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Hinterland teachers highlight shortage of educators, overcrowding of schools and transportation woes in meeting with President

With the country being faced with a shortage of teachers, the President is hoping that the more than 2000 teachers that will be added to the system after graduation later this year, will be able to cushion the effects of the shortage of teachers. Speaking to a group of headteachers and deputy headteachers on Monday […]

Guyana leading CARICOM’s effort to reduce food import bill -says Agriculture Minister

Guyana has been leading the ambitious CARICOM programme to reduce the region’s food import bill by 25% by the year 2025. According to Guyana’s Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, significant progress has already been made in reaching the regional goal. CARICOM’s annual food import bill stands at around US$5 Billion. In a statement to mark […]

Guyana registered fishing vessel busted by Spanish authorities with over 2000lbs cocaine

Four Guyanese nationals and two Albanians have been arrested by Spanish authorities after the Guyana registered boat they were operating was found with more than 2000 pounds of cocaine. In a statement released by the Tax and Customs Department of Spain, the fishing vessel which carries the name “Mathieu”, was busted in the Atlantic Ocean […]

President wants high volume electricity consumers to “go back to self generation” as temporary measure to ease GPL’s grid

With the Guyana Power and Light company facing an increase in demand for electricity, the Government wants companies that utilize a high volume of electricity to go back to self generation. Last week, GPL announced that it has noticed a greater demand for power, with the current peak demand surpassing the usual numbers. Over the […]

PM Phillips calls Opposition “unpatriotic” for supporting petition highlighting alleged discrimination, corruption and bad governance in Guyana

The Government is pushing back against the just concluded Washington Conference on Guyana, which was attended by the Opposition Leader and several other members of the opposition APNU+AFC. In a statement, Prime Minister Mark Phillips lashed out at the Opposition, accusing Opposition of being unpatriotic for agreeing to a petition that details issues related to […]

GPL urges power conservation as demand reaches new heights

The Guyana Power and Light is asking customers to conserve on electricity usage as the company has recorded its highest-level electricity generation and demand in the Demerara- Berbice interconnected system. The company said it recently recorded a peak demand of 182 megawatts, when the usual high demand is around 154 megawatts. Over the last few […]