Games and rhymes of a Guyanese childhood

In this week’s Arts column Alim Hosein reviews children’s games and rhymes in what he calls “the August Holiday Season”. These are interesting components of oral literature and disappearing parts of the intangible cultural heritage. Significantly,...

Artist Compton Babb dedicates his energy to Guyana through his paintings

Artist Compton Babb Artist Compton Junior Babb, who neither graduated from secondary school nor art school and dealt with many failures is today one of the country’s leaders in the field, using his experience as motivation to make a living from...

GUYANA-HEALTH- Guyana embraces drone technology in public healthcare system

Guyana embraces drone technology in public healthcare system

Drone Technology (Photo: CMC) August 9, 2025 GEORGETOWN, Guyana, (CMC) – Guyana is now embracing drone technology in its public healthcare system to deliver medical supplies to hard-to-reach areas, says the country’s health minister Frank Anthony....

Guyana using drones to deliver medical supplies to remote, hinterland areas 

Guyana is embracing drone technology in its public healthcare system to deliver medical supplies to hard-to-reach areas, Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony said on Friday. “We’ve tested one of the drones, and it can fly for 150 kilometres. That is...

Shabazz takes ‘Zum Zum’ to Guyana

Former Trinidad and Tobago head coach Jamaal Shabazz has taken another promising local talent across the waters, adding last year’s Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) top-scorer Derrel “Zum Zum” Garcia to his Slingerz FC squad in Guyana....

Guyana women’s basketball team receives support from Vice President Jagdeo

Guyana’s national women’s basketball team has received a pledge of support from Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, ahead of their upcoming Georgetown Women’s Classic against Suriname. The two-match series will be played on August 10 and 11 at the...

President pays tribute to fallen Reg. 7 comrade Daniel Williams: ‘He fought for a better Guyana’

President Irfaan Ali and other leaders of the incumbent PPP/C used the party’s rally in Bartica to pay tribute to educator Daniel Williams, who died tragically last Monday night while addressing a public meeting at Agatash, Region Seven...

Guyana’s Junior Jaguars end campaign with bruising 6-0 loss

GUYANA’S campaign in the CONCACAF U15 boy’s football championship came to a halt on Friday after they were thrashed in their playoff outing with Dominican Republic in Aruba on Friday. The Guyanese lost 6-nil to their Latin American counterparts....

Guyana ends tournament with crushing loss to DR

The Golden Jaguars U-15 boys ended their campaign with a tough 0-6 loss against the Dominican Republic CONCACAF Boy’s U-15 Championship Guyana ended their CONCACAF Boy’s U-15 Championship in a negative fashion as they incurred a humbling 0-6 loss...

Guyana’s Combined Forces to take on Trinidad & Tobago’s Hibiscus in T20 series opener today

Part of the preparations in Guyana’s Combined Forces camp If the weather holds, the Malteenoes Sports Club ground on Thomas Road will host the opening match of a five-game women’s T20 cricket series today between Guyana’s Combined Forces and the...

Guyana ought to have insisted on an equal tariff regime consistent with that derived by other CARICOM states

Dear Editor, Reference is made to Mr. Roger Ally’s recent letter, “Government/GMSA did a great job” (Stabroek News, August 8, 2025). He extensively cites from my letter of August 3, where I argued that small states should act through supranational...

Guyana hockey team depart for Junior Pan American Games

Guyana Claims Big Win In US Tariff War.

- Advertisement - Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has rejected claims that the U.S. raised tariffs on Guyanese exports, calling the reports false and misleading. He pointed to a Stabroek News headline that said “Trump ups tariffs on Guyana by 5 per...

‘We don’t have monies to give you’ –APNU Daniels says

– tells supporters APNU would not be a gov’t of handouts and grants WITHOUT clearly explaining how an A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) government would “open up access” to funds that “belong” to Guyanese, Attorney-at-Law and party candidate...

GUYANA-ENERGY-First oil achieved at Guyana’s fourth FPSO

GUYANA-POLITICS-Vying for the votes of Guyana’s disciplinary forces

‘We are fighting against racism and criminality’ – Jagdeo says

With just weeks to go before Guyanese head to the polls, the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) is sounding an alarm, warning of attempts to incite racial tensions and efforts to use political office as a shield against criminal...

Guyana’s oil production capacity now more than 900,000 barrels daily 

August 8, 2025- ExxonMobil Guyana started production today at Yellowtail, the fourth oil development in Guyana’s offshore Stabroek block. Yellowtail’s ONE GUYANA floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel joins the Destiny, Unity,...

Guyana’s oil production capacity surpasses 900,000 barrels a day

ExxonMobil Guyana began oil production Friday at Yellowtail, its fourth offshore development in the Stabroek block, pushing the country’s total installed production capacity to over 900,000 barrels per day. - Advertisement - The project’s ONE...