– Education Minister MINISTER of Education, Priya Manickchand, says parents/ guardians will not be limited to purchasing school items with the government’s $3.2B Because We Care and school items cash grants.

By Victoria Gill Amid the misery of a pandemic that has claimed at least four million lives, the scientific search for its origins has itself become toxic. While it

GLOBAL food commodity prices fell in June for the first time in 12 months, according to a benchmark United Nations report. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 124.6 points in June

A MAJORITY of the severely ill patients who were receiving treatment in the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the National Infectious Diseases Hospital at Liliendaal, Georgetown were also

A US delegation is due to visit Haiti to assess the security situation there following last week’s assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. The team will also meet three Haitian

Billionaire Sir Richard Branson has successfully reached the edge of space on board his Virgin Galactic rocket plane. The UK entrepreneur flew high above New Mexico in the US

— Minister Mustapha tells residents $40M in budget to assist with land-clearing for agriculture — gov’t to focus on producing more packaged sugar ON Saturday last, Agriculture Minister, Zulfikar

IN keeping with government’s overarching plan to develop and modernise infrastructure across the country, the Ministry of Public Works has set aside some $200 million for major road works

A BRAND new steel and concrete composite bridge being built at the new Great Diamond – Herstelling, East Bank Demerara road will create a linkage between the Great Diamond

THE government has signalled its intention to resuscitate the agricultural sector. Since taking office, strides have been made towards improving the sector through investments in areas of improved research