See full release issued by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) ahead of the 2022 New Year: The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) considers 2021 as yet another year where our Union had been able to triumph over many challenges. During the year, our continued efforts bore fruit and our members…
Lennox Daniels was announced on Friday (December 31) by the National Sports Commission (NSC) as the country’s new National Boxing Coach, according to Director of Sport, Steve Ninvalle. Daniels will replace Wincel Thomas, in a move that Ninvalle is hailing as a “step in the right direction for boxing in Guyana.” “For the first time…
The recent APNU+AFC opposition-led disruption of the National Assembly, including the seizure of the Speaker’s Mace, has been deemed an assault on Guyana’s democracy by President Dr. Irfaan Ali. “What we witnessed in the National Assembly was not only a violent assault on democracy but blatant disrespect for the highest law making institution for our…
As part of his plans for 2022, President Dr. Irfaan Ali says that he intends to engage Guyanese youth groups- including the youth arms of all political parties- to understand their interests and views on the country’s development. During his virtual New Year address on Friday night, the President said that it is important for…
The Private Sector Commission (PSC) made up of the country’s most powerful businesses, on Friday called the behaviour of the opposition APNU+AFC in the National Assembly Wednesday night “appalling” saying it lost the opportunity to make its case for the law to guide the spending of oil revenues to be refined. It said the Speaker…
As Guyana sets its focus on new economic possibilities in 2022, President Irfaan Ali has cautioned that the year ahead will not be without challenges but said it will be one with big wins for Guyanese. On New Year’s eve, Dr. Ali promised the nation that the government will confront the challenges. “The challenges will…
Guyana Defence Force (GDF) Football Club will put their title on the line against a formidable Western Tigers Football Club when the two meet on January 1 at the National Track and Field Facility, Leonora. That match will bring an end to the Guyana Football Federation/Kashif and Shanghai Organisation Super 16 year-end football tournament. GDF,…
(BBC) Betty White was US television’s Golden Girl with the heart of gold, celebrated for her comic acting abilities from TV’s early days up to the 21st Century, while remaining committed to her animal activism. “I have to keep acting so that I can afford to keep doing my charity work!” she joked to The…
Police Friday said the decomposed headless body of a baby, averaging between two to three weeks old, was found floating in a canal at Land of Canaan East Bank Demerara. The Guyana Police Force in a statement said the discovery was made by persons who were walking along a trail beside the koker in the…
U.S based Guyanese and former policeman, 36-year-old Colin Benjamin, was sent to prison after he failed on post bail on two-gun related charges and a third charge linked to dangerous driving. He appeared at the Linden Magistrate’s Court via Zoom and police listed his address as First Alley, Wismar, Linden. Police released no details of…
