-as Ministry of Finance acknowledges challenges The distribution of the government’s $100,000 cash grant to remaining regions is still being worked on even as registration for eligible recipients continues.
`It’s a work in progress’ Acknowledging that pit latrines still exist in hinterland schools, Amerindian Affairs Minister Pauline Sukhai has stated that steps are being put in place to transform those.
Police are investigating an accident that occurred at approximately 10:50 am yesterday on the Diamond New Interlink Road and Mocha Access Road, East Bank Demerara.
The recent deployment of power ships to stabilize coastal Guyana’s national electricity grid was a stark step by the Government of Guyana to address the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) rapidly dysfunctional electricity demand and supply.
-Ali instructs senior brass during outreach The community of Enterprise along the East Coast of Demerara will soon enjoy a greater sense of security with a new police outpost after President Irfaan Ali’s instruction to senior officers to establish a police outpost in the community by weekend, a Department of Public Information (DPI) release stated yesterday.
President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that his Government will work with a group from Melanie Damishana on the East Coast of Demerara to develop several acres of land to support an agricultural innovation programme in the community.
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-GBF Shortlists 23 Players for Trials The Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has announced that Guyana’s Senior Men’s Basketball Team will participate in the highly anticipated “Nations Cup” tournament from January 24 to 27 in Paramaribo, Suriname.
(ESPN) Australia captain Pat Cummins is in doubt for the Champions Trophy after it was revealed that he had been managing an ankle problem during the Test series against India.
(Field Level Media) Julius Randle collected 23 points and 10 rebounds and Anthony Edwards added 21 points, lifting the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves to a 104-89 victory over the Orlando Magic yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) Days after Stuart Young was chosen as Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s successor at a parliamentary retreat in Tobago, he is now in limbo, as several MPs who were in that caucus are said to now be refusing to endorse him on a document indicating he will have majority support in the House of Representatives when Rowley eventually steps down.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum yesterday suggested North America including the United States could be renamed “Mexican America” – an historic name used on an early map of the region – in response to U.S.
(Trinidad Express) A man was shot dead while being driven home by his mother in Belmont on Tuesday night.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Jimmy Carter, the late U.S. president who served only one term in office and was widely admired for his humanitarian work after leaving the White House, was remembered during his state funeral yesterday as a man who put honesty and kindness above partisan politics.
BEIRUT, (Reuters) – Lebanon’s parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state today, filling the vacant presidency with a general who enjoys U.S.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Raging wildfires surrounded Los Angeles yesterday, killing at least five people, destroying hundreds of homes and stretching firefighting resources and water supplies to the limit, as more than 100,000 people were ordered to evacuate.
