IOM, CARICOM IMPACS enter MoU to collaborate on regional migration management efforts
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) and the International Organization for...
Govt. approves 13 more Local Content Annual Plans
The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) recently granted its approval to 13 additional Local Content Annual Plans for the reporting year of 2023. This...
SASOD making strides in dual battle against HIV/AIDS and LGBTQI+ stigma
By Sueann Wickham
While the social stigma against individuals in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex (LGBTQI)+ community sadly persists in Guyana, as...
Response team was adequate, effective and ‘did well’ given circumstances – Mahdia COI hears
As public hearings of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry (COI) into the tragedy at the Mahdia dormitory get underway, the commission was informed that...
BEA revising strategy to help Guyana’s black-owned businesses achieve socioeconomic transformation
By Sueann Wickham
The Black Entrepreneurs Association (BEA) is revising its strategic approach to place a renewed and targeted focus on the socioeconomic transformation of...
AFC member displays gross ignorance on impact of agreement between govt., GTU
Dear Editor,
Reference is made to the Alliance for Change’s (AFC) finance spokesperson’s contention that “teachers’ 10% salary increase can’t keep up with rising food...
Govt. Grants To Help Young Entrepreneurs Develop Business
A number of young entrepreneurs have been awarded grants to develop their businesses. Their business ideas were pitched during the Guyana Youth Business Summit...
Pregnant woman on $200,000 bail after allegedly strangling reputed husband
Less than a week after she allegedly confessed to strangling her reputed husband, 28-year-old Melisha Silas was today (May 29, 2018) released on $200,000...
Irfaan Ali still not cleared to travel to Canada
People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Presidential Candidate, Irfaan Ali, has still not been cleared to travel to Canada due to him not fulfilling certain requirements,...
Strip Club Owner Allegedly Punches Cop During Raid
The owner of a popular Strip Club is under fire for punching a policeman to the neck during a raid at his Werk-En-Rust premises...
