Malteenos Sports Club launched a cricket academy where 70 youths will participate in an intensive cricket training programme. At the launch, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport Charles Ramson Jr, underscored the importance of fusing academics with sport. “I want to transfer this now to your academics. Don’t think today that you can succeed in […]
The Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) came alive Sunday afternoon, as Guyana welcomed home its women’s cricket team that performed exceptionally, copping the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Rising Stars Female Under-19 T20 title in Tarouba, Trinidad and Tobago. The celebration was filled with loud cheers, and dances, with Minister of Local Government and Regional Development, […]
President Dr Mohamed Ali has announced the allocation of almost $1.5 billion to rehabilitate several community roads in Recht-door-Zee, Westminster, and Onderneeming in Region Three. The head of state spoke of the developments when he spearheaded a walkabout exercise in several communities in the Essequibo Islands-West Demerara district on Sunday morning. “[Its] an investment of […]
Guyana and Peru have pledged to increase cooperation in the areas of energy, food security and climate change. Recently, Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud met with the Peruvian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Peter Camino in Lima where they discussed specific areas of ties between the governments and peoples of Guyana and Peru. The government […]
To continue to foster academic achievement within the community of Mocha/Arcadia along the East Bank Corridor, a literacy summer camp was launched on Saturday. The Mocha Forward Group Summer Literacy Camp 2024 was launched at the Mocha Primary School and saw scores of children and their parents attending to sign up for the programme. Sessions […]
– PM Phillips assures Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips held an impromptu meeting at the Watooka Guest House in Linden with key stakeholders to address the severe flooding in Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice). During this meeting, he assured local and regional entities of the government’s readiness to collaborate and provide support to tackle the […]
President Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali conducted a walkabout exercise in Zeelugt (Old Scheme and Railway View) and Meten-Meer-Zorg, Region Three, on Saturday. Several issues were addressed in those areas, including roads and drainage infrastructure and security. In Zeelugt, the president upbraided regional engineers and contractors for the slow pace of road and bridge construction works […]
53-year-old widow, Shamdai Pumu and her two grandchildren from Mahaica in Region Four comfortably in their newly constructed home, thanks to the Men on Mission (MoM) initiative. Her previous living condition which was in a deplorable state created many problems for her. “We were living bad…Underneath my bed had water and mud,” Pumu noted. Pumu […]
– As the 3rd Annual Inter-District Kayaking competition gets underway The 3rd Annual Inter-District Kayaking competition was inaugurated by Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d), Mark Phillips in front of the Watooka Guest House in Linden, Region 10 on Saturday. Originally intended as an inter-school competition, the event has evolved into a national competition, attracting competitors from […]
As Guyana continues to stand in solidarity with its Caribbean counterparts, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves has expressed gratitude to President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali for providing relief supplies to his country following Hurricane Beryl. While the shipment was being offloaded on Thursday, PM Gonsalves highlighted that the island received food supplies, […]