Please see full statement from the Office of the Prime Minister Below: Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), the Honourable Mark Phillips and Venezuela’s Ambassador to Guyana H.E Carlos Amador Perez Silva, today, discussed ways of enhancing bilateral relations between the neighbouring countries. Prime Minister Phillips indicated that Guyana is ready to improve relations, within the…
The Opposition has formally written to the Government indicating the Opposition Leader’s full support for the appointment of Justice Yonette Cummings as the Chancellor and Justice Roxanne George as the Chief Justice. In a letter to Minister of Governance Gail Teixeira, Opposition MP, Senior Counsel Roysdale Forde stated that the Government can be assured that…
The Ministry of Health on Tuesday recorded 128 new COVID-19 cases from 1, 921 tests conducted during a 24-hour period, taking the overall number of confirmed cases since March 2020 to 65,422. The new cases were recorded in the following regions; Region Two (one case), Region Three (five cases), Region Four (46 cases), Region Five…
Two weeks after he was hit down by a speeding car and his body vanished after being removed from the scene by the driver of the car, Police investigators this afternoon found the body of 50-year-old Reonol Williams. The construction worker’s body was found dumped in a bushy area along the East Coast Demerara railway…
THE Guyana Online Academy for Learning (GOAL) has received over 9,000 applications for the new academic year, some 3000 more than 2021. Last year, 6,000 Guyanese undertook distance learning in 187 programmes offered through eight universities. The GOAL scholarship programme is tasked with equipping Guyanese with skills, knowledge and qualification for economic and self-development. Minister…
– over 200 benefit from U.S. Oil Spill Contingency programme A TOTAL of 231 persons, including the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) and the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) ranks, recently benefitted from the United States National Oil Spill Contingency Planning program, which the U.S. Coast Guard led. According to Director General (ag) of the CDC, Major…
–Min. Sukhai announces THE annual National Toshao’s Conference (NTC) returns in July after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai made the announcement during a recent visit to Kato, Region Eight (Potaro-Siparuni). “We have made a decision from the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs and from His Excellency that…
THIRTY-SIX Police ranks ‘extracted’ from the various Police Departments and Regional Divisions, on Monday, embarked on a four-week ‘Four-Wheel Driving Course.’ The theoretical aspect will be conducted at the Police Officers’ Training Centre, Camp Road, Georgetown, while the practical element will be done at various locations around Guyana. According to the Guyana Police Force, the…
THE Ministry of Education has announced that schools will be closed in the first week of July and reopen in September. Among teachers, the majority were not in favour of this arrangement, since they were engaged in schoolroom activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister Manickchand noted that the ministry was exploring the possibility of extending…
THE Bureau of Statistics and the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) have collaborated to collect, analyse and disseminate data on the prevalence of food insecurity in Guyana. According to the Bureau of Statistics in a statement on Monday, this will be done at the individual and household levels, utilising the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)…
