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August 25, 2018
…to stop spread of measles in the Americas WHILE 34 member states of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) remain measles-free, endemic transmission of the virus has now been
August 25, 2018
ASSISTANT Secretary-General to the Organisation of American States (OAS), Ambassador Nestor Mendez, has pledged continued support in providing training, grants and scholarships to Guyana. Mendez on Thursday night made
August 25, 2018
– British High Commissioner urges local Chevening scholars THE United Kingdom’s (UK) Chevening Scholarship has over the years become one of the most attractive international scholarships for Guyanese. As
August 25, 2018
MICHAEL Bhoodoo, a known fraudster of Better Hope, East Coast Demerara, was sentenced to two years imprisonment by Senior Magistrate Alex Moore after he was found guilty on two
August 25, 2018
EVERYTHING is in place at the Guyana Shore Base Incorporated (GYSBI) to meet the expectations of ExxonMobil and its partners, in time for first-oil in 2020, Director of Muneshwer’s
August 25, 2018
CHIEF Executive Officer/Chairman of Guyana Airways Corporation Inc. Colin Abrams, on Friday told a press conference that their company’s operations, which was expected to start in Guyana, had come
August 25, 2018
MONTHS after a firearm-related charge was dismissed against interdicted Cadet Officer of the Guyana Police Force, Franz Paul, on Friday he found himself back in court again, this time
August 25, 2018
THE authorities at the Eugene F. Correia International Airport at Ogle, have been advised not to permit a Venezuelan registered aircraft to depart Guyana. Reports are that the aircraft,
March 14, 2017
THE Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is paying homage to the fifteen sugar workers who met their death one hundred and four (104) years ago on March
March 14, 2017
EMPLOYEES, parents, children and babies are among those being affected by the “toxic” environment present at the Public Health and Vector Control Department of the Mayor and City
March 14, 2017
OFFICIALS from the Ministry of Public Infrastructure on Monday met with local stone and other materials suppliers to facilitate a link between them and China Harbour Engineering Company for
March 14, 2017
THE Ministry of Agriculture is preparing to launch the ‘Rural Agricultural Infrastructure Development (RAID)’ project which will benefit four ‘small-scale farming communities in Regions Four and Five, through a
March 14, 2017
A MAN was on Tuesday sentenced to three years in prison and fined $744,000 for possession of cannabis. Magistrate Rhondell Weever, presiding at the Fort Wellington Magistrate’s Court, inflicted
March 14, 2017
THE February 27 invasion of the home of West Canje businesswoman, Ms Esther Reid was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back for residents of the fledgling Budhan
March 14, 2017
DISCUSSIONS on the renaming of the street on which sits the Chinese Embassy will continue in another two weeks’ time when Georgetown Mayor, Patricia Chase-Green, returns to Guyana from
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March 14, 2017
It is late in the evening and people are circling a burning cone-shaped man-made structure referred to as ‘Holika’. Celebratory voices chant Rakshoghna Mantras to cast away the evil
March 14, 2017
A 21-year-old Nursery School teacher reportedly took her own life sometime between Friday last and Tuesday. Police discovered the body of Bridgette Naraine hanging from the roof of her
March 14, 2017
Woman Assistant Commissioner of Police, Maxine Graham on Friday charged 85 new police constables to remember the oath they took to “serve and protect” as they embark on their
