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Dharmic Sabha adds to relief efforts for hurricane-ravaged Bahamas
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Tuesday received a cheque valued $500,000 from the Guyana Hindu Dharmic Sabha (GHDS) to support the procurement of much-needed relief supplies for the hurricane-ravaged island of The Bahamas.…
$17.4M Sexual Offences Court opens in Essequibo
The Supreme Court of the Judicature was Monday given another “thumbs up” for progressively moving the justice system forward, with the establishment of the third Sexual Offences Court in the County of Essequibo.
Following closely behind…
Dawn’s Story: A school dropout to the most powerful woman in government
By Neil Marks
Unassuming. Humble. Charming.
But make no mistake, Dawn Hastings Williams is no ordinary woman. A proud Akawaio woman of the Upper Mazaruni in Region Seven, she is now Minister of State, easily making her the country’s most…
Good Hope family loses everything in fire
A businessman and his family are thankful for their lives after a fire of unknown origin gutted their Good Hope East Coast Demerara home at the weekend; however, the businessman is counting his losses which, according to him, amount to…
Gov’t, MACORP to offer free technical training through ICT hubs
The Public Telecommunications Ministry and MACORP on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will allow persons to access free online technical training using MACORP’s software.
The signing took place at Industrial Supply…
Teen named in phone snatching spree caught in the act again
Chris Pollard, 19, who is before the Georgetown Magistrates' Court for a series of armed robbery charges, was on Monday remanded to prison for a similar charge.
Pollard of Durban Street, Lodge, appeared before Principal Magistrate…
Guyana to send over $40m to the Bahamas; 23 more Guyanese to return home
Guyana will be sending over $40 million to the Bahamas to help the island recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Dorian- the most powerful recorded tropical storm to strike the Bahamas.
This was announced by Minister of State…
Irfaan Ali promises to write-off all student loans in push for free education
With general and elections looming, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) continues to highlight its plans for various sectors of the economy.
While the party had previously promised that it will pursue the delivery of free education at…
Several city streets to be rehabilitated
The Ministry of Public Infrastructure has added more roads within Georgetown to be rehabilitated.
According to the Department of Public Information, the additional roads were identified during a community engagement held at St. Sidwell…
Facial recognition technology not installed on CCTV cameras in city
The Ministry of Public Telecommunications has addressed concerns raised about the possible facial recognition and tracking technologies used by cameras installed under the Safe City Component of the National Broadband Project.
In a…
