THE Bureau of Statistics and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have collaborated to collect, analyse and disseminate data on the prevalence of food insecurity in Guyana. According to the Bureau of Statistics in a statement on Monday, this will be done at the individual and household levels, utilising the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)…
By Isanella Patoir Isanella@newsroom.gy Silvie Williams says she now feels more at ease after she was assured by the Police Commissioner (ag) Clifton Hicken that she would be provided thorough updates about the investigation into the disappearance of her brother who was struck down on the Enmore Public Road, East Coast Demerara some two weeks…
WITH a scripture in her heart, ‘I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,’ 79-year-old Evonne Osman, gracefully walked across the stage of a special graduation ceremony last Saturday to receive her doctorate in Transformational Leadership from Bakke Graduate University (BGU), a Dallas, Texas-based university. Osman, a mother of one and grandmother to…
Police have arrested four persons – three women and one man – in connection with the murder of Carol Davidson, a 21-year-old security guard of East La Penitence Squatting area in Georgetown. Police Headquarters reported that Davidson was beaten and stabbed to death on Monday at around 10:25hrs in the vicinity of Brickdam Secondary School…
– Minister Dharamlall AN investigation into the shortage of food supplies at the Desrey Caesar-Fox Secondary School in Waramadong was launched by the officials from the Regional Democratic Council (RDC) in Cuyuni Mazaruni and the Ministry of Education (MoE), following poor meals being served at the school. Over the weekend, a post surfaced on Facebook…
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, through the Women Innovation and Investment Network (WIIN) is set to upskill over 3,000 vulnerable women across Guyana as courses roll out for 2022. Registration for seven, free and internationally accredited courses in both introductory and intermediate levels, officially got underway on Friday last as the ministry…
A SHIPMENT of Pfizer vaccine was donated by the government of Spain and arrived in Guyana Monday morning at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, where it was officially handed over by Ambassador of Spain Fernando Nogales Alvarez to Minister of Health, Dr. Frank Anthony. Also present to receive the vaccine were the Minister of Education,…
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Monday hosted a ‘close out’ event, culminating a year of training, workshops, assessment projects and simulation joint tactical exercises towards improving Guyana’s oil spill response and the capacity of the National Oil Spill Committee (NOSC). Director General (ag) of the CDC, Major Loring Benons, told those gathered at the…
An East La Penitence mother of two became the country’s latest murder victim today when she was attacked by three women and a man and stabbed to death. The incident took place this midday in the East La Penitence community. The dead woman has been identified by relatives as 23-year-old, Carol Davidson. It is suspected…
– Agreement signed for establishment of 200 rooms THE iconic Sheraton Hotel and Resort brand, a subsidiary of Marriott International, will be brought to Guyana with the establishment of a 200-room Sheraton Hotel and 224 residences, which is expected to be built in Providence, East Bank Demerara, and opened by 2025. This announcement comes following…
