Daily Archives: February 2, 2024
$220M for new CANU HQ as $44B cleared for Home Affairs Ministry
The Parliamentary Committee of Supply on Friday evening approved spending in the sum of $44.8 billion for the Ministry of...
More money for dialysis support, cervical testing as Health Ministry’s budget approved
The Ministry of Health’s $110 billion budget was approved without changes on Friday and included in that sum is a...
Armed bandits rob Rose Hall Town family
Three masked men, reportedly armed with guns and cutlasses, barged into the premises of a family living in Rose Hall...
Driver on $1M bail for causing death of Port Kaituma resident
A 31-year-old driver was on Friday placed on $1M bail for causing the death of Port Kaituma resident, Julius Andrew...
Faster processing of teachers’ promotions soon- Manickchand promises
More teachers are being trained but their positions are not readily upgraded; as a result, Education Minister Priya Manickchand said...
U-19 World Cup: West Indies miss out on semi-final spot after no-result
West Indies Under-19s have unfortunately missed out on a spot in the semi-finals of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in...
P&P Insurance Brokers onboard with West Ruimveldt Secondary for Milo Football tourney
Student/footballers of the West Ruimveldt Secondary School have garnered the support of P&P Insurance Brokers ahead of their participation in...
‘Yankee’ sentenced, fined $112M for possession of ganja
Sean Thomas called ‘Yankee’, a Kitty, Georgetown resident was on Friday sentenced to four years imprisonment and fined $112 million...
Over 1,000 hinterland teachers now trained
Though there are more than 1,000 trained teachers in Guyana’s hinterland regions, Education Minister Priya Manickchand says many more are...
‘A far cry from the days of Hoyte’ – Jagdeo says uninspired by current PNC-led Opposition
Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, who is among the economic masterminds in the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) Government, has...
30 Prison Officers displaced as fire guts Kingston building
A fire of unknown origin on Friday morning destroyed a two-storey wooden building on Parade Street, Kingston, Georgetown, which housed...
27 measures implemented to improve teachers’ lives
In light of a planned 10-day strike initiated by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU), the Chief Education Officer, Saddam Hussain...
