By Isanella Patoir Isanella@newsroom.gy As technology advances, women are likely to be displaced and pushed into unemployment, Dr Dianna Glasgow, University of Guyana economic lecturer, revealed during a virtual discussion on Wednesday. The discussion was facilitated by the Women and Gender Equality Commission and focused on the future of work and what it means for…
England’s new era under captain Ben Stokes and coach Brendon McCullum got off to a chaotic start as 17 wickets fell on the first day of the first Test against New Zealand at Lord’s. New Zealand were bowled out for 132, only for England to slump to 116-7 in reply. Click to view full scoreboard…
Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC has defended President Irfaan Ali’s decision to move ahead with reconstituting the Integrity and Police Service Commissions earlier this week although Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton seemed intent on further delaying the process and has since threatened legal action. Nandlall said the President has complied with…
Rain had the final say on Thursday as day two of all three matches in the Cricket West Indies Four-Day Championship were called off without a ball bowled. At the Queen’s Park Oval, where Trinidad and Tobago Red Force and Guyana Harpy Eagles are clashing, play was called off at 15:00h and based on the…
Twelve-year-old Kayla Barnabas was struck down while on a pedestrian crossing by the police pickup that was undertaking a car at the time, eyewitnesses have related to the police, according to Regional Commander Mahendra Siwnarine. The child was heading home from school and was crossing the road at Goed Fortuin, West Bank Demerara when she…
There was an overwhelming interest in the locally-made products at the recently concluded agro-fest in Barbados and Head of the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) Rafeek Khan said that there is now a revitalised interest in improving transportation between the two countries. Khan told the News Room that there were more than 22,000 visitors…
The authorities have clarified that the house at Barnwell, aback Mocha, East Bank Demerara, in which three siblings perished in a fire had an illegal power supply. This was confirmed by Minister of Home Affairs Robeson Benn and the Fire Chief (ag) Gregory Wickham. On May 26, an early morning blaze claimed the lives of…
The Ministry of Education and the University Guyana have launched the International Centre of Excellence in Educator Innovation, Learning and Development. The new Centre falls within the Faculty of Education and Humanities (FEH) at the University of Guyana. Its establishment paves the way for teachers and other persons interested in pursuing studies within the Education…
A bee attack on Thursday afternoon at No. 27 Village, West Coast Berbice, resulted in the death of a man, the hospitalization of two persons and four others are nursing injuries. Dead is 71-year-old Winston Rigby of No.41 Village. The other fishermen who sustained bee stings were identified as William Rigby, 44 of Onderneeming; Kenneth…
Another murder accused has been freed by the Court over the absence of evidence tying the suspect to the crime. 28-year-old Phillip Suffrein was one of three persons charged with the 2017 murder of 89-year-old Constance Fraser and 77-year-old Phyllis Caesar. Two other men have already been found guilty for the double murder and are…
