The West Indies have now lost seven consecutive white ball games after going down by 68 runs to India in the first of five T20 Internationals at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in Tarouba on Friday. West Indian captain Nicholas Pooran won the toss and elected to field first. India’s opening pair of returning captain…
NOTING that her government is committed to its anti-corruption policies, People’s Republic of China’s Ambassador to Guyana, Guo Haiyan reaffirmed the Asian nation’s commitment to the rule of law when conducting any bilateral business activities. The ambassador was, at the time, speaking at the commemoration ceremony of 50 years of friendship between Guyana China hosted…
See the full statement from the Ministry of Agriculture below: Farmers from the riverine community of Manawarin in Region One (Barima – Waini) will soon benefit from a number of critical interventions as the government moves towards improving and developing agriculture in hinterland communities. During an outreach to several villages in the Moruca sub-district on Thursday…
President Irfaan Ali and members of his delegation who have been on a week-long visit to Washington DC met last evening with longtime US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson- Lee of Texas and Congressman Gregory Meeks of New York. During the dinner meeting, Congressman Gregory Meeks welcomed the President’s push to ensure greater food security in Guyana…
PRIME Minister, Brigadier (ret’d), Mark Phillips, on Thursday, met with Guyana Reparations Committee Chairman, Dr Eric Phillips and a visiting African Royal Delegation from South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho who are in Guyana for Emancipation celebrations 2022. The delegation indicated that their fundamental goals are to foster cultural exchange, education and development; explore…
City Magistrate Leron Daly on Friday remanded a 34-year-old minibus driver to prison for having 60 grams of cannabis in his possession. Warren Broomes of Edun Street, Tucville Housing Scheme, pleaded not guilty to the charge which alleged that on July 27 at Arapaima Street, East La Penitence, he had the narcotics in his possession…
The Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU) is preparing to mount a Court challenge to force the government’s hand to increase the salaries of public servants in light of the rise in the cost of living and other factors. During a Press Conference today GPSU President, Patrick Yarde said the government is in breach of several…
–gov’t creating world-class services –to incentivise Guyanese diaspora to return PRESIDENT, Dr Irfaan Ali, recently told the Guyanese diaspora in Washington, District of Columbia (DC) that his government is working assiduously on building a Guyana that reflects the principles and defines its citizens and their diversity. The President also told the group that government is…
Monitoring of air quality at rice mills is of paramount importance in agricultural communities, as oftentimes, residents near these establishments are affected by dust pollution, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) noted in a statement. EPA noted that continuous monitoring is ongoing along with the gathering of data to classify and regulate the state of the…
Another accident along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway on Thursday night claimed the life of 69-year-old Marva Alder of Wismar, Linden. Alder was one of the passengers in a taxi that traverses the Linden-Georgetown route when the car suffered a blowout of one of its tires and the driver lost control. Ms. Alder was pronounced dead at…
