Treasurer of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI) and Chief Financial Officer at the Zarc Group of Companies, Gavin Ramsoondar was appointed as finance director of CIC Insurance Brokers Guyana Inc. CIC Insurance Brokers Guyana Inc., a full-service insurance brokerage, which is majority owned and controlled by the ZARC Group of Companies, chaired…
THE first person to be diagnosed with monkeypox in Guyana has been released from hospital. Health Minister, Dr Frank Anthony, on Monday, said that the patient was released late last week and is now non-contagious. “Our first patient is now back at home and that patient is non-infectious and can resume work and we had…
Minister McCoy tells Soesdyke Heritage Celebration MINISTER within the Office of the Prime Minister, Kwame McCoy, over the weekend engaged those gathered for Heritage celebration in Soesdyke, where he asserted that, “There is no benefit to us being disunited. We are better together.” The minister reminded celebrants of the importance of Amerindian Heritage Month, noting that…
The Chairman and two members of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the 2020 General and Regional Elections took their oath of office today before the Chief Magistrate at the Office of the President. Retired Trinidad and Tobago Judge, Stanley John is serving as the Chairman of the Commission. The other two members of the…
The Chairman and two members of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into the 2020 General and Regional Elections took their oath of office today before the Chief Magistrate at the Office of the President. Retired Trinidad and Tobago Judge, Stanley John is serving as the Chairman of the Commission. The other two members of the…
FOR 17-year-old Daniel Dowding, it was the support he got from his family, friends, church and community that kept him pushing through many sleepless nights, self-doubt and the pain of grief as he prepared for his Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. Dowding, a student of the Anna Regina Secondary School, in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam),…
MINISTER in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Public Affairs, Kwame McCoy, has called out social media commentator Rickford Burke for his baseless criticism of President, Dr Irfaan Ali. Burke, who is based in New York, used condescending remarks to describe a response the President gave to a resident during a public…
THE government has suspended, with immediate effect, the three per cent processing fee on the invoice price for milk and dairy products. The Ministry of Agriculture, in a statement, said it has instructed the Guyana Livestock Development Authority to discontinue the collection of the three per cent processing fee. “All sanitary requirements for importation of…
PRESIDENT, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali, will on Tuesday swear in the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (CoI) into the events surrounding the March 2, 2020, General and Regional Elections. The swearing in will be held at the Office of the President, Shiv Chanderpaul Drive, Georgetown. President Ali announced back in June that the CoI will be…
The first monkeypox patient in Guyana has been discharged from isolation at the infectious disease hospital at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown. Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Monday during his daily COVID-19 update said the 57-year-old man from Region Four is non-infectious. The Health Minister also said the man has been given the ‘okay’ to return…
