Van West-Charles contract at GWI terminated

Masakenari taking steps to limit COVID-19 threat from Brazil

Despite having few resources to prevent the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) from taking hold in their community, residents of Masakenari, Region Nine, are ensuring that no one crosses over to their side of the Guyana/Brazil

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Earth Today | UNEP partners to reduce freshwater stress

IN A move to reduce the stress on freshwater resources in the Caribbean, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and its partners are to implement a new multimillion-US-dollar project with a focus on wastewater management in the

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Dr Hinds is attempting to create an elections narrative that has no empirical basis

Dr. Hinds’ letter covered three broad themes and, at this time, I am limiting my response to the narrative he seeks to establish with respect to the credibility of the March 2, 2020

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COVID-19 causes major disruption to large-scale mining

Even with favourable markets, large scale mining of minerals here has suffered major setbacks due mainly to health restrictions put in place to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and this has left hundreds without

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Task Force approves conditional return of 300 Guyanese stranded overseas

The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) today approved the return of 300 Guyanese who are stranded overseas once they test negative for

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Jones, John Melvin (1944- )

John Melvin Jones was appointed U.S. Ambassador to Guyana in 2008. Nominated by President George W. Bush on June 30, 2008, he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and arrived in Georgetown, the capital of Guyana, on October 8 of that year. Due to health issues, the result of injuries sustained while

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Source: Black Past

A major milestone crossed

Under the Order, GECOM is specifically mandated to deliberate over the CEO’s report and according to Granger, over the CARICOM report as

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‘Mature’ Sankar looks to spin way into national side

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The “jumbie jamboree”

The recount exercise at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre is repeatedly confirming that the Returning Officer (RO) of the largest constituency, Region 4, Clairmont Mingo inflated numbers for incumbent President David Granger’s A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change

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Exxon gas could have been put to good use – Mangal

ExxonMobil’s flaring of over nine billion cubic feet of natural gas could have been avoided had a proposed gas-to-shore pipeline project been implemented but it was stalled because a plan to determine the best location was rejected by government officials as some wanted to handpick a site, former

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Plans being made to address requests for stranded Guyanese to return home

Amidst continued calls by Guyanese stranded abroad for the National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) to grant permission for them to return home, head of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Lt. Col. (ret’d) Egbert Field has said that planning is ongoing to address the

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The Covid Colonel’s Force: Necessary, sinister

Some suggestions for His Excellency’s charm offensive

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Musician Derry Etkins dies

Guyanese musician Derry Etkins has died during recovery from a minor

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Carter Center ‘deeply disappointed’ at not being able to return

Carter Center ‘deeply disappointed’ at not being able to return -says gov’t chose not to demonstrate ‘genuine commitment to

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Dept of Energy search for oil and gas specialists persisting through political, Covid-19 distractions

Working through the twin distractions of an as yet undetermined outcome to the country’s March 2 general elections and shortly on the heels of the poll the onset of the coronavirus, Guyana’s Department of Energy appears focused on remaining on even keel with reports earlier this week disclosing

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More Latinas Are Choosing to Identify as Afro-Latina

When Aisha Cort walks into a convenience store with her rich brown skin and tiny dark locs, she knows she has the power to cause confusion by speaking

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UK gives US$3.8m for COVID-19 response in Caribbean

THE United Kingdom has agreed to contribute three million pounds (US$3.8m) to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) to help eight countries of the Caribbean – Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Lucia, and St Vincent and the Grenadines – contain the spread of

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Moruca man is 11th COVID-19 fatality

As Guyana registered its 11th death from COVID-19 yesterday, six more residents of the Palms Geriatric Home have tested positive and patients have begun occupying the still under-construction sanatorium at the Ocean View Hotel after a shocking incident on Saturday at the Diamond isolation facility

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Jim Jones

Jim Jones , byname of James Warren Jones (born May 13, 1931, Crete, near Lynn, Indiana, U.S.—died November 18, 1978, Jonestown, Guyana), American cult leader who promised his followers a utopia in the jungles of South America after proclaiming himself messiah of the Peoples Temple, a San

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Source: Brittanica

Demerara Rebellion of 1823

The Demerara Rebellion of 1823 was an uprising involving more than ten thousand enslaved people in the Crown colony of Demerara-Essequibo (now part of Guyana) on the coast of South America. The rebellion took place on August 18, 1823, and lasted two days. No particular incident sparked the

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MoTP defends Granger’s security detail

The Ministry of the Presidency (MoTP) has defended the security escort availed to President David Granger saying that it is determined by the Special Protective Service

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Wanted NA murder suspect caught at Mahdia

One day after the police issued a wanted bulletin for Donald Sheriff for questioning in relation to the murder of New Amsterdam, Berbice resident Keron Nicholson, he was arrested in

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Re-orient youth from crime by giving them land

About five years ago, some of us started a group called ‘Christians Affected by Crime’ (CABC) where our focus was on providing support for families of perpetrators of

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CARICOM mourns passing of Miles Stoby

The Caribbean region is mourning the death of one of its most highly respected international public servants, Mr Miles Stoby, who retired from the United Nations Secretariat after decades of service, most of it in the area of economic and social

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Guyana unfazed by COVID-19–driven global food crisis concerns

Even as several reputable international organizations including the United Nations (UN) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) assert that the ongoing coronavirus ‘plague’ could precipitate a global food crisis, Guyana, up until now, continues to flaunt its reputation as the ‘bread basket’ of the

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Woman dies following Rupert Craig Highway accident, others injured

An accident on the Rupert Craig Highway this morning around 10 involving a Route 44 minibus and a Rav-4 has left a 20-year-old woman dead and two others

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Time for Granger to accept that he has lost the elections

When David Granger was pressed further on an earlier declaration by Basil Williams and Roysdale Forde that the Recount is illegal, again, he stated, this time emphatically, “as President of Guyana and Leader of the Government, it is my policy that any declaration coming from the Chairman of GECOM

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National Parents Union Releases Its Family Bill Of Rights To Ensure An Equity-Infused Education Recovery (press release)

National survey finds eight-in-10 parents want schools to require students and staff members who have been exposed to COVID-19 to stay home for two weeks before returning to the classroom; more than half would not send their children if this measure isn’t taken

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Region Nine’s indigenous communities and miners clashing over stepped up COVID-19 restrictions

The imposition of more stringent measures by indigenous leaders in their respective communities since the first case of the deadly coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was confirmed in Region Nine has resulted in conflict between village leaders and the Rupununi Miners

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Housing authority extends land discount promotion

In keeping with its efforts to make housing affordable for Guyanese, the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has extended its Republic Jubilee land discount promotion until June

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