President, Dr Mohamed Irfaan Ali has condemned the abhorrent, divisive and terrorist remarks made against the State by Working People’s Alliance (WPA) member Tacuma Ogunseye. He was referring to comments Ogunseye made during a community meeting in Buxton on Thursday evening. Ogunseye claimed ‘confusion’ as the reason why some Afro-Guyanese have expressed feeling of oppression, […]
Opposition Member of Parliament David Patterson has ascribed to himself the power to create problems where there are none, on account for his recent malicious claims against the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. Unbelievably, Mr. Patterson, the former Minister of Infrastructure with ministerial oversight of GPL, asserts that power outages resulting from accidents are […]
A new library was opened today at the Mon Repos Primary School on the East Coast of Demerara. This was made possible through the efforts of ‘Spread the Words’, a group led by Ms. Laura Ryan. At today’s opening ceremony, the Honourable Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand said that the establishment of the library fits […]
Men and women, both young and old from across the country turned out early Saturday morning to participate in a fitness walk to commemorate World Consumer Rights Day 2023. World Consumer Rights Day being held on March 15 under the theme “Empowering consumers through clean energy transitions”, aims to educate the public on consumer needs […]
The Government of Guyana has hired a consultant to continue to make changes to the country’s 2010 sexual offences Act which is in dire need of reform, to reflect the evolving society, as well as to increase its effectiveness. Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Anil Nandlall, SC, said the works are underway to […]
The Ministry of Education on Friday took another towards digitizing education with the launch of the Animal Friends Learning App. The launch which was held at the Tuschen Nursery School was a collaborative effort between the ministry’s National Literacy Department and the Nursery Department. The Animal Friends Learning app, which is available on the Google […]
Meeting of the Multi-Agency Coordinating Committee to address the Influx of Migrants from Venezuela into Guyana The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on 8 March 2023, convened a meeting of the Multi-Agency Coordinating Committee (MACC) to address the influx of Migrants from Venezuela into Guyana. The meeting was chaired by the Honourable Hugh […]
A team from the International Labour Organization (ILO) met with representatives from the Ministry of Labour in preparation for Guyana’s hosting of the 12th ILO Meeting of Caribbean Ministers of Labour in May from the 23rd-25th. The last meeting was held in Barbados four years ago. As such, hosting the meeting in the country is […]
The Saraswati Vidya Niketan in collaboration with the Ministry of Education on Friday morning celebrated being named the Caribbean Advance Proficiency Examinations (CAPE®) School of the Year 2022 and honoured the CAPE Top student 2022, Ms Atishta Seenarine. The Honourable Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand along with Assistant Chief Education Officer (Secondary), Ms Tiffany Harvey, […]
