Siblings die in Blankenburg road accident; Parents seriously injured

Two young children, a brother and sister, have become the country’s latest road fatalities. The 7-year-old girl and her 10-month-old brother died on the spot early yesterday morning after their father lost control of the family car and slammed into two parked vehicles. The mother who was with them suffered serious injuries and has been […]

APNU+AFC Councillor calls for Town Clerk to be fired as Mayor urges understanding of Municipal Act

APNU+AFC Councillor Andrea Marks staged a silent protest with two signs during Tuesday’s Satutory Meeting of the Georgetown City Council, calling for the firing of Town Clerk, Royston King. Marks was the only Councillor issuing the call as she questioned whether King had now taken over in behaviour from former Town Clerk, Carol Sooba. The […]

Women are better educated but still face more challenges than men in the Caribbean workplace -UNDP Report

The 2016 United Nations Human Development Report on the Caribbean has found that although women in the region are better educated, they find themselves facing more challenges than men in the work place. According to the report which was released recently, women are disadvantaged in the labour market, with lower level and lower paying jobs […]

UN Official encourages small states to treat Sustainable Development Goals like “a political manifesto”

by Kurt Campbell at UN Headquarters (New York)  United Nations (UN) member countries will gather at the UN Headquarters in New York, from September 13th for the 71st Regular Session of the General Assembly.  They are expected to recommit to the 2030 agenda of implementing 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Although progress has been recorded, […]

Junior Niles tops field in Powerade Road Race

Team Coco’s Junior Niles produced a sterling performance to top the field in Powerade 25-mile road race on the West side of Demerara earlier on  Sunday. The race which was reduced from 50 miles to 25 miles, saw the veteran rider producing a late surge from a group of four to finish on top, in […]

Lifetime gym membership for Under 11 Table Tennis star

Guyana’s under-11 Gold medallist at the Caribbean Pre-Cadet Table Tennis Championships, Kaysan Ninvalle has inked a lifetime membership deal with the Fitness 53 gym. Proprietor of the gym and former West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan said he heard extremely great things of the young Ninvalle and was extremely pleased with his performance. Sarwan added, “this […]