— adjustments pave way for widened fiscal space, regularisation of Coalition-accumulated liabilities THE need for wider fiscal space to advance local development and the reconciliation of liabilities incurred by Guyana under the former A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) Coalition Government, trumped arguments which sought to restrict motions, tabled in the…

The Cyril Potter College of Education (CPCE) will soon have a full online school to train teachers who cannot access its physical facilities, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand announced on Friday. She said the aim is to create a strong teaching service, noting that in 1992, there were about 30 per cent trained teachers and…

In a move that is expected to anger China and raise questions about the government’s commitment to the One China Policy, the Government of Guyana has granted approval for the opening of a Taiwan Investment and Trade Office in Guyana. The “One-China policy” asserts that there is only one sovereign state under the name China…

— 325 jobs to be created, investors’ confidence in Guyana ‘sky high’ PRESIDENT Dr Irfaan Ali, on Wednesday, turned the sod for the construction of a spanking $1 billion state-of-the-art mall at Leonora, West Coast Demerara. Speaking before the turning of the sod for the US$5 million shopping centre, the President said the investment is…

A total of 66 new COVID-19 cases were recorded on Thursday from 258 tests, taking Guyana’s overall number of confirmed cases to 7,780. Thirty-two new cases were recorded in Region Four, while Region 10 recorded 10 new cases; Region Seven recorded eight new cases with Region Six recording an additional five. Regions Three and Five…

Less than 24hours after an agreement between Guyana and Taiwan for the establishment of a Taiwanese trade office in Guyana was made public by the US Government, the Government of Guyana has made a complete backtrack and has terminated the agreement. In a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs this afternoon, the Guyana Government…

–to depart Venezuela today; families rejoice at good news GUYANESE fishermen, who were detained on their boats in Venezuela for about two weeks, will use the very vessels to return home today, after being released by Venezuelan authorities on Monday.  Leaving home close to one month ago, for what they would consider a routine fishing…

Taiwan has announced the opening of an office in Guyana, but the Foreign Ministry here said this does not signal the establishment of diplomatic relations between Georgetown and Taipei and hence there is no change to the “one China” policy. The United States has welcomed the move; Washington has long expressed growing concern about China’s…

The Venezuelan Government’s decision in the past 24 hours to release the 12 Guyanese fishermen it had detained for two weeks, could provide political space for dialogue between the two countries, according to Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hugh Todd. The fishermen were released from Venezuelan custody on Tuesday and allowed to leave the neighbouring…

– as country intensifies efforts to secure, distribute vaccines for COVID-19 By Vishani Ragobeer AS Guyana intensifies its efforts to secure vaccines needed to immunise the population from the virus, COVID-19, Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony announced that the country will soon receive nearly 104,000 vaccine doses from the COVAX facility, a global vaccination alliance.…