Pakistan and South Africa both signed off their ICC Under-19 Men’s Cricket World Cup campaigns on a positive note with victories on Thursday. Two-time champions Pakistan eased past Sri Lanka in the fifth placed playoff after the two sides chances of lifting the trophy ended at the quarter-final stage last week. Meanwhile, in Antigua, South…
– Minister Parag GOVERNMENT has budgeted a whopping $1.3 billion for the continuation of the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL), a promise being fulfilled by the government. Representing the sums allocated for the programme that falls under her remit, Minister of Public Service, Sonia Parag, noted that any money spent on the GOAL initiative…
By Akeem Greene akeem@newsroom.gy ‘Genuine all-rounder’ is the tag Keemo Paul wants as a prefix to his name. And, according to him, reaching that status will rest on achieving the goal of at least one hundred, along with fifties and getting the most wickets at this year’s Regional Four-Day Championships. Such aspirations are generally spoken…
— with the introduction of ‘Certificate in Advocacy and Evidence for Summary Courts Prosecutors’ programme THE government has devised a new prosecutors’ programme to strengthen and balance the scales of Guyana’s justice system. To ensure victims of criminal offences benefit from effective representation, the Ministry of Legal Affairs and the Attorney-General Chambers has collaborated with…
Minister of Natural Resources Vickram Bharrat has knocked criticisms of the government’s intended withdrawals from Guyana’s oil-wealth fund, explaining that the money will be used to spur non-oil growth. “How can you actually say that Budget 2022 is killing the non-oil sector when the money flowing from the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) is to incentivise…
Davendra Kissoon, 27, of Lusignan, East Coast Demerara, is basking in academic glory for copping the coveted title of the University of Guyana’s valedictorian for the Class of 2020/2021 after successfully completing the requirement for a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Civil with Environmental Engineering with a 4.0 GPA. A perfect score! Kissoon, an engineer…
The Ministry of Health will be developing guidelines for parents to use so that they can bring their children to hospitals in a timely manner if they are experiencing the more severe or life-threatening symptoms of COVID-19. In January, several children died after they were infected with COVID-19, with three children succumbing before they were…
–potential meetings could result in appointment of constitutional bodies before month-end, says Vice-President WITH the stage set for the appointment of a new Opposition Leader, Vice-President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has said that whoever is elected would be engaged by President Dr Irfaan Ali. President Ali had previously outlined a condition which must be satisfied before…
The government will continue to promote the rehabilitation and social reintegration of prisoners with a new initiative called ‘Increasing the Peace in Guyana’, Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn told the National Assembly in the ongoing debate of the $552.9 National Budget on Thursday. While serious crimes have reduced by 20 per cent, there is…
SENIOR Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, has announced that the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has issued its ‘no-objection’ for negotiations to commence with the most responsive bidder, Construtora Queiroz Galvao S.A. from Brazil, for the award of the Linden to Mabura Hill upgrade project. This project…
