President Irfaan Ali this morning appealed to the European Union to find ways within the shortest possible time to begin the issuance of Schengen visas in Guyana. Currently, Guyanese who wish to visit Schengen countries in Europe are forced to travel to either Suriname or Trinidad for their visa appointment. The President said that situation…
See the full joint statement from the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Private Sector Commission below: A team from the Private Sector Commission (PSC) engaged Minister of Natural Resources (MNR), Vickram Bharrat and representatives of the Local Content Secretariat on Tuesday, August 16, 2022, to discuss issues relating to Local Content. The meeting…
Two days since Attorney-at-Law, Nigel Hughes dispatched a letter to President Irfaan Ali requesting witness protection for Police Sergeant Dion Bascom, President Ali today said he is yet to see that letter. Sergeant Bascom last week made a series of public disclosures on social media in relation to the alleged improper conduct of the lead…
A Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) woman is the latest COVID-19 death, the Ministry of Health in its daily dashboard reported. The unvaccinated 82-year-old woman died on August 11, taking the total number of deaths from the pandemic to 1,276. Meanwhile, 142 new cases were recorded in Region Two (one case), Region Three (five cases), Region Four…
Attorney Nigel Hughes who is representing the interests of the Police Sergeant who has made damning claims of a Police cover-up of a major murder investigation believes that the Police Commissioner’s dismissal of his client’s claims in the absence of an investigation proves that the Police Force is incapable of conducting a probe into the…
BEIJING, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) — The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council and the State Council Information Office of the People’s Republic of China published a white paper titled “The Taiwan Question and China’s Reunification in the New Era” on Wednesday. The white paper was released to reiterate the fact that Taiwan is part…
TWENTY-FIVE senior personnel from the four sugar estates across the country are currently benefitting from a two-day workshop aimed at preventing rodent infestations in sugarcane fields and estates across Guyana. The two-day workshop began on Tuesday at the Guyana Sugar Corporation’s (GuySuCo) agriculture research centre in La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara (ECD). According to…
The Everest Cricket Club will host its second camp during this July-August period, and this one will take a more central focus on the field of play in order to develop talent. Rain hampered the first ‘live-in’ camp that had 47 participants, and the focus was altered to cater to the off-field side of the…
SEVERAL training programmes organised by the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) for persons in the tourism, hospitality and service industry are well underway, just in time for the upcoming Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) games and Cricket Carnival. This was disclosed by the Deputy Director of GTA, Kamrul Baksh, during an interview with this newspaper on…
West Indies ‘A’ defeated Bangladesh ‘A’ by four wickets in a low-scoring opening ODI on Tuesday at the Daren Sammy Cricket Ground in St. Lucia. Bangladesh ‘A’ were skittled out for 80 in just 23.2 overs, and West Indies ‘A’ survived a batting collapse to achieve victory at 81-6 in 23.3 overs. West Indies ‘A’…
