I’ve noted the rush by the Mayor and City Council of Georgetown to respond to my statement issued last evening, deploring the suffering of residents across the city, who are once again plagued by flooding caused in no small measure by the mismanagement of the city’s drainage and other infrastructure. Last night I placed Mayor…
By Akeem Greene akeem@newsroom.gy Omari Glasgow scored yet again as Guyana’s Golden Jaguars extended their winning run in League B of the Concacaf Nations League with a battling 2-1 victory over Bermuda on Tuesday afternoon at the National Track and Field Facility, Leonora. 18-year-old Glasgow scored his third goal in two matches to put Golden…
EARLIER this year, the Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE), the country’s only teachers training college, made a big step in going online; this not only instantly expanded the institution’s intake ability, but it also created many opportunities for persons who would have otherwise had difficulty with attending in-person classes. This is particularly true for…
By Fareeza Haniff Fareeza@newsroom.gy The owner of the car (PAB 2552) that struck down 50-year-old Reonol Williams on the Enmore Public Road, East Coast Demerara, has confessed to dumping his body in a trench at Coldingen, ECD. Crime Chief Wendell Blanhum told the News Room that the suspect provided all the details to investigators and…
– POLICE Command Centres in Several Regions, New Wales Fire station, Security Fence for Lusignan Prison amongst major projects CONTRACTS for nine projects, amounting to $760,236,592 for capital projects under the Ministry of Home Affairs, were signed on Tuesday. The signing of the contracts will see the facilitation of several projects under the Guyana Police…
Guyana will soon receive assistance to strengthen its legislative framework under the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) programme by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA). Wilmot Garnett, IICA’s country’s representative, on Tuesday said that Guyana is among three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries that will be assisted with its food security agenda by improving…
— Region Five: $480M annually for part-time jobs, $50M for small businesses, $300M for farmers MORE than $830M has been invested in Region Five to create jobs, support small-business development and provide assistance to farmers through the supply of free fertilisers to them. Though announcing on a previous visit that some 1,000 part-time jobs will…
Global disruptions stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Ukraine/Russia crisis devastated economies in the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, but the opportunity now exists for countries in the region to earn up to US$80 billion annually by expanding trade. This is the view of President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Mauricio…
The investigation into the Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara accident that claimed the life of 12-year-old high school student, Kayla Barnabas is complete. The file was sent for legal advice, Deputy Commissioner of Police with responsibility for Operation, Ravindradat Budhram told the News Room on Tuesday. “The investigation was done and we are presently receiving…
Police investigators are probing the death of a 41-year-old Kitty resident who is suspected to have taken his own life after his wife left home to file an assault complaint against him. The dead man has been identified as 41-year-old security officer, Jermaine Simon. His body was found in his yard with a suspected self-inflicted…
