PRESIDENT, Dr. Irfaan Ali, handed over more than two dozen vehicles to over 20 communities in the Rupununi during his visit to Region Nine on Saturday. According to a post on the President’s Facebook page, the government is aggressively pushing to enhance the lives of people living in the hinterland. Among the vehicles distributed for…
AFTER two years of not being able to celebrate Easter with traditional family outings, Guyanese came out in huge numbers on Monday and were overjoyed to finally be able to see things return to near normalcy. With Easter Monday celebrated as a day of coming together with family and friends, picnicking and flying kites with the…
— for Region Seven; over 100 jobs to be created A GROWING demand for construction materials has prompted local company,Hadi’s World Inc., to venture into the quarry industry with a project estimated at US$3 million. According to a project summary seen by the Guyana Chronicle, the site for this operation, which stretches for about 200…
After a two-year hiatus, competitive horse racing made a return on Sunday at the Port Mourant Turf Club with Santa Cruz Lady winning the first feature event since the advent of the COVID pandemic. Santa Cruz Lady of the Jagdeo Racing Stables won the day’s main attraction, the G and Lower race, which carried a…
For the second day in a row, the Ministry of Health is reporting that the COVID-19 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Liliendaal Infectious Diseases Hospital remains empty. And within the past 24-hours, only four new cases were reported from a total of 670 tests, taking the overall number of confirmed cases since March 2020,…
Guyanese Attoya Harvey capped a remarkable weekend at the 49th Carifta Games in Kingston, Jamaica, copping a bronze medal in the Girls Under-17 800m race on Monday. Harvey was clocked at 2:14.08 seconds, just ahead of compatriot Narissa McPherson, who took fourth in a time of 2:16.13 seconds. Michelle Smith of the US Virgin Islands…
(FAO) AS the world confronts war, humanitarian emergencies, the impacts of the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, overlapping with the persistent challenges of hunger and poverty, FAO is responding urgently to build resilient agrifood systems. This was the message of QU Dongyu, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)…
THERE is a buzzing in the air, a familiar humming. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s the sound of a “caddy ole punch” dancing with the April winds, indicating that Easter is once again upon us. Growing up, there were three festivals that I was always anxious to celebrate: Mashramani, Christmas…
–Minister Indar says during meeting with community residents PRESIDENT, Dr. Irfaan Ali, will soon announce major developmental plans for the Albouystown community, Minister within the Ministry of Public Works, Deodat Indar, has said. Minister Indar made this announcement during a meeting in the community on Saturday, after residents raised a number of issues affecting the…
THE Ministry of Finance has invited eligible companies to submit bids for the construction of a new annex. In an official Invitation to Bid published in the Sunday Chronicle, the ministry noted that the annex will be constructed at Lot 77 Croal Street, Stabroek. According to an initial engineer’s estimate, the project is expected to…
