Guyana Times

...as trailblazer diplomat laid to rest Showered with praises and admiration for her unwavering dedication to her nearly five-decade-long trailblazing career in the foreign service and her incomparable humility, Guyana, on Friday, bid farewell to one of the country’s most revered and finest diplomats, Ambassador Elisabeth Anne Harper. Government officials, politicians, diplomats, colleagues, associates, friends, relatives and other loved ones all...

...as Police interview video shows former IT manager speaking of instructions received from DCEO Former Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Deputy Chief Elections Officer (DCEO) Roxanne Myers chose to remain silent and refused to answer any questions put before her when the Police interviewed her back in 2020 about the extent of her involvement in the tabulation of the Region Four...

A domestic dispute in Baramita, Northwest District, ended in tragedy on Friday evening when 20-year-old miner Kevin Smith was fatally stabbed by his 19-year-old girlfriend, Nadria James. According to investigators, the couple had been living together in a wooden and plastic camp for about a year when, on September 18, at around 17:00h, James reportedly returned home after consuming alcohol...

The Ministry of Education on Friday rolled out its new initiative "PE Fridays" in schools across the country. “I am pretty excited, and I am very happy to see that it’s being implemented in the schools with such energy, with such excitement, with such vigour,” Minister of Education Sonia Parag said, “we want to have well-rounded human beings. Education is...

The launch of Guyana’s first National Influenza Vaccine Programme signifies a historic and transformative moment in the nation’s healthcare journey. The initiative, introduced at the Eccles Health Centre, positions Guyana alongside countries that have made sustained investments in preventive medicine, and it reflects a decisive move towards strengthening health security, protecting vulnerable groups, and reducing the heavy toll of...

…in the past Your Eyewitness was hoping he could move past the elections, now that the four parties surviving the maelstrom of the peoples’ choice – including the PNC/APNU that was chewed up and spat out!! – have named who they’ll be sending to Parliament. Sadly there are some who are so stuck in their humiliation of being thrashed so...

Dear Editor, Recently, much has been made about press freedom and freedom of expression in Guyana. Ironically, most of the claims are made by those who are most active in the press, on TV and on social media. The international community ought to take note of these developments because without careful scrutiny of the media space, one could end up making...

Dear Editor, I read with interest the letter published on September 18 under the headline “Issues raised by Reporters Without Borders are valid and cumulatively constitute a threat to the press’s ability to hold power accountable without fear”. While the concerns expressed try to cast Guyana’s Government in a negative light, they do not reflect the reality that under the PPP/C,...

Defending champions St Lucia Kings crashed out of the Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) as the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) stormed into the final. With a ruthless display of batting and bowling, TKR left the Kings in their wake and set up a mouth-watering title clash against the Guyana Amazon Warriors. “After being sent in to bat – and...

Young and promising fast bowler Kelvin Henry of New Amsterdam-based Tucber Park Cricket Club was recently presented with a brand-new pair of cricket shoes, courtesy of “Project Cricket Gear for Young and Promising Cricketers in Guyana”. The initiative is a joint effort by former Berbice senior all-rounder and long-serving cricket administrator Anil Beharry of Guyana and Kishan Das of...