MASSIVE TURNOUT IN LETHEM – As Gov’t rolls out countrywide ‘Because We Care’...
GOVERNMENT, in its much lauded countrywide roll-out of the ‘Because We Care’ education grant initiative yesterday launched the highly anticipated programme in Region Nine (Upper Essequibo/Upper...
View ArticleBusinessman commits suicide after domestic quarrel
AN East Coast Demerara businessman, who operates a very popular supermarket at Agriculture Road, yesterday morning, ended his life by ingesting a poisonous substance. The business is registered to...
View ArticleMassive fogging exercise to follow mosquito invasion in New Amsterdam
JUST days after light rain showers in the New Amsterdam township, mosquitoes descended in their numbers resulting in cattle running wildly across the thoroughfare. This is even as residents resorted to...
View ArticleUNJPS launched to help combat HIV/AIDS epidemic
THE United Nations (UN) yesterday officially launched “the United Nations HIV/AIDS Joint Programme of Support (UNJPS) 2013-2016”, in an effort to assist Guyana in combating the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The...
View ArticleIn response to Ebola virus…
Proactive approach being taken by Gov’t – President A PROACTIVE approach to ensure the deadly Ebola virus does not affect the Guyanese population has been adopted by the Government of Guyana. This was...
View ArticleJuly 2011 CAL crash at CJIA….
Investigation finds pilot error due to poor cockpit resources management as the sole cause PILOT error resulting from poor cockpit resources management by the pilot and co-pilot was identified as the...
View ArticleDesigner Donna Ramsammy James to launch 2015 collection ‘Carpe Diem’
LOCAL and internationally-renowned designer, Donna Ramsammy James will launch her 2015 Collection at Herdmanston tomorrow. Her intriguing collection is called “Carpe Diem,” a Latin term meaning “Seize...
View ArticleGAPSO conducts basic first aid course for 26 security officers
THE Guyana Association of Private Security Organisations (GAPSO) conducted a one-day Basic First Aid course for security officers so they can respond appropriately to basic medical emergencies. The...
View ArticleBerbice criminal sessions open
…jury sworn in Portuguese Quarters murder trial ALTHOUGH there was a ceremonial opening of the Berbice Assizes with the traditional march past by ranks of the Berbice Police division, the declaration...
View ArticleDigital Technology refutes Kaiteur News article
DIGITAL Technology in an effort to clear the air following an article which was published in Kaieteur News on October 20, 2014, headlined: “Controversial Digital Technology wins another contract,” in...
View ArticleCARPHA workshops to strengthen the Caribbean’s ability to respond to Ebola
THE Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) will host workshops geared at strengthening the Caribbean’s ability to prepare and respond to outbreak situations such as the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West...
View ArticleLee Marvin- Metamorphosed into a star of both action and drama projects
Prematurely white-haired character star who began as a supporting player of generally vicious demeanour, then metamorphosed into a star of both action and drama projects, Lee Marvin was born on...
View ArticleNAGINA
Rani stood at the water’s edge looking across the huge expanse of the flowing ocean to the far horizon. Her light green eyes burnt with deep intensity as the divine power of the Snake Goddess flowed...
View ArticleHARD LESSON
Darkness came swiftly to the remote village of Low Ridge. It was a typical countryside community. Old houses, old shops, old churches and plenty of old traditions. Shirley was unemployed, dunce and...
View ArticleMagistrate finds driver of private car guilty of taking passengers for rewards
-Federal Supreme Court dismisses conviction and sentence IN 1960, after two days of hearing, the Federal Supreme Court in its appellate jurisdiction and constituted by Chief Justice Halinan, Justices...
View ArticleHarvesting
Gardeners harvest plants at different stages, depending on how the harvested plants or their parts are used. Crops grown for their fruit, such as tomatoes and boulanger, are harvested when the fruit is...
View ArticleMeet Elly Peterkin…
A young head teacher with a vision ELLY Peterkin is a people’s person and this helps her deal with the resentment she gets especially from the older folks as a result of being a head teacher at just...
View ArticleDuenne by Paloma Mohamed
Introduction by Mark Tumbridge Paloma Mohamed began her higher education at the University of Guyana, moving to Harvard University and then the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, to work on...
View ArticleTHE DENTIST ADVISES
The mouth is not separated from the rest of the body When the author of the biblical verse declared that it is what comes out of a man’s mouth that defiles him and not what enters into it, in a literal...
View ArticleHACKED: COMMON WAYS NON-TECH PEOPLE FALL VICTIM
“Watch those ways how you talk and mind the way you walk…watch out for the hackers them creeping from the dark…watch out for the big bad guys who think that they smart”…Lots “hackin-ing” in Guyana...
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