THE Ministry of Social Protection has intensified its efforts to prevent suicide by taking the message to schools, communities and workplaces. This past week, a suicide prevention conference for

By Shauna Jemmott EIGHT years after his most dreadful experience, a resident of Lusignan Pasture, who had suffered much in dealing with the devastation of a ‘massacre’ that left

-Ministry employing measures to bring relief Indigenous villages in Region nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Esequibo) are being hit severely with an ongoing dry weather season which is posing significant challenges

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– GTUC proposes each sugar factory becoming separate companies THE Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) has proposed that Government take some radical steps to ensure survival of the sugar

By Alva Solomon AS DRY weather conditions impact the country’s agricultural landscape, farmers at Laluni, off the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, are persevering through the dry spells; and with rains pouring

…report expected within first half of the year MEMBERS of the Disciplined Forces will have to wait a bit longer before they receive any increase in their salary, as

– councillor calls on gov’t for probe By Rabindra Rooplall THE X-ray Unit in the compound of the Leguan Cottage Hospital was constructed 12 years ago but was never

Leguan, one of the few inhabited islands of the Essequibo, sits squarely in the mouth of the river, a relatively short speedboat ride from Parika.One of the classical and