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First Lady Sandra Granger, on Thursday, charged an enthusiastic group of 31 teenage mothers never to give up on themselves, in her address at the sixth graduation ceremony of the Women Across Differences’ (WAD) Comprehensive Empowerment Programme for Adolescent Mothers, which was held at the Umana Yana in Kingston, Georgetown. “Keep the dream alive, don’t […]
Russian bauxite company, RUSAL, has angered the Labour Department after its representatives failed to show up to a meeting with Ministers of Social Protection and representatives of the Guyana Bauxite and General Workers Union on Wednesday. Minister Keith Scott told media operatives that the meeting was arranged between the company and union so as to “finally […]
Diligent work by officers attached to the Narcotics Branch of the Police Force, has resulted into another drug bust at the Cheddi Jagan Airport. A 46-year-old West Coast Demerara man is in custody after he was busted on Wednesday afternoon with several packets of cocaine in his stomach. The drug enforcement agents noticed the man […]
Wanted man, 38-year-old Sherlock Mckenzie aka “Beggar”, a resident of Albouystown, was arrested in Meadow Brook Gardens today in connection with the murder of 27-year-old Michael Payne. Payne was shot dead during a quarrel over the seizure of a bicycle in La Penitence Street, Albouystown. According to reports, Payne was staying at a relative in […]
Leader of the Opposition, Bharat Jagdeo, has blasted the coalition government over the way the government has been dealing with the sugar industry in Guyana, saying that instead of trying to stop the “massive hemorrhaging” of the sugar industry, the government appears more focused on closure and misleading the public. Jagdeo earlier today, at his […]
(motp) President David Granger has supported the call for increased climate financing, particularly for adaptation, and based on vulnerabilities of countries and not their economies measured by their Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The Head of State made these remarks, during his address at the High Level Session (HLS) of the 22nd Session of the Conference […]
The Government has announced that the 2017 National Budget will now be presented on November 28, 2016. The previous date of December 5 was recently changed. But as the government prepares to unveil its budget for 2017, the Guyana Public Service Union is expressing frustration that the government is still not returning to negotiate the […]
Investigations are ongoing to identify person or persons who may have been responsible for the leak of examination papers before the sitting and assessment of 250 nursing students on October 19 and 20, 2016. Nurses who sat the Clinical and Functional examination in October were informed by Principal Tutor of the Georgetown School of Nursing, […]
Customer service in Guyana received a boost today, as the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) held a training session for waiters and waitresses from restaurants and hotels around Georgetown. Today’s training was described as appropriate as Guyana prepares to celebrate Restaurant Week from November 18-27 as part of Tourism Awareness Month activities. Speaking at the training […]
A man who is still to be identified was shot dead by a Police officer after he allegedly drew a loaded firearm at police ranks responding to a report of larceny of sheep at Lochaber Village, West Canje, Berbice. The incident took place just after 6 this morning. A police statement noted that investigations have […]
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