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Guyana’s government said Monday that it is investigating what it called a terrorist attack on a gas station that caused a car to explode, killing an 8-year-old girl and injuring four other people, two of them seriously.

Guyana's Irfaan Ali of the ruling People's Progressive Party on Sunday was sworn in for a second term as president of the oil-rich South American nation after his victory was ratified by the electoral commission.

Guyana's ruling People's Progressive Party won more than twice as many votes as its nearest rival in the country's general election, setting it up for a parliamentary majority and another term for incumbent President Irf...

Polls have closed in Guyana's general election, where voters cast ballots on Monday to choose 65 members of parliament and a president who will determine how riches from the South American country's hydrocarbon boom will...

Director of the Customs Anti- Narcotics Unit (CANU), James Singh, believes that there are moves afoot by foreign drug traffickers to establish a big presence in Guyana.

With just three weeks to go before Guyana’s General and Regional Elections, the Tourism & Hospitality Association of Guyana (THAG) is appealing to political parties, stakeholders, and citizens to commit to peace, toleran...

Over the past five years, more than 5,000 people have been trained by Guyana’s Ministry of Human Services and Social Security to fight human trafficking. These include officials and frontline workers, who now know how to...

President Irfaan Ali said late Friday that the government of the South American country is dedicating “enormous resources” to thwart the smuggling, which has long been a problem. He said authorities have increased border...

The Guyana Police Force in a three paragraph statement his afternoon announced that it has sent Senior Superintendent of Police, Himnauth Sawh, on administrative leave following the announcement by the US Government that...

A wealthy businessman in Guyana who was sanctioned last year by the U.S. and who plans to challenge the South American country’s president in upcoming elections is facing new accusations.

Venezuela elected officials on Sunday for the first time for Essequibo region, an oil-rich territory that Caracas claims from neighboring Guyana as part of a centuries-old dispute.

President Irfaan Ali handed today over 5,000 new body cameras to the Guyana Police Force as part of the Government’s efforts to modernize police operations.

The International Court of Justice said Venezuela must refrain from conducting or preparing to conduct elections in a disputed territory currently under Guyanese control, reaffirming a prior decision, according to a docu...

The South American country of Guyana imposed an overnight curfew on Tuesday following violent clashes between police and protesters who accused authorities of mishandling the investigation into the death of an 11-year-ol...

The Police Tactical Services Unit (TSU) was this afternoon called in to quell unrest outside of the GPHC where the post-mortem examination for 11-year-old Adriana Younge is being done.

Exxon Mobil is strategically bolstering its oil production in Guyana by deploying a fourth floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) facility crafted by SBM Offshore.

Two men charged in connection with a cocaine seizure valued at over TT$254 million appeared before a Port of Spain High Court Master on Friday.

Guyana on Thursday asked the International Court of Justice to order Venezuela not to proceed with plans to hold elections in the disputed region of Esequibo, saying a vote would violate a prior court ruling, the Guyanes...

Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali on Saturday denounced an incursion by an armed Venezuelan naval vessel in disputed waters that are home to a mammoth offshore oil deposit being developed by ExxonMobil.

Guyana expects to soon sign an oil production-sharing agreement with a consortium led by France's TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA), opens new tab that will allow it to explore an offshore area, Energy Minister Vickram Bharrat tol...