Massy Stores is thrilled to announce the launch of new payment options on its e-commerce website, which goes live today, February 3, 2024. This new platform will provide customers with an additional shopping option, allowing them to access the same great shopping experience they are accustomed to, now from anywhere…
As part of efforts to provide deaf persons with skills to generate income after graduating from school, Sabine McIntosh from the Deaf Association of Guyana Inc. says more educational and language support is needed. During an interview with the News Room on Friday at the National Art Gallery- Castellani House,…
The Ministry of Health continues to spend substantial money in renting buildings to accommodate health workers brought to work in Guyana and this year, an additional $60 million has been set aside to rent additional buildings to accommodate more Cubans. This was revealed during the consideration of the budget estimates…
Newly appointed Under-20 Men’s National Team Head Coach Kayode McKinnon will reveal his squad for the Concacaf Under-20 Championship Qualifiers in mid-February. McKinnon has hit the ground running with an intensive pre-tournament training camp which started on January 21 at the Guyana Football Federation (GFF) Training Centre in Providence, East…
Demerara pulled off a thrilling win off the final delivery against Berbice to win the Guyana Cricket Board Inter-County Under-15 title on Thursday at the DCC ground, Queenstown. National player Reyaz Latif and last man Darwin Larose held their nerves to seal the one-wicket win and secure the championship. Berbice…
The first trillion-dollar budget ever crafted and presented to Guyana’s National Assembly was on Friday night approved. Moments after it was passed, Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh emphasised that the $1.146 trillion budget paves the way for the government to invest heavily in new infrastructure projects while delivering the social…
The Parliamentary Committee of Supply on Friday evening approved spending in the sum of $44.8 billion for the Ministry of Home Affairs, just under half of the total $90.6 billion allocated to the security sector in 2024. It included sums for the Guyana Police Force ($30.3 billion), the Guyana Fire…
The Ministry of Health’s $110 billion budget was approved without changes on Friday and included in that sum is a $5.7 billion allocation for direct support to patients in need across the country. This $5.7 billion sum is included in the ministry’s current spending under its ‘Policy Development and Administration’…
Three masked men, reportedly armed with guns and cutlasses, barged into the premises of a family living in Rose Hall Town, Corentyne, Berbice and robbed them of a quantity of foreign and local currency along with cellphones and jewellery. Ryan Rupert, who lives there with his wife and children, told…
A 31-year-old driver was on Friday placed on $1M bail for causing the death of Port Kaituma resident, Julius Andrew Adams, who was struck down in a hit-and-run accident late last month. Gladwin Joseph called ‘Menty’ appeared virtually at the Port Kaituma Magistrate’s Court before Magistrate Dylon Bess. It is…
