Region 4 Chairman Daniel Seeram and Opposition Member of Parliament Roysdale Forde are among the members of the People’s National Congress Reform who will be added to the party’s Central Executive Committee. Both Seeram and Forde ran for executive positions at the party’s recent elections and lost their bids. However, the party’s constitution allows the…
Three schoolgirls have been admitted to the Suddie Hospital on the Essequibo Coast after one of them smoked marijuana and two others drank alcohol, a top health official has confirmed. The schoolgirls, from the Anna Regina Secondary School, reportedly went to a nearby snackette and became so intoxicated that teachers had to be called. They…
The Venezuelan man who is accused of beating a Venezuelan miner to death during a row over raw gold was charged today with murder and remanded to jail. 21-year-old, Osorio Dominguez of Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela appeared before Senior Magistrate Sherdel Isaacs-Marcus today and was not required to enter a plea to the indictable murder…
Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport, Charles Ramson Jr., has hailed the appointment of Ramnaresh Sarwan to Cricket West Indies (CWI) men’s senior and youth selection panels. In a statement on Friday, Minister Ramson Jr. stated, “on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport for the Government of the Republic of Guyana, I…
Minister of Finance Dr. Ashni Singh has assured that no money will be withdrawn from the Natural Resource Fund (NRF) without Parliamentary approval. A release from the Ministry said the Finance Minister made this clarification on the sidelines of Budget 2022 meetings and preparation. Budget 2022 is expected to be presented to the National Assembly…
–Health Minister urges 3,400 newly infected persons WITH 967 new cases of COVID-19 recorded over the last 24 hours, Guyana has now climbed to over 3,000 active cases for 2022, Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony said. Giving a breakdown by administrative regions during his daily COVID-19 press briefing, on Thursday, Dr Anthony disclosed there are…
As Guyanese are being encouraged to double up on their precautions against COVID-19, the virus continues to surge with the Minister of Health revealing this morning that in the past 24 hours, the country has recorded 967 new cases of the virus. That number eclipses the country’s previous record for the number of new cases…
–but Minister Teixeira says committee chairman has broken trust by prematurely releasing names OUT of 25 names, the Government of Guyana and the Parliamentary Opposition have finally agreed on the five persons suitable enough to constitute the Public Procurement Commission (PPC). The government’s nominees were Attorney-at-Law Pauline Chase, Financial Analyst Joel Bhagwandin, and Rajnarine Singh,…
As Guyanese are being encouraged to double up on their precautions against COVID-19, the virus continues to surge with the Minister of Health revealing this morning that in the past 24 hours, the country has recorded 967 new cases of the virus. That number eclipses the country’s previous record for the number of new cases…
(Barbados Today) THE Barbados Labour Party (BLP) kicked off its 2022 election campaign with a promise to make it easier for young people to acquire their own property. Addressing the drive-in meeting which was streamed at Eden Lodge and Montgomery Pastures, Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced that her government will grant a $3,000 subsidy to…
