The Agriculture and Innovation Entrepreneurship Programme which is intended to boost the agriculture sector while empowering youths in agriculture and creating jobs, was launched on Tuesday. Under the programme, the Government will provide the resources and materials to develop 25 shade houses in the first phase that will be used to house thousands of high-value…
A 57-year-old unvaccinated woman from Region Five (Mahaica- Berbice) and an 80-year-old fully vaccinated woman from Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) are Guyana’s latest reported COVID-19 deaths. The Ministry of Health reported that the 57-year-old woman died on January 10 while the 80-year-old woman died on January 11. With these two additional deaths, Guyana has…
Guyana has recorded an additional 1,019 Covid-19 cases over the last 24 hours pushing the number of positive cases in the country to 7,613. Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony is warning persons who are experiencing flu-like symptoms, that they should isolate themselves or get tested since those flu symptoms could really be COVID-19 symptoms. “What…
Although the APNU+AFC Georgetown Mayor and City Council (M&CC) successfully passed a motion on Monday intended to terminate the employment of City Engineer Colvern Venture, it is the Local Government Commission (LGE) that has the authority to do so and which will make the final decision. “The Council is free to take whatever action they…
A major investigation into suspected financial improprieties at the headquarters of the Guyana Fire Service has been launched and the Fire Chief is facing a number of questions. News Source understands that the investigations were prompted by an audit of the operations at the Fire Service headquarters which raised several worrying issues. Part of the…
By Isanella Patoir Isanella@newsroom.gy The Guyana Government is investigating claims by an Essequibo family that a 29-year-old relative of theirs was tricked into moving to Syria and is now stuck there with her children. Relatives say Rafena Kumar, who is now a mother to two young children, aged 3 and 5, has been in Syria…
Chief Security Officer, Peon Lee also known as “Nino Brown” who worked at the Wallison Gold Trading Enterprise which was robbed back in August has been granted bail in the some $450,000 by the High Court. Lee has been in custody since last August after being fingered as one of the accused in the multi-million…
–an aspect of Chinese immigration in 19th Century British Guiana By Tota C. Mangar INTRODUCTION THE entry of Chinese indentured labourers into Latin America and the Caribbean in the 19th Century was only one segment of a wider movement of people from other parts of the world to this region. Chinese migration initially involved countries of…
Mayor of Georgetown Ubraj Narine today fired back at the City Engineer who has claimed that the recommendation for him to be fired is purely political. Mayor Narine dismissed that contention and armed himself today with scores of documents to show that the City Engineer Colvern Venture has repeatedly ignored requests and instructions of the…
LOCAL authorities have expended over $7.8 billion to assist persons who were severely affected by the May-June rains last year, while another $1.5 billion was spent for emergency drainage and irrigation works across the country. The government’s interventions, according to Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha, saw over $9.3 billion being expended to assist more than…
