— GTA Director urges Guyanese during cricket carnival AS the Caribbean Premier League 2022 and Guyana’s first ever cricket carnival draw closer, Guyanese are being urged to take advantage of opportunities to provide Bed and Breakfast (B&B) services through the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA). GTA’s Director, Kamrul Baksh, said the programme will provide alternative accommodation…
Guyana’s government and private sector are engaging Chinese investors in hopes of securing many more large investments and much-needed partnerships to propel big projects planned locally. This was evident at a virtual China- Guyana investment opportunities seminar held on Monday night. There, members of government and the private sector presented the business opportunities in Guyana…
IN a bid to advance its hospitality and tourism sectors, more efforts and resources will soon be pumped into the small Amerindian community of St. Cuthbert’s Mission. This is according to the community’s Deputy Toshao, Leroy Gonputh, who, in a recent interview with the Guyana Chronicle said that, with several development projects on the cards…
Ashley Khalil and Taylor Fernandes will compete in the Women’s final of the Caribbean Area Squash Association (CASA) Senior Championships in Kingston, Jamaica, after dominating their all-Guyanese semi-finals on Monday evening. The Guyanese duo, who both are in their first Senior CASA final, will face off on Tuesday (August 23) from 20:00h. Twenty-nine-year-old Khalil, who…
GUYANESE national, Anuja Reyada Singh, will pursue studies in a course on “Using Digital and Social Media Marketing for Organisation Growth” at the Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India, a release from the High Commission of Indian, Georgetown, said. The course, under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme, commences on August 24 and concludes…
West Indies’ already wobbly chances of qualifying directly for the 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup have suffered a big setback after they were docked two Super League points for maintaining a slow over rate in the third ODI against New Zealand. West Indies were in seventh place, with 80 points, even before the start of…
PUBLIC Works Minister, Bishop Juan Edghill, on Monday, met with contractors tasked with the upgrading of internal roads in Kwakwani, Region 10. A combined cost of $327M will cover the rehabilitation of approximately 1.5 KM of roads in Kwakwani, which will, in a short while, improve access to schools, health centres, the police station and…
Some 3,500 residents of Wakenaam, an island in the Essequibo River, can expect better water quality in the near future as the government moves to begin construction of a new water treatment plant, President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced. Speaking at an event on the island on Monday, Dr. Ali assured those residents that the island…
PRESIDENT, Dr Irfaan Ali, on Monday, confirmed that he has enlisted the support from the Caribbean’s Regional Security System (RSS) to assess the investigation into the murder of Ricardo Fagundes also known as ‘Paper Shorts’. Speaking with reporters on the sideline of an event in Wakenaam, Region Three, the President said the RSS was engaged…
Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo says there will be no apology offered for statements he made last week while dismissing claims made by the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly- Guyana (IDPADA-G) that the People’s Progressive Party government has been practicing discrimination, especially as it relates to funding to further the cause of…
