The National Toshaos Conference opened this morning with President Irfaan Ali promising indigenous leaders that the government will be paying closer attention to development in hinterland communities. In his address to the opening of the conference, the President said the government has been investing heavily in the hinterland communities through budgetary allocations and those investments…
-Amerindian leaders welcome its return WITH hopes to place emphasis on issues surrounding agriculture, telecommunications services and tourism development, toshaos across Guyana are looking forward to the return of the annual National Toshaos Conference (NTC), which opens today at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre (ACCC). The feature address is scheduled to be delivered by President,…
A party of police ranks conducted an intelligence-led operation that spanned several areas in Regional Police Division No. 3 on Sunday, hauling in 10.5 lbs (4, 651 grams) of marijuana and two unlicensed motorcycles. The operation was done at the Tuschen Market Square, Vergenoegen, De Kinderen and Parika. At the Tuschen Market, a 21-year-old man…
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) is yet again making its displeasure known with the overall affairs of the Guyana Sugar Corporation, taking aim at the industry’s inability to reach its target as well as the management of the industry. On the matter of low production levels, GAWU today said while GUYSUCO used…
By Clifton Ross at Providence BANGLADESH reversed their bad luck as they recorded their first win of the tour, thanks to some magic from spinner Mehidy Hasan Miraz, coupled with a blistering spell from pacer Shoriful Islam, which helped the tourists to a much-needed 6-wicket win over the West Indies (Windies) yesterday at the Providence…
SEVERAL global summits took place last month. Current issues of common interest were discussed among leaders of the Americas, the European Union, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa nations) and the Commonwealth. Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders returned from the Commonwealth Summit in Kigali, Rwanda, and gathered in Paramaribo, Suriname, from July 3-5 for…
Dear Editor, IT was a great shock to read that Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated by a disgruntled man. That he was murdered by a gun in a country known for tranquillity is unbelievable. In 2021, there was only one gun-related death in the country of 125 million people as compared with…
SCORES of Region 10 residents, particularly youths, will soon benefit from entrepreneurial training as the Guyana Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and the Board of Industrial Training (BIT), on Sunday, inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the launch of the Linden Entrepreneurial Network of Seventh-day Adventists (L.E.N.S.A.) training programme. Labour Minister Joseph Hamilton, in an…
A 17-year-old boy on Sunday sustained burns to his left side abdomen and left arm while incarcerated at the Vigilance Police Station, East Coast Demerara. The News Room understands that he and three other boys were reportedly arrested for armed robbery last Thursday. When contacted by the News Room, Assistant Police Commissioner Kurleigh Simon would…
-Minister Mustapha says the grain could be Guyana’s next major crop WITH Guyana eyeing the production of quinoa, an edible seed that is becoming increasingly popular in the Unites States and Europe, a field trial will soon commence in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), Agriculture Minister, Zulifikar Mustapha, has said. During an interview with the Guyana…
