The Driver in the fatal hit-and-run accident along the Blankenburg Public Road, West Coast Demerara which left 42-year-old Azaad Khan dead has been arrested. He was identified as 28-year-old Vickey Balgobin of Area G De Willem, West Coast Demerara. Police have also taken into found the vehicle Balgobin was driving on Saturday at about 19:45…
A total of 15 persons were infected with the COVID-19 disease after another in the last 24 hours With these new infections, the overall number of cases increased to 71, 100. The new cases were recorded in Region Three (two cases), Region Four (nine cases), Region Five (one case) and Region Six (three cases). The…
SOME 51 students from six administrative regions of Guyana have graduated from a 16-week programme in Digital Literacy and Data Skills Training Programme organised by the University of Guyana (UG), in collaboration with the Caribbean School of Data (CSOD). The programme is ongoing and is being facilitated by UG staff in collaboration with Mona School…
The Ministry of Finance has reported that Guyana recorded an overall real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 36.4 percent in the first half of this year, with the non-oil economy growing by 8.3 percent. According to the Ministry, the growth reflects the Government’s supportive policy stance. With the growth rate expected to continue to…
ARTICLE 15: “The goal of economic development includes the objective of laying the material for the greatest possible satisfaction of the people’s growing material, cultural and intellectual requirements, as well as the dynamically stable development of their personality, creativity, entrepreneurial skills, and co-operative relations in a plural society. The State shall intervene to mitigate any…
CLEAR Vision Guyana, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) on Saturday launched the ‘Give the gift of sight to a child’ initiative which will see 300 students from underprivileged areas benefitting from free eye testing and treatments, along with prescription spectacles. The NGO, established about two or three years ago, was formed to help persons who are…
SEVERAL agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture on Thursday signed contracts valued at $161,722,032 to further their development works. A contract valued $25,508,582 was signed between the ministry and Supreme Contracting and Supplies for the construction of a processing facility at White Water Creek, Region One, for the Guyana Marketing Corporation (GMC). Details of the…
FOR the world to achieve better countries and communities there must first be an ultimate determination in the hearts of people to block out all evil behaviour. This was the message shared by President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali Friday evening, as he addressed the Century 21 Guyana finals of the Quran Recitation Competition, at the…
PROLIFIC writer, Vishnu Bisram, known for his activism in Guyana and the diaspora related to Guyanese and Caribbean affairs, continues to perform free public service, being one of the few persons to piece together Guyanese history in the United States of America. Knowledgeable on diaspora and contemporary matters, he has written on various topics including…
IN 1994 when Wilderness Explorers opened its doors, tourism was an unknown word as there were only a handful of tour operators in all of Guyana. The company’s founder, Tony Thorne, was also the first President of the Tourism and Hospitality Association of Guyana. Now 28 years later, Wilderness Explorers remains a leader in the…
