Caribbean News

UNICEF Guyana, in collaboration with the First Lady of Guyana, Arya Ali, the Ministry of Health, and the Pan American Health Organization/World Health organization (PAHO/WHO), on Thursday, October 10, 2024, launched the “Hear Me Out” mental health anti-stigma campaign. The campaign’s goal is to foster open discussions about mental health and highlight the importance of
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Farmers and residents from areas within the Mahaica Mahaicony Abary Agriculture Development Authority (MMA-ADA) Scheme, West Coast Berbice as well as those residing in Black Bush Polder, Talorgie, and other surrounding communities on the Corentyne Coast will now benefit from further improvements to their drainage systems following the addition of approximately $127 million worth of heavy-duty
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By Kurt Campbell Kurt@newsroom.gy  It’s been a quarter-century since 13-year-old Deniese Hariman went missing, but her family is still holding on to hope that they’ll find the answers they desperately need. Last Sunday, October 06, family and friends gathered for a candlelight vigil in Queens, New York, to mark the 25th anniversary of the disappearance
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Ajay Jha, the controversial figure who was the local representative of the India-based contracting firm Fedders Lloyd blacklisted by the World Bank, was also involved in the problematic drainage pump project inked in 2018. On September 3, 2018, the APNU+ AFC government began procuring the engines by signing a deal of US$3.6 million with Apollo
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A couple was found dead at a Station Street, Kitty residence on Saturday night. The News Room understands that the individuals are foreign nationals. Initial reports suggest that the man stabbed the woman and then took his life. The man is said to have been in his 60s while the woman, in her 30s. Police
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See below press release issued by the Guyana Cricket Board The Guyana Cricket Board (GCB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Sir Clive Hubert Lloyd as Special Technocrat to the Board with immediate effect. Sir Clive’s appointment was successfully concluded after a high-level engagement with President of the GCB, Bissoondyal Singh. The outstanding former
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Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo on Friday said the entire $200,000 cash grant distribution process will be completed in five months. “We want to get the systems in place, so I would anticipate that within the next five months, we would complete the process,” Jagdeo said during a live briefing. Jagdeo also outlined the criteria
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Guyana and West Indies cricketer Kevin Sinclair and Guyana Harpy Eagles fast bowler Nial Smith went back to where it all started on Friday to present a quantity of cricket gear to their alma mater, Canje Secondary in New Amsterdam, Berbice. All-rounder Sinclair, who developed a passion for the sport by playing in the school
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The Guyana Police Force Friday destroyed approximately $392 million worth of cannabis in an extensive narcotics eradication exercise conducted in the Upper Berbice River. The operation, which occurred between 04:00 and 23:10 hrs, was carried out by ranks from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Headquarters’ Narcotics Branch. It targeted a location known as ‘Old Vigilante,’
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A police raid led by Superintendent Krishna Ramana, the Commander for Regional Division #1, uncovered drugs at the residence of 49-year-old Jarrette Singh, an unemployed woman living in Kumaka Stretch, North West District. During the operation on Saturday, law enforcement officials discovered two transparent plastic bags containing leaves, seeds, and stems suspected to be Cannabis
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