The Public Utilities Commission (PUC) said Guyana’s three telephone companies and the number portability company were conducting rigorous tests before launching the service that would allow subscribers to change their phone service providers but keep their existing numbers. “The critical stage of the live testing of numbers amongst the service providers is now a daily exercise. This testing component is ...

Migrants from Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago are contributing to a rise in the population of Region Three (West Demerara-Essequibo Islands), resulting in government having to cater for increasing school populations there, according to officials. President Irfaan Ali said the more than 1,000 Spanish-speaking children in schools there comes at a time when government was forging ahead with plans to ...

Fire early Wednesday morning destroyed White Boy’s Auto Spares and Accessories bond at Annandale, East Coast Demerara, the Guyana Fire Service said. Firefighters were yet to determine the cause of the fire that erupted at about 12:11 AM at Lots 446-447 Annandale, East Coast Demerara. “As a result of the fire, the building and its contents were destroyed,” the fire ...

Fire of unknown on Wednesday morning rendered seven persons homeless at Lake Mainstay village, Essequibo Coast, the Guyana Police Force said. The one-storey house, which was built by the non-governmental charitable organisation, Food For The Poor,  13 years ago, was owned and occupied by Sherwin De Young and his wife, Anice De Young, and their five children, ages ten, eight, ...

The Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD) on Wednesday launched a “Guyana Together” campaign to increase public tolerance of gays as well as convince government and opposition politicians to change laws that violate the human rights of members of that community. “I think the next phase- we are assuming that we’ll achieve our goal in two years- which is to ...

By Dr. Randolph Persaud, Professor Emeritus, American University, Washington DC The Thursday press conferences by Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo are becoming a sort of media feature of the week for many people. These press conferences alternate between PPP headquarters at Freedom House, and the Office of the President. At the Robb Street events, Jagdeo speaks in the capacity of General Secretary ...

Hours after the Guyana Court of Appeal paved the way for the High Court to decide on the amount of damages that prominent Guyanese politician Bharrat Jagdeo has to pay for defaming former Housing Minister Annette Ferguson, he has moved to the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) for the libel case to be reopened or struck out altogether. “The grant ...

President Irfaan Ali on Tuesday announced that in the coming weeks an emergency response strategy would be unveiled to address unsatisfactory performance in Mathematics. Addressing the opening of the Victoria Lily Primary School at Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, he said the Ministry of Education would soon add compulsory teaching hours for students who would be sitting Mathematics. “I’m of the ...

The bodies of two workers of St Mary’s Quarry were Tuesday morning found floating in the Essequibo River, hours after the boat they were travelling in was found adrift, the Guyana Police Force said. They are Vijai Lallmoni and Solendra Bookmohan who were identified by their wives Rozana Lallmoni and Priya Bhookmohan respectively. They were reported missing on Monday evening ...

The much-vaunted national clean-up turned out to be a disgraceful damp squib for many parts of Georgetown where the citizenry, businessowners and visitors alike cry out for that elusive long-lasting solution to the sanitation and drainage problems. The exercise on September 2, 2023 demonstrated either a cosmetic sweep-up, a failed experiment, dismally poor implementation or yet another photo opportunity. The ...