Guyana Times

Local entrepreneurs will have a new avenue for financing as Demerara Bank Limited launches a $10 million Revolving Programme on Saturday. The initiative, branded the Dream Build Lead (DBL) Innovation Tank Programme, will provide grants of up to $1 million each to 10 start-ups. Applicants will compete in an Innovation Tank–style format, pitching their business ideas before a live...

– as works progress on houses at Silica City, Phase 2 designs underway With the new People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Administration aiming to build some 40,000 houses over the next five years, the Ministry of Housing is looking to strengthen its monitoring capacity to ensure that quality homes are delivered to Guyanese citizens. On Sunday, the Housing Minister conducted a...

President Dr Irfaan Ali has announced that the Government will fully digitise most state services by the end of the second quarter of 2026, in what he described as a national transformation programme designed to modernise the public sector, enhance transparency, and improve efficiency. The Head of State unveiled the plan during his first press conference since being re-elected,...

President Dr Irfaan Ali, on Sunday via his Facebook page, commended local farmers for embracing new opportunities in agriculture, noting their increasing use of modern technology and crop diversification to boost food production. “Our farmers have been taking full advantage of opportunities to diversify their crops and maximise the use of technology and smart farming techniques,” the Head of State...

– major achievement for country’s mental health care The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), in collaboration with the Center for Global Health at Northwell Health (USA), on Friday officially inaugurated Guyana’s first dedicated Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Clinic. According to the GPHC in its press release, the clinic represents a major advancement in the country’s mental health care system and offers new,...

A young man was fatally stabbed in the wee hours Sunday during a row at the Amerindian Heritage celebrations at Annai, Region Nine. Dead is John Elliot, a 21-year-old tourist guide at Atta Rainforest Lodge and a resident of Surama Village, North Rupununi. The incident occurred at about 01:30h Sunday. According to the police, Elliot was allegedly stabbed and subsequently died...

Over the last few years, as you Dear Readers know, your Eyewitness has been paraphrasing Henry II’s exasperated cry - "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" – the treasonous Archbishop Thomas Becket!! In your Eyewitness’s case however, substitute “turbulent dictator” Mad Maduro! By now, he thought Chávez’s ex-bus driver successor would’ve been long gone – after...

Dr Tariq Jagnarine Fam Medicine, Endocrinology/Diabetes Pregnancy and PCOS PCOS interrupts the normal menstrual cycle and makes it harder to get pregnant. Between 70 and 80 per cent of women with PCOS have fertility problems. This condition can also increase the risk of pregnancy complications. Women with PCOS are twice as likely as women without the condition to deliver their baby prematurely. They’re...

It is now three decades since the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Government announced in 1995 that henceforth, the month of September would be designated as “Amerindian Heritage Month” and that the Guyanese State would facilitate a series of activities annually to bring to the consciousness and weave into the rich tapestry of Guyana, the heritage of our Indigenous Peoples....

The grand finale of the 2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) lived up to its billing, serving up a tense, low-scoring battle between the Guyana Amazon Warriors and the Trinbago Knight Riders at Providence. In a clash brimming with twists and momentum shifts, both teams had their moments under the lights, but it was the seasoned TKR unit who...