59 benefit from cancer screening outreach at Diamond
FIFTY-nine residents of Diamond and surrounding East Bank Demerara communities have benefited from cancer screening, diagnostic services and health education during a community outreach led by The Lotus Cancer Initiative Inc. in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and Oxford Medical. The outreach brought a range of specialist cancer-related services closer to residents, with a […]
Leonora Farmers’ Market draws West Coast shoppers every Friday
THE Leonora Farmers’ Market has become a popular Friday afternoon destination for shoppers on the West Coast Demerara, offering locally grown produce, ready-to-cook vegetables and other goods in a clean, secure and organised environment. By about 4 p.m. each Friday, the market begins filling with shoppers making their way home from work and preparing for […]
GNBS underscores importance of verifying scales, masses and measures
-as national verification exercise continues THE Guyana National Bureau of Standards (GNBS) is once again conducting verification exercises for all measuring instruments used in trade. As the National Measurement Institute, the GNBS is responsible for enforcing the 1981 Weights and Measures Act. The exercise started in mid-August and is expected to continue until mid-September, 2026. […]
Government prepared to invest ‘last and bottom dollar’ in the people—AG Nandlall
–says Guyanese must get certified to compete with influx of foreign workers ATTORNEY General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall, SC, has emphasised that government is prepared to invest its “last and bottom dollar” in Guyanese, but has urged citizens to equip themselves with the necessary skills and certifications to compete for jobs as […]
Banks DIH distributes five-year bursaries to 20 NGSA pupils
BANKS DIH Holdings Inc./ Banks DIH Limited has announced that its Annual Bursary Awards were disbursed to twenty pupils as part of the company’s on-going commitment to celebrating academic excellence. According to Banks DIH, the awardees are joining a total of eighty others currently being supported through this bursary programme. The twenty top performers were […]
Rid this country of illegal noise pollution
I SENT down several columns advocating for special attention to be paid to the maintenance of law and public order. The reasoning is simple: lessons from centuries of economic history, theory, and empiricism are unequivocal and indubitable; public order and respect for laws and institutions cannot be separated from development and improvement in quality of […]
GFS Station Officer Dianne Gill marks 26 years of dedicated service
STATION Officer Dianne Gill has marked 26 years of service with the Guyana Fire Service (GFS), reflecting on a career that has taken her from administrative duties to frontline firefighting, senior leadership and a trailblazing role as the Service’s first certified female heavy-duty fire truck driver and pump operator. Gill celebrated the milestone on August […]
Gaza and the 2026 football World Cup: The West is morally bankrupt
SEVERAL times I wrote on this page that I believe the genocide in Gaza has permanently destroyed the moral authority of the West to lecture any government in the Global South. Before I move on, let me openly declare my support for the presence of China as a superpower in the global system. It is […]
339 graduate from GPF Zara Computer Centres in Region Three
A TOTAL of 339 children graduated from the Guyana Police Force (GPF) Zara Computer Centres’ summer programme in Region Three on Saturday, August 22, marking another milestone in the initiative’s efforts to provide free Information Technology training and strengthen police-community relations. The annual graduation ceremony was held at the Leonora Secondary School and brought together […]
Life-affirming Standards
THE establishment of a regulated framework for kidney transplantation in Guyana represents an important step forward for the country’s healthcare system. But one principle must remain non-negotiable for that framework to succeed: saving lives must never come at the expense of safety, ethics or human dignity. The recent engagement by the Human Organ and Tissue […]
