(Reuters) – At least seven people died and nine were seriously injured when a wall of rock collapsed on top of motor boats below a waterfall in southeastern Brazil on Saturday, the fire department said. A tower of rocks suddenly broke away from the canyon wall and came crashing down on several leisure boats, sending out…
Teachers across the country were Sunday put on notice that should they participate in Monday’s ‘isolation day’, they will be regarded as absent from work, abandoning their students and a gross dereliction of duty. This is according to Labour Minister Jospeh Hamilton who reasoned that the call for an ‘isolation day’ which he likened to…
A Lower Bonasika, Essequibo River family is appealing for help after a fire destroyed their home on December 30, 2021. Joshua Gill, his wife, and their six children are hoping to rebuild their lives. The family lost all of their personal belongings, household items and important documents. Gill, who works as a farmer, told the…
ATTORNEY-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, S.C., has announced that the construction of a new building to house the Deeds and Commercial Registry in the county of Essequibo is part of his ministry’s 2022 agenda. Nandlall, during his weekly television programme — Issues in the News — stated that the new building will…
FIJI, Australia and the Girmitiyas’ family have lost Professor Brij Vilash Lal, a scholar, politician, and innovator, on Christmas Day 2021, in his adopted home in Brisbane, Australia, after being banished from his land of birth, Fiji, by the military Bainimarama government for 12 years. Upon receiving this sad news via WhatsApp from Professor Farzana…
SCORES of local creatives will soon benefit from the disbursement of approximately $30 million in grants for various innovation projects that could be commercialised for the benefit of the culture and creative arts industry. An invitation for proposals was issued in December 2021 by the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport, which indicated that a…
–deadline for expressions of interest is January 20 THE Government of Guyana through the Ministry of Natural Resources, is requesting proposals from consultants and firms to review and evaluate the Field Development Plan (FDP) for Yellowtail, ExxonMobil’s fourth oil-development project in the Stabroek Block offshore Guyana. In the request for proposals (RFP) issued on Thursday,…
–as Labour Ministry rolled out agenda AFTER being elected to office in August 2020, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government went about re-establishing the Ministry of Labour, which had been reduced to a mere department under the previous administration. The year 2021 saw the ministry focusing on capacity building, human development and protecting workers’ rights,…
TWO years have passed since Guyana became an oil-producing nation in December 2019. Since then, there have been notable successes in the industry. The consecutive world-class record finds in the Stabroek Block totalling an estimated 10 billion oil-equivalent barrels increased with two new discoveries last week. Production is also set to increase quickly with the…
–over 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 recorded within the past 24 hours WITH Guyana recording a rise in the daily number of COVID-19 cases, President Dr. Irfaan Ali has said that samples were sent overseas to test for the Omicron variant, which is reportedly more transmissible. Prior to this announcement by the President on Wednesday,…
