September 2025

Employers should take action to protect outdoor workers from mounting heat stress, a local environmental health officer has urged, as rising temperatures and longer heatwaves put agriculture, fisheries and construction labourers at growing risk. Guyana’s tropical location places it among the hottest zones in the world, and its construction boom is exposing more workers to…
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Seven Guyanese doctors have been awarded scholarships to pursue clinical and technical training in China, as part of an exchange Health Personnel Training Programme designed to strengthen Guyana’s healthcare system. The doctors will spend three months at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, in Jiangsu Province, one of the country’s leading medical institutions, where they will be…
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(BBC News) Protesters set fire to Nepal’s parliament building as anti-corruption protests escalate. BBC News Live reporting by Charlotte Scarr from Kathmandu shared that protesters are dancing and chanting around fires, as all the windows have been smashed inside the building. It comes after the country’s prime minister, KP Sharma Oli, resigned Young people took…
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[Trinidad Express] – Schools are sacred spaces for learning, not battlegrounds for fighting and bullying, says Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar. The Prime Minister also noted criticisms about armed police officers in schools as she reminded that this move is in keeping with the law and in the best interest of the…
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DOHA, Sept 9 (Reuters) – Israel launched an audacious attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar on Tuesday, expanding its military actions that have ranged across the Middle East to include the Gulf Arab state where the Palestinian Islamist group has long had its political base. Qatar, which has acted as a mediator alongside Egypt in…
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Prime Minister Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips has reaffirmed the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government’s commitment to making Guyana’s Indigenous peoples a central part of the national development agenda, pledging land security, equitable carbon credit benefits and strengthened self-governance. Speaking at the Amerindian Heritage Month Cultural Extravaganza on Monday night, Phillips said the administration was executing…
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Small businesses are emerging as the true drivers of Africa/Caribbean trade and for Guyana, that means new opportunities for its entrepreneurs to connect with finance, markets and networks once out of reach. Speaking at the 4th Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF2025) in Algiers on Monday, Okechukwu Ihejirika, Head of Afreximbank’s Caribbean Office, made it clear that…
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President Dr Irfaan Ali met with the United States Deputy Assistant Secretary of War, Joseph M. Humire, at State House on Monday, an engagement part of deepening collaboration between the two countries. A release from the Office of the President noted that Guyana’s Head of State emphasised that the sovereignty and defence of Guyana are…
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Leading left-arm spinner Veerasammy Permaul is preparing for life after his playing career by completing his Level III coaching certification. The 36-year-old, the top wicket-taker for the Guyana Harpy Eagles in the recent West Indies Four-Day Championship, is already looking to the next chapter of his career. Speaking to News Room Sport, Permaul said he…
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The Guyana Football Federation (GFF) has officially welcomed its new Senior Men’s National Team head coach, Thomas Dooley, with the former USA international arriving in the country to begin his role. Dooley, 64, is set to embark on a packed schedule of meetings with GFF leadership, staff, and coaches and conduct his first training sessions…
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