The Ministry of Agriculture will soon begin rehabilitation on a crucial farm-to-market access road in Buxton Village, East Coast Demerara. During a recent meeting with residents and farmers at the Buxton PIC Building, Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha announced that work on the Buxton Middlewalk farm-to-market road will commence within a…
Guyana Shore Base Inc. (GYSBI), the country’s premier onshore support facility servicing the oil and gas industry, is pleased to announce the expansion of its Technical Scholarship programme, which will be aimed at supporting educational opportunities for ten persons from Essequibo Islands- West Demerara (Region Three) at the Georgetown and…
Australia have secured their place in the second round of the World T20, producing a scary display against Namibia at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua and Barbuda. The Aussies produced a ruthless display in all departments, chasing down the Namibians’ total of 72 inside six overs. Spinner and Player-of-the-Match…
At a rain-soaked Central Broward Regional Park, organisers have made the decision nobody wanted to hear. Sri Lanka’s must-win game with Nepal was officially abandoned on Tuesday evening. Tournament officials made the decision following heavy rain and flood warnings in Lauderhill, Florida, which was slated to host their first match…
In a bid to address the issue of squatting in communities along the Linden/Soesdyke highway, the Ministry of Housing and Water will soon be rolling out a “massive” programme aimed at relocating these persons to close by areas. “We cannot regularise persons where they occupy now. There are some areas…
The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security and the Child Care and Protection Agency hosted the first International Day of Play for children across Guyana at Day Care facilities, and specially at the Guyana Women’s Leadership Institute. The Ministry of Human Services was pleased to partner with UNICEF Guyana…
Over the last two days, the Department of Education Georgetown hosted a Special Education Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Curriculum Training for Students with Moderate to Profound Intellectual Disabilities. The Ministry of Education Guyana and the Ministry of Education, Youth Information Jamaica have collaborated to produce a curriculum that caters to…
All-rounder Realeanna Grimmond has been named captain of Guyana’s Women Under-19 team for the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Women’s Under-19 Regional Championship in July. Grimmond, a West Indies Under-19 player, will take over from former Under-19 skipper Ashmini Munisar. Grimmond will have spinner Niya Latchman as her deputy,…
Guyana’s female hockey team is scheduled to compete in the 2024 Pan American Hockey Federation (PAHF) Challenge set for Hamilton, Bermuda, from September 20-28. The Challenge is a qualifier for the PAHF Cup, scheduled for Uruguay in 2025 and is Guyana’s only path to qualifying for a World Cup. Six…
By Azizi Christiani Student footballers from Santa Rosa Secondary School recently received a generous contribution from one of their former colleagues. Roy Vansluytman, the former MVP and captain who led the school to its maiden MILO U-18 school football championship in 2023, donated football cleats to three current students. These…
