See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Vinette K. Pryce Distinguished Jamaican citizens were named by Gov. General Patrick Linton Allen for national honors on the 56th anniversary of independence and will be publicly presented with instruments of appreciation at King’s ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Tangerine Clarke After ending his 25-year career, as an United States naval officer piloting ships in the military warfare service department, Christopher Millington decided to seek greener pastures in his native land of Guyana, ...
Minister of Education, Ms. Nicolette Henry has summoned the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to another meeting in an effort to avert strike action by thousands of public school teachers over government’s failure to give into their demands for increased salaries. ...
The newly-established American Chamber of Commerce of Guyana (AmCham Guyana Inc.), which was officially launched Tuesday night, hopes to influence government policies and legislation, in among other areas, those linked to the oil and gas sector. United States (US) Ambassador, Perry ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidadian-born literary giant and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died at his home in London on Saturday. He was 85. Naipaul, of Indian descent, whose full name was Vidiadhar ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Alexandra Simon Last month Jamaican theatre actor David Heron finished the closing of a production of “Romeo and Juliet” at the Shakespeare Festival in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the actor’s sixth appearance in ...
Despite a rebound in economic growth of 4.5% for the first half of the year, Guyana faces considerable economic and fiscal headwinds for 2018 that will mean restrictions in spending in the public sector. This comes even as there is ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By George Alleyne Following government’s unilateral suspension of external debt payments, Barbados was this week unsurprisingly hit by an international credit rating downgrade. One week after winning the May 24 elections the Prime Minister Mia ...
United States (US) Ambassador to Guyana, Perry Holloway prefers Guyanese to talk more about improving social services and security instead of directly transferring oil cash to the poor. “I think the more important conversation should be about not giving every ...
Farmers were Monday warned of impending dry spells and to conserve water ahead of the weak to moderate El Niño conditions during the next several months. Chief Hydrometeorological Officer Dr. Garvin Cummings said the dry spells do not mean that Guyana ...