Thousands of residents within six low-income communities in Region Three are soon to benefit from a street light installation project, under the Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility Programme (AHUAP). AHUAP is executed by the Ministry of Housing and Water through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) and funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).…
Guyana is rebounding well from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the travel market and the country is already seeing an increase in visitor arrivals that is close to the pre-pandemic levels. The announcement was made by the Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar during his address to the Conference on…
A 71-year-old pensioner was discovered dead on Tuesday, days after he was last seen alive by neighbours. Police Headquarters reported that Narain Ramaswami lived alone in a two-storey house at Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara. Police said he was an alcoholic and was last seen alive on Saturday. Investigators believe he may have fallen through…
The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission, Retired Justice Claudette Singh has signaled to the other members of the Commission that she will rule next week on the formal request by Commissioner Charles Corbin for the Elections management body to initiate a process to review the 2020 General and Regional Elections. The Government nominated members…
The Chairman of the political party, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) Timothy Jonas is calling for an open and transparent process to be established to deal with the shooting deaths of civilians by police. During a video post on his party’s Facebook page, Mr. Jonas said whenever Police Officers are involved in killing civilians,…
The Chairman of the political party, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) Timothy Jonas is calling for an open and transparent process to be established to deal with the shooting deaths of civilians by police. During a video post on his party’s Facebook page, Mr. Jonas said whenever Police Officers are involved in killing civilians,…
–earns more than US$1.7B from the exportation of commodities last year GUYANA’S presence in the US market continues grow, with the country expanding its reach last year by shipping more commodities to the North American nation. Addressing the enhanced trade relations between the two nations was US Ambassador to Guyana, Sarah-Ann Lynch, during a recent…
The Barbados Royals have announced their overseas signings for the 2022 Hero Caribbean Premier League which gets underway on 31 August. Quinton de Kock will appear at Hero CPL for the first time, bringing with him a huge amount of experience. De Kock has played more than 250 T20 matches for South Africa and franchises…
The Chairman of the political party, A New and United Guyana (ANUG) Timothy Jonas is calling for an open and transparent process to be established to deal with the shooting deaths of civilians by police. During a video post on his party’s Facebook page, Mr. Jonas said whenever Police Officers are involved in killing civilians,…
–FAO Director-General tells stakeholders at UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (FAO) THE pandemic, global interruption to supply chains, rising costs of major primary commodities, conflicts and humanitarian crises threaten the functioning of world agri-food systems, QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), said Tuesday. “We are…
