Police in Lower Pomeroon, Essequibo are probing the drowning deaths of two young men, 29-year-old Devor Naughton and 18-year-old Sherwin Adolphus. According to a Police report, on Sunday evening, the two men who had been consuming alcoholic beverages at the Lake Mainstay resort left the resort in a Yamaha engine-powered boat. While proceeding along the…
THE capacity of personnel in key sectors to prepare for and respond to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WaSH) needs during disasters has been strengthened following a WaSH in Emergency training exercise co-organised by the Ministry of Health, in collaboration with the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and UNICEF. According to a release, the two-day activity, which…
PEOPLE’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) Councillor at the New Amsterdam Town Council, Zabarally Armogan, 59, known as “Mr. Brown” passed away last Wednesday after a brief illness. Armogan, according to reports, had, moments before his death, left his home at 572 Angoy’s Avenue, a former squatting community on the eastern fringe of New Amsterdam, Region…
By Vanessa Cort IT is heartening to know that men’s problems, and in particular those of single fathers, are being heard and tackled in our society in a way that will bring about meaningful change. The recent announcement by Human Services and Social Security Minister Dr Vindhya Vasini Persaud that her ministry plans to establish…
— FAO Director-General says QU DONGYU, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, has underlined the importance of innovative partnerships, especially with academic institutions, in helping to promote global food security, as he addressed a Graduation Day ceremony at the University of Siena. “Fostering innovative partnerships for a food secure world is a top priority…
–Head of UNHCR’s Guyana office urges WITH Guyana becoming a host country to thousands of refugees and migrants who have fled the economic crisis and growing political discontent in Venezuela, Cecilie Becker, Head of the National Office of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Guyana, is appealing to Guyanese to give them…
MINISTER within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar on Sunday said he had no part to play in the police showing up at the office of the news agency, Stabroek News. Minister Indar was responding to an article published in the Stabroek News on Sunday, June 19, 2022, in which the newspaper accused him…
The President, Executives and Members of the Albion Community Centre Cricket Club (ACCCC) have extended congratulations to Gudakesh Motie on his Test debut for the West Indies. Motie became the sixth Albion cricketer to play Test cricket when he represented the West Indies in the Test match against Bangladesh in Antigua, which the West Indies…
— say High Commissioner, Dr Srinivasa, Minister Persaud as hundreds participate in session at ‘Everest’ THE Indian High Commission, as part of its planned activities for International Day of Yoga 2022, held a yoga session at the Everest Cricket Ground, which event saw participation from over 70 persons. Indian High Commissioner to Guyana Dr. K.…
Barbados became the first team to book a semi-final spot in the CG United Women’s Super50 Cup after they defeated Jamaica by 11 runs via the Duckworth/Lewis/Stern method, in a rain-affected match on Saturday at the National Stadium, Providence. After two lengthy rain stoppages, the match was reduced to 32 overs per side. Barbados were…
