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TVET remains key to Guyana’s competitiveness on the global platform
According to UNESCO and the International Labour Organization, Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) involves the study of technologies and related sciences; and the acquisition of practical skills, general education, attitudes…
Opposition extends Eid-Ul-Fitr greetings
People’s Progressive Party’s message for Eid-Ul-Fitr
Be comforted that sacrifices bring success
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) wishes to extend to the Muslim community in Guyana and the Diaspora Eid Mubarak on the auspicious…
Guyanese Girl honoured with Queen’s Young Leader Award
The philanthropic work of a 26-year-old Enterprise woman from Guyana has earned her the prestigious Queen’s Young Leaders Award 2017. This young woman is committed to creating and influence community impact utilising technology.
She…
Gov’t’s $50M Youth Project calls for more entries as closing date nears
All hands are on deck to offer entrepreneurial opportunities through a Government of Guyana $50M initiative for which the closing date for submission of entries is drawing closer.
In this regard, the Youth Innovation Project of Guyana…
GEA, Energy Organisation helping to expand businesses in rural communities
Ms. Joan Stevens has been able to expand her business in the rural community of Shulinab in South Central Rupununi, Region 9, to sell icicles, custard, cool down and other items which require a refrigerator.
Ms. Stevens is in charge of…
Trinidad & Tobago and Grenada Cleaning up After Tropical Storm Bret
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Tuesday June 20, 2017 – There were reports of roofs being blown off, fallen trees and power lines, and flooding in some parts of Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada as Tropical Storm Bret passed overnight, before moving…
Weather Advisory; Information on Potential Tropical Cyclone Two
Synopsis: A disturbance with the potential of becoming Tropical Cyclone Two currently in the Atlantic Ocean. At 11:00 hrs (1500 UTC), the disturbance was centred near latitude 8.8 North 56.8 West (approximately 290 Km to the North Northeast…
Shut-in fathers receive surprise visit from Minister Broomes
Written by Leroy Smith
Fathers are considered to be the bedrock of the family, and it is often said that without the "father figure" in the home, children, especially boys are a bit harder to groom in their upbringing.
Today fathers…
‘C’ Division moving to expand Social Crime Prevention Programs
Written by Leroy Smith
On Friday (June 16, 2017) the police along the East Coast of Demerara, Police ‘C’ Division took the initiative to provide some much-needed support to a single mother of four as well as an 81-year-old pensioner and…
Grieving mother goes into distress over ruling in son’s murder case
Written by Leroy Smith
Days before the anniversary of his abduction and gruesome murder, Dhanraj Latchman’s Killer pleaded guilty to a lesser count of manslaughter, and each got 15 years jail. His mother, however, is yet to accept the…