Juggling between family life, a full-time job, publishing academic articles, dealing with a host of other personal and professional commitments, all the while being a final-year student at the University of Guyana, is certainly not an easy feat. But 36-year-old Ashwannie Harripersaud, an educator by profession, has proven that she has what it takes to…
–allows AG, Jagdeo to proceed to CCJ ATTORNEY-General Mohabir Anil Nandlall, S.C., and Vice-President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo have been given the greenlight to move to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to challenge the Court of Appeal (CoA)’s decision that it has the jurisdiction to hear and determine the appeal filed to challenge the dismissal…
DISTRAUGHT mother, Anita Devi Gomes has issued a call for the safe return of her 10-year-old son, who has been missing since Sunday. Gomes, 27, of Ankerville, Port Mourant, Berbice, told the Guyana Chronicle that her son, Andrew Gomes, left home around 08:00 hrs with the intention of returning two bottles to a nearby shop.…
By Avenash Ramzan avenash@newsroom.gy Six Guyanese will be among the 529 athletes from 60 countries who will participate in the International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) Amateur World Championships in Abu Dhabi from January 24 to 29. It will be the first World Championship since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, marking Guyana’s…
–funds to benefit small-scale farmers SEVERAL small-scale farmers across Guyana will soon benefit from a series of agriculture and livestock inputs and disaster risk management training under the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)’s emergency flood-response project. The project, “Emergency Response and Early Recovery Support to Smallholder Farmers Affected by the 2021 Floods in…
Two teenagers – 18-year-old Lennon Wilson and 19-year-old Jobe Edwards – died on Monday after they collided with each other along the Karaudanawa Road in Region Nine. Police Headquarters reported that both teenagers were on motorcycles. The accident occurred at about 14:30hrs. Wilson of Katoonarib Village, South Rupununi was proceeding in a western direction while…
–as President Ali meets with Brazilian, Surinamese counterparts COME tomorrow, President Dr. Irfaan Ali is scheduled to make a working visit to Paramaribo, Suriname, to meet with Presidents Jair Bolsonaro of the Federative Republic Brazil, and Chandrikapersad Santokhi of the Republic of Suriname. A press statement from the Office of the President specified that the…
Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr. Vindhya Persaud received reports of recommendations to update the Domestic Violence Act and new and emerging forms of violence -family violence following a legislative analysis of the 1996 Act and research under the EU-UN that is spearheaded by the Ministry of Human Services spearheaded Spotlight Initiative. These…
ISSUES of questionable fuel consumption and expenditure by the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) were once again a topic at the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC), which met on Monday. As the meeting convened, GDF Accounting Officer, Commander Vernon Burnette was questioned in relation to a single Mark X car racking up a fuel bill in…
By Shikema Dey shikema@newsroom.gy Bibi Waheeda Hamid of Rosignol, West Coast Berbice lost over $200,000 in livestock last year when the May/June rainy season hit Guyana’s coast and resulted in devastating floods. To some, it may not seem like much, but to Hamid, her entire livelihood was literally washed away and her family is still…
