–with aid of Canada, UNICEF; health, community workers trained A DEDICATED Early Childhood Development (ECD) space, the first ever in the community, was opened on Monday at the Annai Health Centre. The opening of the “space” followed the training of 15 healthcare and community workers from Annai and surrounding villages in the North Rupununi, in…
Guyana had mixed fortunes on the opening morning of the Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, with squash players Shomari Wiltshire and Samuel Ince-Carvalhal being the first Guyanese in action on Friday. Wiltshire made a winning start in the Men’s Singles, defeating his Venezuelan opponent Sebastian Ricardo Araujo Ruiz 3-0, but Ince-Carvalhal lost by…
THE Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, on Thursday, join the rest of the world in kicking off 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence under the theme, “Orange the World: End Violence against Women Now!” According to a release, it is an annual campaign that begins on International Day for the Elimination of…
The Appeal Court led by Chancellor Yonnette Cummings-Edwards will on December 21, 2021 hand down its decision in an appeal filed to have a dismissed election petition reinstated. The date was set on Friday when the case was called before Justice Cummings-Edwards, Justice Rishi Persaud and Justice Dawn Gregory-Barnes. On the last occasion, Attorney and…
President Irfaan Ali did an address to the nation this morning from the lawns of State House to justify his Government’s imposition of a 7% salary increase for public servants saying that public sector workers are better off under his administration than they were under the former APNU+AFC government, although the former government raised the…
— says has over 30 years experience in construction industry, delivers value for money MOHAMED’S Enterprise, the company which was awarded a $614 million contract on Wednesday to build the new Guyana Fire Service (GFS) Headquarters, on Thursday issued a statement defending its track record and years of service that qualify the company for the…
See below full statement issued by the Private Sector Commission: Urgent action needed to tackle recent spate of fires The Private Sector Commission (PSC) has taken note of, and is deeply concerned with, the recent spate of fires across the capital city. These fires represent an obvious threat to the maintenance of law and good…
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly and Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party, Lenox Shuman has claimed that his job as an Aviation Advisor the government was recently threatened because of Facebook posts that he made criticizing the government. In a post on his official Facebook page, Mr. Shuman explained that “I made two…
WHILE significant progress has been made over the last few months in COVID-19 vaccination across Guyana which has led to a decline in cases nationally for some regions, Region 6 (East Berbice-Corentyne) has recorded a tripling of its COVID-19 cases from August to November this year because potentially because of low vaccination rates. Health Minister…
Since March 2020, a total of 4,766 children across Guyana have been infected with the novel coronavirus, according to the Minister of Health Dr. Frank Anthony. During his daily COVID-19 update on Thursday, the Health Minister explained that the infection rates differ by age group. Children between the ages of 16 to 17 were most…
