The World Bank approved a project to help Guyana adapt to climate change and reduce flood risk in its coastal regions. This initiative is set to benefit around 320,000 people, approximately 40 percent of the country’s population, including the most vulnerable. Guyana is among the countries most vulnerable to climate…

Not long after he was denied a US visa, Sandeep Lamichhane has landed in the West Indies to play Nepal’s last two league games in Kingstown, St. Vincent. The Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) told ESPNcricinfo on Monday that the board had requested the ICC to allow Lamichhane as a late addition…

Heinrich Klaasen hit a vital 46 as South Africa claimed a nervy four-run victory over Bangladesh that put them on the brink of securing a place in the T20 World Cup Super Eights. A combination of the pitch, poor shot selection and good bowling from Bangladesh saw South Africa teetering…

The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) has reinstated one circuit of runway lights, allowing night flight operations. According to a press release, this update was shared with airlines through a Notice to Airmen (Notam). Efforts continue to restore the second circuit, hampered by ongoing redirected flights. Since the thunderstorms and…

Though both parties are committed to have the ongoing countrywide strike by some teachers concluded at the soonest, talks between the Government and members of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) are still at a stalemate. Officials from the Ministry of Education and the GTU on Monday met once again for…

The Auditor General in his 2019 report on the public accounts of Guyana flagged several issues with the payment and delivery of goods to the Ministry of Health’s Materials Management Unit (MMU). The ministry’s Permanent Secretary Malcolm Watkins, however, told a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee that concerted efforts…

A $4.7 Million Multi-purpose Community Centre was officially commissioned on Saturday in Tigerbone/Banakari located along the along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway. The project, realised through the combined efforts of Community Support Officers (CSOs) and other villagers, was funded by the Presidential Grant and the Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) programmme. Speaking…

The headless, decomposed body discovered in Port Kaituma, Region One, has been identified as 23-year-old Paulette Edwards, a young mother of one. Edwards was frequently abused by her reputed husband, a 29-year-old construction worker, and the police are now searching for him. Edwards was identified by a scar on her…

Farmers and entrepreneurs across eight Caribbean countries stand to benefit from the new CA$10 million Regional Gender-Responsive Climate-Smart Agriculture and Food Systems in the Caribbean project which officially launched on June 3 at United Nations House in Barbados. Funded by the Government of Canada, the four-year project (2024-2028) will be…

As part of our diligent monitoring of Guyana’s petroleum industry, the Ministry of Natural Resources, through the Local Content Secretariat, has intensified its tracking for practices known as “rent-a-citizen” or “fronting”. Prevalent mainly in cases of joint ventures (JVs), “rent-a-citizen” or “fronting” refers to the unethical practice where foreign companies…