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With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring Mpox as a Public Health Emergency, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) today said there is need for heightened awareness in the region and a unified and proactive approach. Mpox is a zoonotic disease caused by the monkeypox virus that can spread through direct contact with infected individuals, animals, or contaminated […]
The Amerindian People’s Association has taken aim at several statements made by President Irfaan Ali at the National Toshaos’ Conference, accusing the President of distorting the history of the Indigenous people in Guyana. The APA wants to know whether the President sought to deliberately mislead Indigenous Leaders with his statements. The organisation took issue with […]
Attorney General Anil Nandlall is maintaining that the Mocha squatters who were removed from land near the new 4-lane highway, were removed for the construction of the highway and nothing else. During his “Issues in the News’ television programme, Mr. Nandlall sought to rubbish claims by the Opposition that the land that the squatters once […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo on Tuesday defended his Government’s spending of money from the oil fund and told indigenous leaders that the Hinterland community is already benefiting from the oil money. Guyana has been earning hundreds of millions of dollars from the oil sector, which began production in 2019. In many communities, citizens complain that […]
Moments after the signing of an agreement between the Guyana Teachers’ Union and the Government, President Irfaan Ali went live on Facebook, to announce that he was pleased with the agreement. In his video statement, the President said teachers should look at the entire package being offered to them, and not just the salary increases. […]
Opposition Member of Parliament and Leader of the Guyana Action Party, Vincent Henry has complained that he was escorted by Police from the National Toshaos’ Conference forum at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre on Tuesday. Henry, who is an Indigenous Leader and sits on the Parliamentary Natural Resources Committee, said that he was asked to […]
With some senior union officials claiming “trickery”, the President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union went ahead this morning and signed a three-year agreement with the Government on behalf of the union and the teachers it represents. The President said he had the support of the majority of the General Council of the GTU, who agreed […]
Guyanese cultural icon, Dave Martins, was remembered as a true Guyanese and Caribbean man at a moving and solemn funeral service this morning, just before his cremation. Martins passed away on Sunday at the age of 90. A private funeral and cremation service was held this midday, in keeping with the family’s wishes. It was […]
Guyana has recorded a decline in the pass rate for the two main subject areas of Mathematics and English Language at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams, even while there were improvements in other subject areas. Giving a breakdown of this year’s CSEC performance, Chief Education Officer Saddam Hussain noted that the overall […]
Queens College and the Anna Regina Secondary School have once again produced several of the country’s top performing students at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate examinations. One of the top students from Queen’s College wrote 29 subjects, gaining passes in all of them, with 23 Grade ones and Six twos. In delivering the results […]
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