Last Updated on Sunday, 3 September 2023, 21:29 by Denis Chabrol The 154-year-old Psychiatric Hospital, Berbice would be closed eventually, and provision made to accommodate mentally ill patients at a new New Amsterdam Hospital that would be constructed, Health Minister Dr Frank Anthony said.l “Over time, the current facilities that we have in New Amsterdam, we’ll be closing those facilities,” ...

Last Updated on Sunday, 3 September 2023, 10:43 by Denis Chabrol By Randolph Persaud, Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington DC. History is the most abused of all disciplines. It is bent this way and that by charlatans, political hucksters, and even the more erudite among us, to achieve pedestrian little victories. Rosydale Forde’s response to my call for an apology ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 September 2023, 15:43 by Denis Chabrol The number of street dwellers in commercial Georgetown has been reduced significantly and a number of them have been trained and employed, according to Minister of Human Services and Social Security Dr Vindhya Persaud. “Some people don’t like to abide by the rules. Some people like the street kind ...

Last Updated on Friday, 1 September 2023, 14:30 by Denis Chabrol Guyana has expanded its wheat growing trials, more than one year after the country touted the idea in response to the adverse effect of the Russia-Ukraine war on grain production and exports, President Irfaan Ali said Friday. Addressing the formal launch of the 17th Caribbean Week of Agriculture, he ...