In a continuous effort to promote ‘clean sports’, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, through the National Sports Commission (NSC), will be footing the cost for one random drug test per selective National Sports Association and Federation. Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle, made the declaration on Saturday. Ninvalle said the decision came following much…
A NEW currency note valued at $2,000 that depicts President Irfaan Ali’s ‘One Guyana’ agenda will go into circulation in a few weeks after the publication in the Official Gazette, Governor of the Bank of Guyana, Dr. Gobind Ganga has disclosed. The new $2,000 bill also portrays Guyana’s rich and diverse heritage and will also…
Significant allocations have been proposed for the local agricultural sector in the 2022 National Budget and President Dr. Irfaan Ali says that these investments will lay the foundation for long-term productivity. The Head-of-State deemed agriculture the “future mainstay” of the Guyanese economy during a virtual briefing on Saturday morning, talking up his government’s plans for…
TWELVE persons, including children, are now homeless after a fire destroyed their Cross Street, Werk-En-Rust home on Thursday evening. A statement from the fire department said the structure was a two-storey wooden apartment building owned by 74-year-old Jone Bowman, who occupied the top floor along with three others. The bottom storey consisted of two apartments…
Press Release by the Guyana Football Federation President Wayne Forde The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) wishes to congratulate the Government of Guyana for the historic budgetary allocation to sport. This I believe is a clear and convincing signal of the Government’s determined intentions to invest in the lives of our young people. I would like…
EDUCATION Minister, Priya Manickchand, on Friday afternoon, presented Rea Cilicia Harris, the University of Guyana’s best graduating Law student for 2022 with the Pro Chancellor’s Award. The simple ceremony was done at the Minister’s 26 Brickdam Office, a release said. Present were Harris’ sister; Director, Department of Events, Conferences and Communication, Janarine Deonauth, along with…
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security has extended an invitation for applicants interested in becoming the next Young Influence. 25 diverse and dynamic youths between the ages of 15 years and 25 years will be selected from amongst the youths who apply for the Ministry’s Youth Influencer program by applying via the google…
— under Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme SIX families can now enjoy better living conditions, having received keys to their new homes under the Ministry of Housing and Water, Central Housing and Planning Authority’s Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme (AHUAP). The homes are funded to the tune of $4M each, by the Inter-American…
A new Guyana-Suriname Private Sector Business Council will be created as part of efforts to strengthen bilateral business relations between the private sectors in Guyana and Suriname. The council will be instituted following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Private Sector Commission (PSC) in Guyana with the Suriname Trade and Industry…
— patients will receive $600,000 per annum for treatment THE hundreds of Guyanese currently suffering from end-stage renal disease or ‘kidney failure’ and needing the life-saving weekly dialysis treatment are breathing a sigh of relief with the government’s announcement of the Dialysis Support Programme, which will give each patient up to $600,000 per annum. A…
