NARESH Shivkumar, 11, and his mother, Dhanwattie Shivkumar, were glued to the online broadcast of the announcement of the National Grade Six Examination (NGSA) results and when his name was called, the mother burst into tears of joy. The young Shivkumar, who was suddenly hit by a sudden surge of energy, ran out into the yard and…
– outlines a number of initiatives to benefit communities through jobs, training REFUTING some of the claims made by a prominent representative of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly – Guyana (IDPADA-G) organisation that a building owned by a co-operative society on the Essequibo Coast, Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton maintained that the…
— to secure the future of people and planet by rebooting its development trajectory, says UNDP report THE world is lurching from crisis to crisis, trapped in a cycle of firefighting and unable to tackle the roots of the troubles that confront it. Without a sharp change of course, the planet may be heading towards…
MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and International Co-operation, Hugh Hilton Todd and President of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (PGA), Abdulla Shahid engaged in bilateral talks on Friday at the Ramphal House on a range of issues of mutual interest. The PGA is currently in Guyana for an official visit which concludes…
US President Joe Biden has nominated Nicole D. Theriot to be his country’s next ambassador to Guyana, according to a White House statement on Wednesday. Theriot, according to the statement, is “a career member of the Senior Foreign Service with the rank of Counsellor, currently serves as the Principal Officer in Karachi, Pakistan.” The statement…
THE United States Government through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has announced an additional US$22.8 million in new funding for 2022 to support Caribbean regional development goals related to climate resilience, youth security, information and communication technology, private sector engagement and health. The funding also includes US$10 million to combat food insecurity…
FAMILIES of Bare Root and Dazzell Housing Scheme, on the East Coast of Demerara, who were affected by a windstorm on Monday have commended the Government for its timely support. The Civil Defence Commission (CDC), on Wednesday, delivered relief following the results of an assessment of the situation in the villages. The assessment found that…
REGIONAL Security System (RSS) has confirmed that there was no evidence to suggest that there was any attempt to cover-up Ricardo Fagundes’ murder and there is also no evidence of corrupt practices as alleged in the public, a statement from the Home Affairs Ministry said. According to the statement, after the RSS agreed to facilitate…
CONTRACTORS and sub-contractors operating in Guyana’s oil and gas sector have been instructed by the Local Content Secretariat that their five-year local content master plan must be updated to include a payment period of between 30-45 days upon correct receipt of an invoice. According to a release from the Natural Resources Ministry, this will allow…
Police are investigating the alleged electrocution of Mark Wells, a 32-year-old man of Lot 44 Coldingen, East Coast Demerara. The Guyana Police Force reported that on September 7, the man who resided with his 46-year-old girlfriend, were at home. At about 20:40hrs, the girlfriend said the man was in the yard running a wire to…
