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-pushes back against Opposition Leader’s claims Minister of Public Utilities and Aviation Deodat Indar has rejected Opposition Leader Azruddin Mohamed’s criticism of the Government’s US$422 million transmission and substation project, insisting that the works are progressing and represent an unprecedented expansion of Guyana’s electricity infrastructure.
Two months after Local Government Minister Priya Manickchand was told that the Kitty Market could be reopened within a week’s time, the market remains closed as of September 16 with the constituency councillor saying that he is tired of raising the matter at the council’s statutory meetings.
In another few days – Friday, September 25 to be exact – it will be two months since President Irfaan Ali announced that an independent international Commission of Inquiry (COI) would be established to investigate the MV Barima disaster.
Ninety-three ranks of Police Regional Division #3 on Friday completed two weeks of Stun Gun Training.
Public Utilities and Aviation Minister Deodat Indar has sought to explain why several high-voltage transmission poles remain in the middle of the ongoing four-lane expansion of the East Coast Demerara roadway, saying the existing line cannot be removed until an alternative transmission route is completed.
From the New York Times In a not altogether positive review, the New York Times published yesterday a 1600-word article on Guyana entitled A Small Country’s Huge Windfall From the War in Iran by Simon Romero and Rebecca F.
— says revised CARICOM plan centres women, Indigenous peoples Chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission, Sir Hilary Beckles, has declared that the regional reparations movement has entered a decisive phase and must be carried through to completion by the present generation.
For years, Marva Langevine was the person who entered rooms made heavy by death. She listened to children struggling to understand why a parent was no longer coming home.
Ten athletes will make their debut as part of Guyana’s 17-member team at the 2026 South American Powerlifting Championships in Santiago, Chile, where the country’s campaign begins on Sunday, September 20.
Dear Editor, As a public communications analyst, I have been researching the experiences of students who have benefited from the GOAL Scholarship Programme.
Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony, yesterday handed over three vehicles to Regions Nine and Ten.
Children aged six to 12 in selected Guyanese communities are set to benefit from a 10-week football programme that will teach sporting skills alongside teamwork, respect and resilience.
By George Mentore George Mentore is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Virginia, and author Of Passionate Curves and Desirable Cadences: Themes on Waiwai Social Being (2005).
President Irfaan Ali has faced the press twice in recent weeks—once in an interview with Al Jazeera and again before the local press corps in Georgetown.