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Small Business Bureau providing COVID-19 relief grants
To support small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic the Small Business Bureau (SBB) is encouraging business owners to apply for a relief grant from the agency.
Chief Executive Officer of the Small Business Bureau Dr. Lowell…
President extends Eid-ul-Fitr greetings
Eid Mubarak!
I extend greetings to all Muslims and to all other Guyanese on the joyous occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. This sacred festival commemorates the conclusion of the holy month of Ramadan during which Muslims performed acts of…
‘Sacrifices bring success’- PPP in Eid-ul-Fitr message
The People's Progressive Party (PPP) extends greetings to all our Muslim brothers and sisters on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
This is indeed an auspicious time in the Muslim calendar as it celebrates the end of the holy month of Ramadan…
GAWU urges peace and tolerance in Eid-ul-Fitr message
The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) wishes to extend warm greetings to our Muslim brothers and sisters and indeed all Guyanese as we once again celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. Eid-ul-Fitr signifies the ending of the period of…
Sophia Primary School students to benefit from literacy tablets
Kupanda Sisters Inc. has partnered with Sun Books of the World Literacy Foundation to launch a pilot programme, geared to provide literacy tablets to 20 students at Sophia Primary School.
The World Literacy Foundation is a leading…
COVID-19: $20M in food, supplies to CDC
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, under its Humanitarian Project, donated $20M in food and supplies to the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) to assist the vulnerable during the COVID-19 health crisis.
The Ministry of Social…
June pension payment to begin on May 28; Persons to wear protective masks
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The Guyana Post Office Corporation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Protection, continues to implement systems that seek to protect our senior citizens and contain the spread of COVID-19 by…
NCTF approves conditional re-entry of 300 Guyanese stranded overseas
The National COVID-19 Task Force (NCTF) on Friday approved the return of 300 Guyanese stranded overseas as a result of COVID-19 emergency measures. The approval is granted for persons in Trinidad and Tobago and in New York, New Jersey,…
Guyanese stuck overseas continue plea to return home
Guyanese stuck abroad as result of the closure of the airports to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus are appealing for special authorization to be granted for them to return home.
The News Room understands that there are…
US Govt donates supplies to CDC
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Tuesday afternoon received a donation of several items from the government of the United States of America and the US military.
The donation, which consisted of sanitisation, personal care and…
