Last Updated on Thursday, 25 November 2021, 12:25 by Denis Chabrol A man was early Thursday morning burnt to death in a fire at his residence at Market Street, Enterprise, East Coast Demerara The Guyana Fire Service has identified him as 54- year old Shwavash Goolchand. Investigators are reportedly trying to ascertain the cause of the blaze. The Fire Service ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 18:25 by Denis Chabrol The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) on Tuesday asked President Irfaan Ali to pay government employees an additional 7 percent retroactive increase in wages and salaries for this year, saying that workers in this oil-rich nation now deserve fatter pay packets. The GTU said GY$10 billion was allocated in ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 14:56 by Denis Chabrol The Alliance For  Change (AFC) on Tuesday urged the Guyana government to restart the election reform process by opening it up to all stakeholders and involving the Law Reform Commission (LRC). “It urges a restart of the process with all participants and stakeholders playing their roles and having their ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 14:00 by Denis Chabrol Trinidad and Tobago’s  Energy Minister, Stuart Young on Tuesday warned Guyana and Suriname about opportunists who would like to take advantage of the oil sector, even as he urged said government was ready to work with his c country’s Energy Chamber to provide services to other Caribbean nations. Addressing ...

Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 13:30 by Denis Chabrol The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) on Tuesday announced that preparations have started to offer a new qualification that would focus on, among other things, building the character of secondary school students. Addressing the opening of a CXC Ministerial Summit, the Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of that regional examining ...

Last Updated on Monday, 22 November 2021, 22:57 by Denis Chabrol The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Guyana government are rushing food and medical care to Anabisi where more about 250 Warraus, including many malnourished children, from neighbouring Venezuela are squatting. Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony said after doctors checked more than  25 children and 42 ...

Last Updated on Monday, 22 November 2021, 21:43 by Denis Chabrol Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony on Monday announced the combination formulas for  booster shots of COVID vaccines especially for persons whose body defence systems are vulnerable to infections and have non-communicable diseases like diabetes. “This is the regimen that we’ll be using so anyone who wants to get their ...

Last Updated on Monday, 22 November 2021, 9:41 by Denis Chabrol Veteran Guyanese aviator and aviation educator, Captain Malcolm Chan-a-Sue died early Monday morning, almost one month after a speeding minibus slammed into the car he was driving in Kingston, Georgetown. Guyana’s aviation community was almost immediately plunged into mourning. Director-General of the Guyana Civil Aviation Authority, Retired Lt Col. ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 November 2021, 12:39 by Denis Chabrol The non-governmental children’s welfare organisation, Blossom, on Sunday welcomed government’s medical assistance to dozens of sick and malnourished Venezuelan Indigenous Warrau children living on the edge of the Port Kaituma River. “I’m very happy that the Warrau people are receiving the support that they need,” said Head of Blossom, ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 November 2021, 9:20 by Denis Chabrol Human Services Minister Dr. Vindhya Persaud has denied claims that more than 20 children at Anabisi are weak, sick and frail due to starvation, but has instead said they have been afflicted by disease. “We arrived at the Warrau settlement and found poor living conditions but no children dying ...