–male suspect in custody POLICE at an Itaballi checkpoint, inspecting a motor lorry on its way to a place known as “Pappy Show Landing,” on Thursday morning, found a

SOME 2,000 of the 2, 264 households in Region Two have already received the Government of Guyana COVID-19 $25,000 cash grant in Phase Two of the project. The grant was

THE services of the Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) will soon be enhanced through an injection of $9 million, in the form of a contract between the Ministry of

REGION One (Barima-Waini) will for the first time have a facility to train persons interested in becoming community health workers, as Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips commissioned a

TWO more COVID-19 deaths recorded by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday have pushed the toll to 310, a figure which is reflected in the daily dashboard for May

–price index now 30.8 per cent higher than it was in April 2020 INTERNATIONAL food commodity prices rose for the 11th consecutive month in April, with sugar leading the increase

I THINK being a working mom is hard work and when the pandemic hit it set the bar even higher for us. I became a teacher, a disciplinarian, a

IN many of the markets all across Guyana, the vendors are predominantly women. They are assertive women eager to ‘brackle’ you for a sale, or, at the very least,

WOMEN’s Innovation and Investment Network (WIIN), a massive new programme by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security that seeks to empower women and girls, and help them

LOSING a child isn’t easy for any mother or family to handle. The grief, shock and pain can last for years, and even the rest of their lives. The