United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will be a special guest Thursday when CARICOM heads of government hold their annual summit; COVID-19 and its impact on the region will be the highlight of the discussions. The meeting will take place via video-conference. The CARICOM Secretariat in a statement said the health, financial and economic development implications…
US Carrier, Jet Blue Airlines has announced that it will finally begin its Guyana service from the 11th December. The airline was scheduled to begin its service between Georgetown and New York earlier this year, but those plans were grounded as the coronavirus pandemic crippled the airline industry. However, in a message to staffers this…
— Minister Mustapha assures Skeldon private cane farmers By Nafeeza Yahya-Sakur AGRICULTURE Minister, Zulfikar Mustapha, has assured private cane farmers at Skeldon that GuySuCo is here to stay and the operations at the factory would be more reliable than before, during a meeting with them at the Skeldon Training Centre, East Berbice, Corentyne, on Saturday.…
A 15-year-old student is in a serious condition at the News Amsterdam Hospital after he was stabbed to the left side chest during an argument with a 41-year-old man of New Amsterdam. Police Headquarters reported that at about 18:00 hrs on Sunday the teen and his friend were standing on Pope Street in New Amsterdam…
PPP Member of Parliament Sanjeev Datadin has been appointed as a Special Prosecutor in the Police criminal charges filed against the Chief Election Officer and the Deputy Chief Election Officer and the Attorneys representing the two officials have objected to the move. Attorney Nigel Hughes today told the Court that Mr. Datadin is a sitting…
– study finds 30,000 persons leave Guyana annually By Navendra Seoraj GUYANA is listed among the countries with the highest rate of emigration in the world, something which the new government is looking to address through a decisive strategy focused on engaging the Guyanese diaspora and encouraging re-migration. With a population of less than a…
The Ministry of Education on Saturday installed a number of chalkboards in communities across Georgetown to engage students who do not have access to the internet or other learning materials. The team led by Chief Education Officer Dr Marcel Hutson, teachers Leanchor Rowland and Caren Charles, Inspector Lisa Liza Ryce, Technical Faciltator Kerwyn Jacobs and…
Despite her claims that she renounced her American citizenship before taking the oath as a Member of Parliament, the APNU+AFC Coalition has issued a call for the Minister of Tourism, Oneidge Waldron to resign over her dual citizenship. In a statement on Saturday, the Minister admitted that she was still a dual citizenship when she…
–as COVID-19 cases climb to more than 50 in one month, two deaths recorded KWEBANNA, a little community nestled in the heart of Region One (Barima-Waini), has gone into lockdown for 14 days, after becoming a hotspot for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) within the past month. Since recording its first case on September 19,…
The Ministry of Housing is working to acquire plots of land from the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission (GL&SC) in Bartica, Region Seven to open new housing schemes. This commitment was made by subject Minister Collin Croal during a meeting with residents on Saturday where there was a repeated call for the establishment of new…
