Stories published on this date.
Dear Editor, A quick perusal of the core definition of parliamentary sectoral committees – of which many exist in countries that were once colonies – shows it is to help the legislature manage its workloads and hold the government accountable in specific policy areas.
A Guyanese woman who had travelled to India for medical treatment was found unconscious in a hotel room at Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport yesterday and was later pronounced dead at a private hospital.
Former Finance Minister Asgar Ally is working with the Office of the President to examine the composition of foreign currency demand and determine whether funds obtained locally are being diverted to finance operations elsewhere, President Irfaan Ali has disclosed.
Flight delays lasting more than 13 hours contributed to a difficult opening round for Guyana’s Women’s team at the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, where the country also faced a demanding challenge in the Open section.
Dear Editor, In a recent interview His Excellency President Irfaan Ali stated that he wanted Guyana to be the most powerful food producer in the world in 10 to 20 years.
Minister of Health Dr Frank Anthony has called for increased HIV surveillance and diagnosis, warning that growing movement across Guyana’s porous borders must be taken into account in planning the country’s disease-control programmes.
Minister of Education Sonia Parag on Tuesday led a team of government officials on an inspection of the University of Guyana’s Turkeyen Campus to assess its infrastructural needs ahead of the resumption of face-to-face classes.
Guyana’s cyclists will face a demanding journey along the East Coast of Demerara when the 24th Annual Victor Macedo Memorial Cycle Road Race is staged on Sunday, September 20.
Dear Editor, I write to provide some historical background and give clarity to comments in a missive captioned, “Setting the record straight on Guyana’s position on the Chinese seat at the UN” (Kiskadee Watch September 13) by Hamilton Green on Guyana’s position of replacing Taiwan with China with the Permanent Seat on the UN Security Council.
At his press conference on Monday, President Ali sought to paint a dire picture about the generating capacity of GPL and how dangerously close it was to peak demand so as to leave the country without a spinning reserve.