Manickchand meets with Regional officials on schools’ readiness for re-opening
Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand held a virtual meeting with all Regional Executive Officers (REO) and Regional Education Officers (REdO) to discuss plans for...
Paddy production, Rice exports poised to deliver exceptional performance despite COVID-19 pandemic
According to the latest report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAOUN), harvesting of Guyana's 2020 second season paddy crop...
Labour Ministry to offer training to retirees, PWDs
The Ministry of Labour in partnership with the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) will be implementing programmes aimed at retraining retirees and persons with...
Harmon favours possibility of Canada helping to reform Guyana’s electoral laws, Constitution
Leader of the Opposition (LOO), Joseph Harmon is in favour of the possibility of the Canadian government helping to reform Guyana’s electoral laws and...
National Toshaos’ Council (NTC) Conference cancelled due to COVID-19
(Department of Public Information) - The National Toshaos’ Council (NTC) Conference will not be held this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was...
Over 100 healthcare workers to benefit from mental health training
Over 100 healthcare workers from across Guyana will take part in a four-week virtual mental health course to help both them and patients cope...
Potential oil spill threatens Caribbean Sea; Guyana on high alert
The FSO Nabarima oil tanker with 1.3 million barrels of crude oil is sinking in the Gulf of Paria between Venezuela and Trinidad, and...
Man charged with murder of farmer at Morasi Backdam
Days after the body of a 21-year-old farmer was found at Morasi Backdam with a wound on his neck in a canal; a man...
Guyana has a very narrow window to get it right with oil –IDB
With an estimated 8 billion barrels of oil equivalent resources in the Stabroek Block and a projected fiscal windfall of US$49 billion in revenues...
AG to approach cabinet on hemp cultivation; company promises 50,000 jobs
Today, the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, met with members of an organisation called the Guyana Hemp Association. This organisation...
