–GECOM chair affirms her decisions are grounded in law LEADER of the Opposition, Aubrey Norton on Tuesday side-stepped questions on what his party’s call for a “clean voters list” will entail, given the High Court’s ruling that names cannot be removed from the National Register of Registrants (NRR), from which the Official List of Electors…

West Indies Under-19 fast bowler Isai Thorne impressed on day two at Park Hill, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, but Guyana lost to the Leeward Islands by 10 wickets in round two action of the Cricket West Indies Rising Stars Under-19 Three-Day Championship. Final scores in the match: Guyana 73 all out and 90…

THE Guyana Fire Service, on Tuesday, received a boost to its firefighting capacity, with the addition of three new water bowsers to its fleet. The water bowsers were handed over by the Ministry of Home Affairs to the Guyana Fire Service officials to support the main assets in the service’s arsenal. Delivering brief remarks at…

The Ministry of Housing and Water through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) is working to fast-track the development of Plot 1767 Cummings Lodge, Georgetown. The portion of land has been allocated to a number of persons, who are awaiting the completion of the infrastructure works, such as land clearing and road networks, to…

OPPOSITION Leader Aubrey Norton on Tuesday made a passionate call for the government to give loans and grants for small businesses, invest in agriculture, and increase pension and welfare assistance, all of which are measures that have already been implemented. Speaking at his party’s weekly press briefing, which he chose to conduct virtually on Tuesday,…

Thirty primary school teachers drawn from schools across Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica) are benefitting from a four-day training that aims to improve their mathematics knowledge and method of teaching their pupils. This training, aimed at making the teachers mathematics specialists, is part of efforts led by the Ministry of Education to improve pupils’ skills in…

– access to lands likely in two to three months THE Ministry of Housing and Water, through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), is working to fast-track the development of Plot 1767 Cummings Lodge, Georgetown, a report from the ministry’s public relations department noted on Tuesday. According to the statement, the portion of land…

Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn on Tuesday handed over three new water bowsers to the Guyana Fire Service. The appliances were purchased by the Government at a total cost of $46.2 million dollars. The water bowsers each have a capacity of 1800 gallons and will be used to support the main assets (water tenders)…

THE Education Ministry, in collaboration with the High Commission of Canada, on Tuesday, launched the Specialist Mathematics Teacher Training Programme at the National Centre for Educational Resource Development (NCERD) in Kingston. The training programme is the first initiative under the Canada-CARICOM Expert Deployment Mechanism (CCEDM) in Guyana, which is being funded by the government of…

A substantial number of parents and guardians were unable to collect the $30,000 ‘Because we care’ schools children’s cash grant during the scheduled period of distribution and as such, the Ministry of Education will distribute the unclaimed grants on Thursday. This is according to a social media post from the Education Ministry and it follows…