COUNTRY Manager of Tropical Shipping, Glenis Hodge, recently donated vouchers to Sophia and Redeemer primary schools to purchase classroom supplies. The COVID-19 pandemic has created an additional need for school supplies for the learners. “We are happy to, once again, provide assistance to the schools as we are aware of the domino effects of the…

The National COVID-19 Task Force has issued a stern warning against unauthorised events and breaches of the national curfew but noted that conditional approvals for some activities can be requested. The Task Force Secretariat issued a holiday advisory on December 20 and as part of this advisory, the Task Force reminded all individuals that entertainment…

A young Linden taxi driver and two of his passengers were arrested this afternoon with over two pounds of foreign marijuana in the car.   The car usually works the Linden to Georgetown route. According to a statement from CANU, acting on information it received, its officers began conducting a surveillance exercise close to the…

— Harmon and Granger excluded from Central Execuitive Committee IT would appear as though the majority of the membership of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNC/R) is in favour of recalling some of their parliamentary representatives now that they have a new leader in party stalwart, Aubrey Norton. Norton was quoted by Demerara Online News,…

In her final report as General Secretary of the People’s National Congress, longtime party member Amna Ally encouraged the new team that will emerge as the party’s leadership and its members to put their troubles behind and focus on unifying the party to regain office. “Our party endured a lot of slippages, hate and discomfort…

DIAGNOSED with gastric cancer in June 2020, 58-year-old Mr. Keith Murray of Linden was unsure whether he’d live to see another Christmas and spend time with his family. Now cancer-free following yet another groundbreaking and lifesaving surgery at the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) in March of this year, Mr. Murray, a construction worker, is…

In her final report as General Secretary of the People’s National Congress, longtime party member Amna Ally encouraged the new team that will emerge as the party’s leadership and its members to put their troubles behind and focus on unifying the party to regain office. “Our party endured a lot of slippages, hate and discomfort…

–after five years of no direct benefits, says Vice-President Jagdeo AFTER five years of labouring in the fields and factories within Guyana’s sugar industry without an increase in remuneration, or other incentives to acknowledge their hard work, sugar workers are set to benefit from a seven per cent increase in wages and salaries before the…

In her final report as General Secretary of the People’s National Congress, longtime party member Amna Ally encouraged the new team that will emerge as the party’s leadership and its members to put their troubles behind and focus on unifying the party to regain office. “Our party endured a lot of slippages, hate and discomfort…

–as gov’t remains on track to deliver 50,000 house lots COME 2022, the Government of Guyana will be looking to expend close to $28 billion on additional infrastructural works needed to further develop a number of housing schemes along the East Bank of Demerara. This is according to Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal,…