cohen's Children's Hospital. According to ABC Eyewitness News, the dead teen, Sanjay Samuel, a high school freshman, was in the Dunkin' Doughnuts parking lot with his friends on Monday when...

Just over a week after reports surfaced of a $5 million theft at the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), the Guyana Police Force (GPF) has instituted charges against 30-year-old Dikimbie Gittens, an assistant accountant of Onderneeming, Parfaite Harmonie, West Bank Demerara. The money reportedly went missing between September 15 and 16, 2025, from GECOM's Secretariat at Barrack and Fort Streets, Kingston,...

As Police continue their eradication exercise, approximately $62 million worth of cannabis found at Low Wood, Demerara River, was destroyed on Thursday. Police stated that a team travelled to Low Wood, where they discovered a roughly one acre plot of land containing about 1500 cannabis plants ranging from two to five feet in height. In addition, a makeshift camp...

Twenty-year-old Norvin Oneil, a fisherman of Westbury, Essequibo, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), was on Tuesday granted bail in the sum of $500,000 on a rape charge. The accused, who was accused of raping a female under the age of 16 between March 1 and May 21, 2024, appeared before Magistrate Ravindra Mohabir at the Anna Regina Magistrate's Court, where the indictable...

Tourism Industry and Commerce Minister Susan Rodrigues has called for sustainable growth and inclusiveness in small business development, stressing that entrepreneurship must prioritise sustainability while creating equal opportunities for persons living with disabilities. The Minister made the call during the disbursement of loans under the $36 million revolving fund, underscoring the importance of guaranteeing continued support to ensure small businesses...

Public Utilities and Aviation Minister Deodat Indar and Education Minister Sonia Parag convened a meeting on Thursday afternoon to address urgent utilities issues facing schools across the country. According to a release from the Ministry, consequently, the Ministers have formed a rapid-response task force to tackle these issues, along with what seems to be the systematic destruction of several...

Guyana is upgrading its maritime infrastructure to welcome larger Panamax and post-Panamax vessels, a move that Minister of Public Utilities and Aviation Deodat Indar says will lower import costs and support the country’s rapid economic growth. This announcement was made during the opening of the World Maritime Day Exhibition on Thursday at the Guyana National Stadium, Providence, East Bank Demerara,...