Guyana’s minimum State pension has been increased, Minister of State Joseph Harmon announced Thursday. He said the new figure is now GY$360,000, up from GY$200,000. The State Minister further announced that well-known Guyanese historian, Professor Noel Menezes will now be ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) says Trinidad and Tobago is the new Caribbean National Culinary Team of the Year. CHTA said last Wednesday that the team won top honors ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Nelson A. King The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has warned governments in the region about the adverse effects of high air travel-related taxes and fees on travel as they wrestle with balancing ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By George Alleyne An assurance by the new Barbados government of an intention to exploit marijuana for its medicinal benefits — and make resulting products legal — must be welcome news to many on the ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. Nelson A. King In the wake of President Donald J. Trump’s new executive order on the separation of migrant children from their families, Brooklyn Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has headed New York’s congressional delegation ...
See this story at CaribbeanLifeNews.com. By Azad Ali West Indies batsman Shai Hope collected three top awards — Windies Cricketer of the Year; Windies Test Cricketer of the Year; Windies ODI Cricketer of the Year for 2017 at a ceremony ...
The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) has awarded GY$500,000 to the nation’s top 20 performers at the 2018 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA). Delivering the feature address, at Woolford Avenue, Minister of Education, Nicolette Henry told the students that ...
Rising flood waters in Lethem have forced the evacuation of 25 persons and the closure of several schools, a number of which were being used as shelters, authorities said Thursday. The flood is caused by heavy rainfall and overflowing Ireng ...
Congrats on finishing your volunteer project abroad! You’re likely both exhausted and energized from long days and meaningful work. Hopefully you worked hard on something that will outlast…
Approval has been granted for the construction of a 0.95-megawatt dual hydro-system at Moco Moco and a 2.2 megawatt at Kumu in Region Nine (Upper Takutu/Upper Essequibo. That was announced by Regional Chairman, Brian Allicock, at the recently concluded Regional ...