SOME 350 residents of Lethem, Region Nine, have benefitted from house lot allocations at the Ministry of Housing and Water’s seventh ‘Dream Realise’ housing drive exercise on Monday. Cheyenne Faria, a 23-year-old nurse attached to the Lethem Regional Hospital, was one of the first to receive her house lot at the distribution exercise, held at…
THE last three days have been especially difficult for Guyana’s aviation sector as its members mourn the death of two of their pioneers jointly credited for the conceptualising of the Art Williams & Harry Wendt Aeronautical Engineering School. Veteran aviator, Malcolm Chan-a-Sue, 84, and aircraft maintenance engineer, Lieutenant Colonel (ret’d) Charles Hutson, 80, died within…
AS a child growing up on the East Bank Berbice, she’d walked the dusty streets of her native Edinburgh Village many a day, selling vegetables and fruits from a bowl skillfully balanced atop her tiny head. Her parents Lilowtie and Khemraj’s rocky marriage and subsequent divorce had dealt a severe blow to the lives of…
Dr. Shiwnandan’s Clinic, located on Thomas Street, Georgetown, has become the ninth company to be certified by Global Compliance Service Guyana Inc. (GCS) with the ISO 9001:2015 Standard for the Provision of Complete Medical Certificates for Oil and Gas and other seafarers. In a simple ceremony commemorating the achievement on Monday, Dr. Ravindra Shiwnandan attributed…
PERSONS who received the Russia-produced Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine and are interested in traveling to the United States (US) could find themselves in conflict with that country’s policy of not admitting international travellers without vaccines approved by their recognized health regulators. Specifically, while the Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine has been administered in Guyana, the vaccine has not…
President Dr Irfaan Ali charged contractors to expedite their work but to ensure that quality is maintained as Guyana continues to go through a revolutionary period of growth and development. The Head of State was adamant that structure was needed at all levels and by all stakeholders since the end result would need to be…
— President charges contractors, says quality, expediency and accountability must be their driving forces PRESIDENT Dr Irfaan Ali has charged contractors to expedite their work but to ensure that quality is maintained as Guyana continues to go through a revolutionary period of growth and development. The Head of State was adamant that structure was needed…
Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips on Monday received 1,000 internet boxes (LTE/Wifi CPE) from several representatives of Chinese multinational technology corporation, Huawei. The boxes are capable of transferring 4G networks outdoors at over 300 metres and just below 100 metres indoors to more than 100 users at a time. The Prime Minister said that…
Rashane Joseph, 19, called ‘John Crow’, was on Monday committed to stand trial at the Berbice High Court for fatally chopping his father during an argument in 2020. Joseph was committed by Magistrate Peter Hugh at the Blairmont Magistrate’s Court, where his preliminary inquiry was conducted for the manslaughter offence, which alleged that on August…
A 48-year-old unvaccinated woman from Region Four (Demerara- Mahaica) is Guyana’s latest COVID-19 death, according to information provided by the Ministry of Health. With this new death, a total of 977 people have been confirmed dead from COVID-19 since March 11, 2020; 47 of those deaths have been recorded in the month of November so…
