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Hickens Calls for Hands on Policing at Inspector’s Conference

The Guyana Police Force on Wednesday concluded the first day of its annual Inspectors’ Conference with a series of detailed presentations focused on strengthening operations, intelligence gathering and modern policing practices.The two day conference, which opened earlier today at the Police Officers’ Mess Annexe, Eve Leary, brought together Inspectors from across the country under the […]

CIOG, MYO back Budget 2026, points to transport grants for pensioners, schoolchildren

Faith-based bodies the Central Islamic Organization of Guyana (CIOG) and the Muslim Youth Organization of Guyana (MYO) have thrown their full support behind the 2026 National Budget, pointing to the introduction of transportation grants for pensioners and schoolchildren as a key intervention that directly eases daily costs for families. In a joint statement issued on […]

Census confirms strong alignment between population count and official records

Guyana’s 2022 Population and Housing Census has been independently validated against official population records, with the difference between the two measures coming in at less than one per cent, according to the Guyana National Population and Housing Census 2022 – Preliminary Report . The Bureau of Statistics reported that when the preliminary census count was […]

Foreign-born population still small but at highest level since 1980, census shows

Foreign-born residents continue to make up a small share of Guyana’s population, but the 2022 Population and Housing Census recorded the highest proportion of foreign-born persons since 1980, according to the Guyana National Population and Housing Census 2022 – Preliminary Report. The census shows that in 2022, foreign-born persons accounted for 3.07 per cent of […]

“All black man ah same thing” – US fugitive Nazar Mohamed exposed as racist

Public outrage has erupted following the circulation of a leaked audio recording in which prominent businessman Nazar Mohamed is heard making racist and threatening remarks toward a man believed to be one of his workers. In the recording, Mohamed repeatedly uses derogatory language, makes sweeping racist generalisations about people of African descent, and threatens to […]