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The Ministry of Human Services and Social Security through the Guyana Women’s Leadership Institute yesterday launched its first Women’s Innovation and Investment Network (WIIN) Business Workshop at Cove and John, East Coast Demerara.
Twenty-six persons were able to identify their house lots yesterday at the new housing development in Stewartville in Region Three.
One of the victims in the accident which claimed the life of 44-year-old Shazie Hoosain, of Greenfield, East Coast Demerara (ECD), is still hospitalised.
Mothers at the New Am-sterdam Public Hospital’s Maternity Unit got a treat on Sunday morning as Fazeena Mobarakhali, one of the owners of Homeline Furnishing distributed hampers to them in celebration of Mother’s Day.
In the next nine months, students attending the Government Technical Institute (GTI) will benefit from a brand new state-of-the-art building, the Ministry of Education said today in a release.
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) yesterday said it had reached an amicable settlement with sixteen residents of Amelia’s Ward, Linden who said that their structures had been demolished by the CH&PA and they are to be allocated house lots in other areas.
Canadian firm Frontera and CGX, partners in the Petroleum Prospecting Licence for the Corentyne block offshore Guyana, yesterday announced integrated results from the Kawa-1 exploration well which showed the presence of light oil and gas condensate.
Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo and Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton were engaged in a heated discussion last night at a Europe Day reception which was hosted by the European Union at Georgetown Club, Camp Street.
With charges yet to be brought over a multi-million dollar school feeding fraud in Region Eight from 2017 to 2018, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday requested that the authorities write to the acting Commissioner of Police for an update on the status of the investigation.
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand yesterday told residents of the island of Wakenaam that the deteriorating Arthur-ville Primary School building will be demolished and a new one built.
A Corentyne woman who was driving the motorcar which was involved in a fatal collision last Friday was yesterday placed on a total of $520,000 bail after she was charged with causing death by dangerous driving and driving under the influence of alcohol.
A man was fatally stabbed in the wee hours of Sunday at Bartica while speaking up for a friend who was being threatened.
A 21-year-old Bartica resident is currently battling for his life at a city hospital after he was allegedly critically wounded by a relative during an argument on Mother’s Day.
By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan The latest issue of Foreign Affairs has a riveting article by Professor Michael Beckley of Tufts University on the emerging world order.
Six years after being charged with the murder of retired professor Pairaudeau `Perry’ Mars, the trial of Timothy Paul Chance and Andre Benjamin is set to commence next Monday May 16th at the High Court in Demerara.
Twenty-four-year-old Denzil Haynes was yesterday remanded to prison over the murder of a Sophia resident.
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) in tandem with the Regional Democratic Council of Mahaica Berbice (Region 5) yesterday provided roofing sheets to residents of Bath Settlement who were affected by Saturday’s freak storm.
Forty four year old Shazie Hoosain, of Greenfield, East Coast Demerara (ECD) died yesterday morning following an accident at Mahaica.
The Guyana Protected Areas Trust (PAT) has signed an agreement for the management of its endowment funds.
By Frederick Collins Dr. C.Y Thomas, in his column of Sunday 17th April last (https://www.stabroeknews.com/2022/04/17/sunday/guyana
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