In a session filled with government ministers questioning fellow government Ministers in the Committee of Supplies, the National Assembly this afternoon approved $44.7 Billion in supplementary provisions for government spending. The supplementary budget came just six months after the government got approval for its $552.9 billion 2022 budget, which was already almost 50% more than…
A TAXI driver of Sheet Anchor, East Canje, Region Six, is counting his losses after his car, his only means of income, was destroyed in a blaze on Friday night. Speaking with reporters, Chandrapaul Mohabir, 26, recalled hearing a loud sound around midnight on Friday. He ran out of his bedroom to investigate and noticed his white…
PRESIDENT, Dr Irfaan Ali on Sunday delivered the keynote address at the launch of the Upper Mazaruni 23rd Annual District Games in Kako, Upper Mazaruni. President Ali also donated $1.5M to the event and announced that the government will be working with the winning community to develop a shade house to advance their food-security agenda.…
As monkeypox cases continue to rise in several countries of the Americas, Member States of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) held a Special Session of the Directing Council to consider a Resolution to address the outbreak, including supporting equitable access to vaccines for at-risk populations in the region. On 23 July 2022, the Director…
By Vanessa Cort A FRIEND in the US last Monday sent me a quote by Lyndon B Johnson, as we celebrated Emancipation Day. America’s 36th President, who held office from 1963 to 1969, had this to say: “Until justice is blind to colour, until education is unaware of race, until opportunity is unconcerned with the colour…
— Minister Edghill tells residents of community PUBLIC Works Minister Bishop Juan Edghill has assured residents of Plaisance, East Coast Demerara of ‘greater days ahead’ for the community which is set to undergo major transformation. Minister Edghill had joined residents to celebrate their Annual Village Day, held Saturday under the theme, “The Perpetuation of African…
WORKS on the Hydronie and Parika markets have started and are well underway. Vashti Mooteeram, the Market Clerk at the Hydronie Market said the two contracts awarded were for the construction of a shed for a portion of the market and the other for the tarmac. At the Parika market, the base is already finished…
A 25-year-old resident of Glasgow, Greater New Amsterdam, Region Six, lost his life following a motorcycle accident in the wee hours of Sunday morning. Dead is Clifton John Lindie, a sales representative of the Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL) Berbice branch, who reportedly lost control of his motorcycle after the tyre blew out as he was…
PUBLIC servants have been reassured of government’s commitment to ensuring that they have the “best possible welfare.” President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali made this clear when he provided an update on his recent engagement with First Vice-President of the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU), Dawn Gardener. He explained that the engagement was not a bargaining…
— new distribution exercise to target parents who did not receive the grant EDUCATION Minister Priya Manickchand has said that plans will be implemented to ensure those parents who were unable to receive the “Because We Care” cash grants last week will receive their monies in a second distribution exercise, which is to be announced…
