GAFSONS Industries Toastmasters Club in association with the Lion’s Club of Central Demerara recently presented awards and ‘Speechcraft’ certificates to students of schools on the East Bank of Demerara

…Progress towards a cure, Management of side effects and complications of HIV and ARV therapy among topics to be discussedALL systems are in place for the opening Sunday of

DR. Vishwamintra Persaud, the medical doctor who was barred from practising in New York and Guyana, because of sexual misconduct involving a minor, was Thursday in Guyanese police custody

PRESIDENT Bharrat Jagdeo has sent a message of condolence to President Pratibha Patil of India on the loss of innocent lives caused by bomb attacks in Mumbai on Wednesday.

ABOUT seventeen thousand sugar workers are to receive retroactive payments today for the period January 1 to July 2, 2011. The payment follows a recent decision taken by the

THE National Assembly yesterday passed the Caribbean Community (Free Entry of Skilled Nationals) (Amendment) Bill, paving the way for the expansion of categories of persons eligible to travel to

THE Government of Guyana has recognized the new State of the Republic of South Sudan, according to a statement from the Foreign Affairs Ministry last evening.The Republic of South

-Education Ministry on track to surpass 70% benchmark by 2013CURRENTLY, some 65 per cent of teachers in the school system have completed formal training and with the Guyana Improving

POLICE on the Essequibo Coast are questioning the wife of the late mechanic Chunnilall Persaud who killed his two children and then hanged himself Tuesday at Adventure.Reports said the

Five hundred and fifteen teachers yesterday graduated from the Cyril Potter College of Education’s three-year programme and have been challenged by Education Minister Shaik Baksh to go on to