With the closure of several sugar estates and the state-owned Guyana Sugar Corporation no longer responsible for drainage in those communities, government on Thursday asked the National Assembly for GY$350 million to finance additional works by the National Drainage and ...
The Guyana government is seeking GYD$4.8 million to help support Venezuelans who have sought refuge here from the political and economic meltdown in their homeland. According to a financial paper tabled in the National Assembly on Thursday at the first ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Alexandra Simon He was the Boss of his time. In a new biographical book about the life of Bertram L. Baker — the first black person to hold public office in Brooklyn — his ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King The Bronx, Manhattan and Westchester Chapter of the Caribbean American Nurses Association, Inc. (BMW CANA) on Saturday handed over US$1,000 checks to four Caribbean nursing students to assist them with their ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By George Alleyne Young Barbadian footballer, Thierry Gale, this week winged out the island on his way to take up an opportunity of a lifetime pursuing a permanent place as a player in the Hungarian ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Azad Ali Cricket West Indies (CWI) selectors have blanked four important Trinidad and Tobago players from the West Indies squad for the three One-Day Internationals against India next month. The Bravo brothers — Dwayne ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Azad Ali South Africa women managed to draw (2-2) in the five-match Twenty20 series against the West Indies at the Brian Lara Cricket Academy in South Trinidad last week. The third match was abandoned ...
The Guyana Court of Appeal on Thursday unanimously upheld a High Court decision that President David Granger acted constitutionally in unilaterally appointing Retired Justice James Patterson as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission ( GECOM). Attorney-at-Law, Anil Nandlall said he ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Alexandra Simon He’s only a few notes from fame. An East Flatbush singer is now gunning for the top spot on the television vocal competition “The Voice.” Haitian-American performer Zaxai beat out hundreds of ...
by GHK Lall Everybody (except me) have dived into the national sport that is Exxon bashing. Though I still stand by what I shared from the inception, I agree that some of the barbs and blows might be deserving. But ...