With works ongoing to ensure that the physical structure is established here by the end of September 2024, Guyana’s first World Trade Center on Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the World Trade Center Miami. The agreement will pave the way for collaboration, such as networking opportunities, market…
Guyana’s top female badminton player Priyanna Ramdhani has advanced to the Women’s quarter-finals of the Cuba International Badminton tournament 2024. Ramdhani and Akili Haynes are representing Guyana at the tournament, which is being staged at the Ciudad Deportiva Sport City Hall, La Havana, Cuba. The Guyanese pair is competing in…
An incident on Thursday at the Hack Rice Mill located at Bush Lot Village, West Coast Berbice left at least three workers injured. Police sources in Region Five said the incident occurred at about 15:30 hrs. The rice mill is owned and operated by Fiaz Abdool Hack, 47, a businessman…
President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) Mark Lyte on Thursday said there will be no compromise on the part of the union to discuss only salary increases for 2024 with the Ministry of Education and insisted that negotiations must surround retroactive pay hikes for the period 2019 – 2023….
The Ministry of Labour on Thursday said it is investigating the circumstances that caused the death of a 60-year-old dredge owner at Cowing Backdam, Upper Mazaruni River, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni), earlier this month. Bertram Willie, who resided at Wisrock New Housing Scheme, Linden died on March 6 during a mining…
Veerasammy Permaul’s highest First-Class score of an unbeaten 90, Kevin Sinclair’s fluent 72, and late wickets mean it is advantage Guyana Harpy Eagles at the end of day two against Barbados Pride in the West Indies Four-Day Championship at the Coolidge Cricket ground, Antigua. Along with the half-centuries from Kevlon…
The Chinese national who was brutally murdered on Thursday afternoon during a robbery at Eteringbang Landing, Cuyuni River has been identified as supermarket owner, Yang Lisong. Police Headquarters confirmed that his throat was slit by his attacker/s during the incident which occurred around 14:00 hrs. Lisong’s reputed wife, Wen Shuping who was…
Police in Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) are investigating the murder of a Chinese national, who was killed during a robbery at Eteringbang Landing, Cuyuni River on Thursday. The News Room was informed that the incident occurred sometime in the afternoon. The identity of the dead man is not yet known. Preliminary information…
The latest estimates indicate that there are over 30, 000 migrants from neighbouring Venezuela in Guyana. And in addressing the large influx here, the country’s Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo explained that these persons are largely returning Guyanese and their children who are entitled to Guyanese citizenship. According to Jagdeo,…
In keeping with the Stabroek Block Production Sharing Agreement, Guyana receives all its royalties, calculated at two per cent, the country’s Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo again assured on Thursday. Jagdeo addressed the issue at a party press conference last week but said because of an absence of new issues…
