World Bank green lights $7.5m for COVID fight in Guyana
The World Bank yesterday approved US$7.5m ($1.5b) for the Guyana COVID-19 Emergency Response Project to support the country in tackling the current pandemic.
- Thursday, 26th November, 2020
- Today's Paper
Deputy Anna Regina Mayor battled COVID for days before succumbing
Police told to do further probe in sleepover death
Two more COVID deaths, 47 new cases
Guyana’s COVID-19 fatalities have now increased to 147 as two new deaths were officially reported yesterday.
Bullets fired by police during commotion near Stabroek Market
Rain continues to thwart Tiger Creek Bridge work
Future of Guyana, Suriname economies intertwined – Ali
Tenders opened for Mahaicony sea defence work
Man on trial over murder of Cornelia Ida senior
Approval not granted for Warapoka lockdown
Linden police make arrest in robbery of couple
Two more succumb to COVID
A hot COVID-19 mess
Today the United States celebrates Thanksgiving; a tradition that reportedly dates back to 1621 when the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Native Americans shared an autumn harvest feast, although it was not until nearly 250 years later in 1863, that the then president Abraham Lincoln proclaimed it a national holiday.
Expanding and developing the Guyana economy
Constitutional reform: final lessons from America
The next COVID challenge – mass immunisation
A good but incomplete start to debt relief
A balance must be found towards rehabilitation instead of incarceration
Gov’t should reverse course on COVID
We have to begin real dialogue within our own borders
The authorities should immediately release these Haitians
These articulated tractors are important to GuySuCo’s recovery
UG must play the lead role in UWI ‘partnership’
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Time to start winning, says Pollard
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, CMC – West Indies Twenty20 International captain Kieron Pollard said his side should use their three-match series against New Zealand, starting tomorrow (2 am – East Caribbean Time) at Eden Park, to improve their results in the format.
Simmons hopes T20 series could kick start era of consistency
Head Coach, Phil Simmons is pushing the T20 players harder than normal as they prepare to kick start the new era of consistency with a series win against New Zealand.
Uphill task but Windies can jump NZ in T20s
The deck is stacked heavily against the West Indies who are set to kick start their tour of New Zealand tomorrow.
Jamaican pastor got traffic blocking proposal idea from celestial visions
David Reid, 24, and his fiancee Ann-Marie Neil, are set to tie the knot on February 27.
Trinidad: Court stops deportation of Venezuelan children
(Trinidad Express) THE State has been restrained from again deporting 16 Venezuelan children and 11 adults while their challenge against their deportation that took place over the weekend is heard and determined by the High Court.
‘Adam and Eve’: Naked couple show up for church in Jamaica
(Jamaica Star) A couple who dubbed themselves ‘Adam and Eve’ turned up at the gates of the Linstead Pentecostal Tabernacle Church in St Catherine on Sunday, wearing nothing but their birthday suits.
Regional heads squabble over COVID country classification
Trinidad judge orders release of Venezuelan minors, mothers from detention
MIT student who won 2021 Rhodes Scholarship has Jamaican heritage
Trinidad PM: ‘We can’t open borders to 34 million Venezuelans’
Trinidad man get 6 months’ jail for chopping goat that ate his crops
Dozens of deported Venezuelan migrants return to Trinidad after hours at sea
CEO says AstraZeneca likely to run new global trial of COVID-19 vaccine -Bloomberg News
(Reuters) – AstraZeneca is likely to run an additional global trial to assess the efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine, its chief executive Pascal Soriot was quoted as saying today after questions over the results from its late-stage study.
Disney increases planned layoffs to 32,000 as virus hits park attendance
(Reuters) – Walt Disney Co said on Wednesday it would lay off about 32,000 workers, primarily at its theme parks, an increase from the 28,000 it announced in September, as the company struggles with limited customers due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Fast spreading bird flu puts EU poultry industry on edge
PARIS, (Reuters) – A highly contagious and deadly form of avian influenza is spreading rapidly in Europe, putting the poultry industry on alert with previous outbreaks in mind that saw tens of millions of birds culled and significant economic losses.
Trump pardons former adviser Flynn, who pleaded guilty in Russia probe
Minister resigns as UK cuts foreign aid spending commitment
Former World Bank chief and ‘voice for the poor’ Wolfensohn dies aged 86
Burundi ex-leader quits AU envoy job after convicted of killing vote rival
Toronto police identify person of interest in billionaire’s murder
U.S. surpasses 2,000 COVID deaths in a day with hospitals already full
Region One doctor Derron Moonsammy seeks to heal communities with more than medicine
GTI meeting challenges posed by COVID-19 -principal
Ron Savory: A Guyanese quest
The Wuss in the Wouse
Loneliness and loss resonate in “The Sound of Metal”
Showing affection in your marriage
Aim for overall fitness
Love is key in navigating mother and child relationships
Policy Forum Guyana launches advocacy training kit for youths
A devastating continuation
Grief
The Primacy of Hope
Expanding and developing the Guyana economy
Constitutional reform: final lessons from America
A good but incomplete start to debt relief
The next COVID challenge – mass immunisation
The changing mandate of NICIL over the years (Final Part)
ExxonMobil’s environmental permits have now been shortened to a 5-year term: Why the people of Guyana should remain vigilant
For Guyana Annual short story winner Daryll Goodchild writing is art and necessity
Pleasurably eating leftover roti
Be good to you
Michelle Playter releases original Christmas song
Back with new Afrobeat album, veteran musician Bockarie asks for better Sierra Leone
