When Natalie Cummings and Chelsea Edghill fell on Saturday in the Round-of-16 of the Women’s Doubles to New Zealand’s Chunyi Feng and Yangzi Liu, it ended Guyana’s participation in Table Tennis at the Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, England. According to a release from the Guyana Olympic Association through Press Attaché, Rawle Toney, the New Zealand…
THE Sheriff Group has received the green light to construct a US$200 million state-of-the-art 250-bed hospital at Aubrey Barker Road, Georgetown. According to a statement from the company, some of the services that will be offered are cardiac surgery; organ transplant; cancer screening and treatment; bone reconstruction surgery; retinal/eye surgeries; neurology; dialysis; urology; psychotherapy/counselling; plastic…
Defending champion Christianburg/Wismar Secondary will face ‘dark horses’ North Ruimveldt Secondary in the final of the Milo Under-18 School Football Tournament at the Ministry of Education ground, Carifesta Avenue, on Sunday. Head-coach of the Linden unit, Delon Peters during a pre-match comment said, “Our expectation is that we expect to win, but in order to…
–President Ali tells residents of Buxton –announces platform being developed to certify Guyanese for Amazon jobs PRESIDENT, Dr Irfaan Ali, has said that the community of Buxton, East Coast Demerara, is included in the government’s programmes and policies designed to bring prosperity to every Guyanese. “I know what it is like to respect every single…
President Irfaan Ali said Saturday that the community of Buxton is included in the government’s programmes and policies designed to bring prosperity to every Guyanese. “I know what it is like to respect every single Guyanese as Guyanese. I know what it is like to celebrate each other as Guyanese. And, I’m going to lead…
–Vice-President reaffirms commitment to public servants –calls on citizens to reject false narrative by Opposition, anti-gov’t forces SOME 2,000 residents of Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) have gained employment as part of the government’s part-time job initiative. In his remarks at an event in Patentia, West Bank Demerara, where the part-time job initiative was discussed,…
Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo is calling on Guyanese to reject the false narrative being peddled by the opposition and other anti-government voices that the government is deliberately withholding pay increases for public servants. Speaking at a community meeting today on the West Bank Demerara, the Vice President reminded that it is the same APNU+AFC…
Nine months after a fire gutted a section of the Police Headquarters Annex at Eve Leary, destroying part of a building that housed the Office of Professional Responsibility, the Guyana Fire Service has finally revealed that an electrical issue in the wooden building was the cause of the blaze. In a statement on Friday, the…
Some 2,728 Guyanese were able to access medical assistance from the health ministry’s medical treatment department at a cost of $956 million since government took office 2020. Health Minister, Dr. Frank Anthony said 204 patients received assistance at the cost of $219 million in 2020. Many of those patients were diagnosed at the Georgetown Public…
See the full statement from the Ministry of Finance below: During his remarks at the Fourth Regional Committee Meeting for the Latin America and Caribbean Region of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) today held at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC), Senior Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh pointed out that the Government remains strongly…
