Guyana’s hope of landing a medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games is alive and well, after Emanuel Archibald, Arinze Chance, Noelex Holder and Akeem Stewart finished third in semi-final one of the Men’s 4x100m relay. With another sold out crowd at the Alexander Stadium, 32,000-roaring fans witnessed the Guyanese quartet running 38.92s to finish behind…
WITH mounting investments in almost every sector across the country, Attorney-General and Legal Affairs Minister, Anil Nandlall has contended that Guyana is currently going through one of the best periods in history. The Attorney-General made these remarks during his weekly show ‘Issues in the News’, where he addressed claims by Opposition members that Guyana is…
Residents of Lethem, Region Nine, are now enjoying first hand reliable and clean energy, with the commissioning of a $472 million one (1.0) megawatt solar farm in the township on Friday. Already 10,000 liters of diesel or some 63 drums of fuels were saved, since the solar power plant started testing on July 26. Chief…
–says GuySuCo Chief Executive Officer THERE are over 8,000 bags and 7,000 bales of sugar in the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo)’s bond ready to be sold. This is according to Chief Executive Officer of GuySuCo, Sasenarine Singh who told the Guyana Chronicle that there should be no complaints about sugar, as it is available. Singh…
In what is suspected to be a case of arson, police investigators in Berbice, Region Six have launched a probe into the destruction of a hire car by fire. The car belongs to Chandrapaul Mohabir, 26, of Sheetanchor Village, East Canje, Berbice. He recounted for the News Room on Saturday that he was relaxing at…
SENIOR Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, says the government remains strongly committed to advancing the national energy transition agenda including through promoting the use of renewable sources of energy, including solar energy. Dr Singh was, at the time, speaking at the Fourth Regional Committee Meeting for…
A total of 43 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health’s daily COVID-19 dashboard issued on Saturday. With these new cases, COVID infections recorded in Guyana since March 2020 have increased to 70, 126. The new cases were recorded after 645 tests were conducted with cases…
— coverage provides for US$600 million per occurrence of a spill event, says EPA THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has described claims in a release issued by the Alliance For Change (AFC) on insurance and liability coverage in the eventuality of an oil spill as inaccurate. The EPA, in a statement, said the claims made…
By Akeem Greene akeem@newsroom.gy Pursuing academic commitments overseas while being able to train and compete at the highest level, has been a lifelong dream of national athletes Anisha Gibbons and Adriel Austin. With support from the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, that dream is now a reality. The duo, who had a successful outing…
— prices for wheat declined by as much as 14.5 per cent THE benchmark for world food commodity prices declined significantly in July, with major cereal and vegetable oil prices recording double-digit percentage declines, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) reported on Friday. The closely-watched FAO Food Price Index averaged 140.9 points in…
