Guyana Times

Slingerz Football Club is set to be crowned champions of the Guyana Football Federation’s (GFF) Seventh Elite League, at the end of the season; now holding a 12- point lead at the top of the League’s points table. Interestingly, Slingerz FC still has three games left to play in this year’s League, giving them a chance to further extend the...

Former national cricketer Steven Jacobs has embarked on a new innings. He will now serve in the cabinet as Minister within the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport. Jacobs is no stranger to politics, as he served as a city councilor. Speaking after the official swearing in on Saturday evening, Jacobs highlighted that he is ready to bring the athletes...

The Guyana Prison Service (GPS) is undertaking a transformation, signaling an essential shift in the country’s approach to incarceration. Moving away from a system traditionally defined by punishment, the service is embracing a correctional model focused on rehabilitation, reintegration, and the restoration of human dignity. This development, while long overdue, marks a critical juncture in the evolution of the...

Dear Editor, On September 10, Guyana and the world at large observed ‘World Suicide Prevention Day’ and country is promising a ‘strong commitment’ to ‘Mental Health Reform.’ Guyana realises that ‘indeed a concerted effort is needed for ‘Suicide Prevention’ and this year it was under the theme “Changing the Narrative on Suicide.” As the Ministry of Health pointed out, this...

Local franchise, Guyana Amazon Warriors, playoffs newcomers Antigua and Barbuda Falcons, the experienced Trinbago Knight Riders and defending champions St. Lucia Kings will be engrossed in three days of blockbuster T20 cricket at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence, East Bank Demerara (EBD) this week, to decide on this year’s Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) finalists. With the league...

Dear Editor, President Irfaan Ali, on behalf of so many, said that ‘You held the line,’ referring to the occasion where “Several members of the Disciplined Services were awarded the Joint Services Medal Class A for their meritorious and dedicated service in support of Law and Order, during the just concluded elections.” I followed the happenings, preceding and following the...

Dear Editor, The September 12 statement assessing the Government of Guyana’s relationship with the media by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) warrants scrutiny, as it is clearly a misrepresentation of the state of press freedom in this country. First, it is not coincidental that the RSF statement came just a few days after the Guyana Press Association (GPA) used its congratulatory...

Newly appointed Local Government and Regional Development, Minister Priya Manickchand, has announced that the Government will be significantly expanding its waste management capacity as the volume of waste entering the Haags Bosch landfill has tripled in recent years. Speaking during a site visit, Manickchand described solid waste management as “a huge area and a big concern” for residents across the...

Four Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States, Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St Vincent and the Grenadines, are on track to implement full free movement among themselves from 1 October this year. In a release on Monday, the CARICOM Secretariat said that by implementing the full free movement regime, these four countries have agreed to grant their nationals the right to...

Presidential Candidate for The Citizen’s Initiative (TCI) political party Rhonda Lam, on Monday morning testified to a “methodical raising of votes for the APNU+AFC (A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance for Change) and lowering of votes for the PPP/C (People’s Progressive Party/Civic)” in variation of the actual numbers on the Statement of Polls (SOPs) when the tabulation of...