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Guyana adds 22 skilled technicians to support renewable energy transition
Twenty-two individuals have joined Guyana’s pool of skilled renewable energy technicians after completing specialised training in Electric Vehicle Systems and Solar PV Charging Infrastructure. The initiative was implemented through a partnership among the Board of Industrial Training (BIT), the Guyana Energy Agency (GEA), the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), and the United Nations. Following the...
Recover Guyana and Scotiabank Guyana deepen investment in green and youth entrepreneurship
Recover Guyana, in partnership with Scotiabank Guyana, successfully hosted the ENGAGE 2.0 Green Entrepreneurship Graduation Ceremony at the Ramada Georgetown...
‘Monstrous act’ – Human Services Minister condemns gruesome Zeelugt attack, pledges unconditional support
Minister of Human Services and Social Security, Dr Vindhya Persaud, has pledged unconditional support to the family of seven-year-old Adriel...
Lifetime public assistance for persons living with disabilities, HIV and cancer
Every person in Guyana living with a permanent disability, HIV or Cancer will be able to access the government’s $14,000...
Skills training, more health services to be offered at Night Shelter
Homeless persons accessing the government’s Night Shelter in Georgetown will soon be introduced to skills training by the Board of...
Human Services Minister to fathers: ‘It’s important to pay child support’
Absence from the home should never mean absence from a child’s life. That was among several admonitions made by Minister...
Men too can access economic, other empowerment services
Responding to a plea for more empowerment programmes for men and the publicising of existing ones, Minister of Human Services...
Police officers benefit from yoga session
See below modified press release from the Indian High Commission in Guyana: In the run up to the 8th International...
Two villages in Reg. 7 now flooded; water levels in other regions receding
As the ongoing May/ June rainy season progresses, the Civil Defence Commission (CDC) has reported that Devil’s Hold and Eteringbang...
Chinese community donates $3.5M in supplies as floodwaters recede in Lethem
Floodwaters in Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu- Upper Essequibo) have started to recede and as members of the community commence...
Pres. Ali pleads with Guyanese to pray & uplift mother of children who died in fire
With the loss of three children to an early-morning fire at their Lot 10 Field Barnwell house, located aback Mocha...
More than 130 Reg. 9 residents in four flood shelters
More than 130 residents of Region (Upper Takutu- Upper Essequibo) are being housed in four shelters in various parts of...
Migratory birds under threat due to climate change – Environmental Management Consultants
World Migratory Bird Day will be celebrated across the world on Saturday, May 14. Environmental Management Consultants Inc. (EMC) joins...
LGBTQ community should be involved in country’s development – EQUAL Guyana
Director of Empowering Queers using Artistic Learning (EQUAL) Anil Persaud has issued a call for members of the lesbian, gay,...
Packed ‘Pride Festival’ returns in June
After a two-year Covid-19 imposed hiatus, The Guyana Pride Festival, like many others around the world, is coming back out...
CDC receives support to assist storm affected Bath Settlement residents
Deputy Director General of the Civil Defence Commission (CDC), Major Loring Benons on Wednesday received a cheque valued $500,000 from...
Three-day ‘business clinic’ launched to help women become financially independent
By Isanella Patoir Isanella@newsroom.gy A three-day ‘business clinic’ was launched on Tuesday by the Ministry of Human Services and Social...
New programme targets ‘vulnerable parents’ in reducing child abuse
The Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) will soon launch a programme targeting ‘vulnerable parents’ as part of efforts to reduce...
Berbice father recounts terror felt during ‘freak storm’
Days after a ‘freak storm’ ravaged some 20 buildings at Bath Settlement, West Coast Berbice (WCB), a father of three has...
Berbice freak storm: Houses, chicken pens among 20 properties damaged – CDC
The Civil Defence Commission (CDC) on Sunday revealed that some 20 properties were damaged after a “freak storm” ravaged Bath...
Residents traumatised after ‘tornado-like’ winds ripped off rooftops, electricity poles
Heavy winds and rainfall, described as a freak storm, damaged buildings and other infrastructure at the Plantation Hope and Experiment...
