February 8, 2022
THE gauge for world food prices went up in January, largely catalysed by supply-side constraints for vegetable oils, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has
February 8, 2022
THE Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha, Essequibo Coast Dharmic Nawjawan on Sunday elected new members to serve as its executives. The election was conducted by the Central Dharmic Naujawan and
February 8, 2022
– Health Minister THE Ministry of Health continues to see a reduction in COVID-19 cases with only 37 new cases being recorded in the last 24 hours. However, Health
February 8, 2022
MINISTER of Health Dr Frank Anthony has indicated that medical personnel attached to the National Infectious Diseases Hospital, Liliendaal, continue to yield positive results from the use of remdesivir
February 8, 2022
SOME $783 million has been approved for the holding of Local Government Elections (LGEs), as part of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM)’s 2022 budgetary allocation. The constitutional body’s $4.1
February 8, 2022
MONEY has been approved in Budget 2022 for the final payment of the Offshore Patrol Vessel. The first payment for $618 million was made through the 2021 budget for
February 8, 2022
AFTER living in fear for almost a year, residents of Kwakwani can now breathe a sigh of relief, as the community’s lone fire tender, which has been inoperable, was,
February 8, 2022
THE President’s Youth Advisory Council will be established in the first quarter of 2022 with a sum of $60 million budgeted and approved for that purpose. This was disclosed
April 20, 2021
A man, who was allegedly found with 18 grammes of cocaine in his pants waist, appeared at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and was placed on $100,000 bail by Chief
April 19, 2021
— Guyanese in St Vincent relate experience of volcanic eruption FEW things could mentally prepare a born Guyanese for a volcanic eruption. Guyana is free from hurricanes, earthquakes (well,
April 19, 2021
NOT many are cognisant of the nutrient-dense dragon fruit, and while this fruit is native to South and Central America, the majority who are aware of it does not
April 19, 2021
— reports the Business Standard THE government-owned Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC) is set to buy a consignment of Guyana’s crude oil from production offshore in the Stabroek block,
April 19, 2021
PROPRIETOR of N&S Mattai, Harry Mattai, was injured during an attempted knifepoint robbery in front of his Barima Street, Bel Air home, on Saturday night. The businessman was stabbed
April 19, 2021
— as early rains cause damage to dams RICE farmers from across the Corentyne Coast on Sunday met with Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha on two occasions to seek an
April 19, 2021
SIGNIFICANT strides are being made to recondition operations at the Hydrometeorology Department to improve its accommodation, data collection and operational deficiency. Of the $22.6 billion allocated to the Agriculture
April 19, 2021
HIGH Commissioner of India to Guyana, Dr K J Srinivasa, has formally launched ‘LITTLE GURU’, a specialised app for learning Sanskrit in Guyana, Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and
April 19, 2021
THE village of Aishalton, located in the Deep South area of the Rupununi in Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo), now has 29 active cases of COVID-19 after additional polymerase
April 19, 2021
GUYANA has recorded three more COVID-19 deaths, 101 new cases and 19 recoveries, according to the statistics posted on the Ministry of Health’s dashboard for April 18, 2021. The