September 19, 2022
MINISTER of Governance and Parliamentary Affairs Gail Teixeira signed a book of condolence at Lancaster House in London, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II (Photo credit: Jonathan Hordle/PA
September 19, 2022
SCORES of residents, including students, from the Island of Wakenaam were exposed to the growing number of career opportunities in Guyana’s bourgeoning oil-and-gas sector during a career fair which
September 19, 2022
Is the paradoxical Dutch disease present? (Part 3) IMPACT OF COST-OF-LIVING MEASURES AND INTERVENTIONS BY THE GOVERNMENT USING conservative estimates in an attempt to quantify the impact of
September 19, 2022
A STREET on the corner of Jamaica Avenue and 173rd Street was co-named after late Guyanese pandit Laldharry Seerattan on Saturday last. Several dignitaries attended a special ceremony under
September 19, 2022
PRIME Minister, Brigadier (ret’d), Mark Phillips, who is performing the duties of President, has called on communities to keep their environments clean as he spearheaded a massive clean-up campaign
September 19, 2022
WITH major investments being made in genetic improvement, nutrition and animal health, Guyana’s livestock industry is projected to grow by 5.1 per cent this year. The Ministry of Finance,
September 19, 2022
A 2010 publication of this column, “Explaining Your Medicines”, had alerted the general public then about ecstasy, a date rape drug, as a dangerous social indulgence. Today, 12 years
December 16, 2021
THE World Bank has announced a $93 billion replenishment package of the International Development Association (IDA) to help low-income countries respond to the COVID-19 crisis and build a greener,
December 16, 2021
(Reuters) – THE death toll from a fuel truck explosion in Haiti rose to 75, on Wednesday, as doctors scrambled to treat the wounded from an incident that officials
December 16, 2021
–over 9,000 out of 11,000 qualified persons did not receive vouchers –unused vouchers stored improperly, AG report shows A performance audit of the former A Partnership for National Unity
December 15, 2021
POLICE have opened a manhunt for 27-year-old Paul Junior Lynch of lot 1276 Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara (ECD). Lynch is wanted in connection to the lethal stabbing of
December 15, 2021
THE Guyana Police Force (GPF) has finally received the green light from its legal advisers to proceed with criminal charges against Permanent Secretary of the Amerindian Affairs Ministry, Sharon
December 15, 2021
THE Private Sector Commission (PSC) has signaled its intention to move forward with the increase of the national minimum wage for businesses from $44,200 to $60,000, and is awaiting
December 15, 2021
TWENTY-FIVE local businesses, on Wednesday, graduated from the Centre for Local Business Development (CLBD) Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE) Management System Mentorship Programme. The businesses, which ranged from
December 15, 2021
BELGIUM, (Reuters) – When the nuns of Maredret Abbey in Belgium were struggling to scrape together the funds for badly needed renovation works, they turned to an occupation that
December 15, 2021
— top on agenda of GECOM’s new CEO, Vishnu Persaud VISHNU Persaud was, on Tuesday, sworn in as the Chief Elections Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM),
December 15, 2021
OVER 1,000 jobs will soon be created through the establishment of an industrial plant, which is earmarked for Enmore, on the East Coast of Demerara (ECD). On Monday, a