Chanderpaul plays his 300th first-class match
DERBYSHIRE, England, - West Indies middle order batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul has taken his place among batting greats by playing his 300th first-class match. The 38 year old Guyanese batsman achieved the feat while playing in an English County game for Derbyshire against Sussex on Thursday. Only six men in the history of the game have reached such More...
Local Gov’t Ministry donates garbage truck, compactors to City council
The garbage truck that was donated to the City Council by the Ministry of Local Government The Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development has donated one garbage truck and two compactors to the Georgetown More...
Blackberry expands BBM chat app to Android and iOS
The Blackberry Messenger (BBM) app is to be offered as a download to run on rival platforms. Blackberry said it would initially offer texts, photo messages and group sharing functions on devices running Google’s More...
US Vice President scheduled to visit Trinidad to meet CARICOM leaders
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Thursday May 8, 2013 – United States Vice President Joe Biden is due in Trinidad at the end of May, the US Embassy has confirmed. It gave no details on the proposed visit, but one local More...
Caribbean Airlines’ flag carrier status moving apace
Government has agreed to grant Caribbean Airlines flag carrier status. The airline will provide direct flights from Georgetown and New York, and Georgetown and Toronto. This comment was made by Cabinet Secretary, More...
‘Young & Restless’ Star Jeanne Cooper Dead At 84
Jeanne Cooper, a huge soap opera star who played Katherine Chancellor on “The Young and the Restless” for decades, has died. She was 84. “L.A. Law” star Corbin Bernsen — Cooper’s More...
Eradicating extreme hunger and poverty
Guyana’s ability to cut extreme poverty and hunger by 50 percent has been lauded by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) Dr. Lystra Fletcher-Paul. Dr. Fletcher-Paul in an interview More...
Guyana, Norway partnership featured on Forbes
Guyana and Norway’s revolutionary climate and forest partnership has been featured on renowned, American business magazine, Forbes’ website. The article acknowledges the partnership’s aim of balancing More...
Guyanese urged to enhance environment as World Earth Day is celebrated
Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment, Robert Persaud has called on Guyanese to get involved in enhancing the environment. This comes as Guyana joins the rest of the world in celebrating the More...
Guyana celebrates vaccination week
Guyana and the rest of the Americas is celebrating vaccination week of the Americas under the theme “Vaccination, a shared responsibility”. This is an effort to strengthen the immunisation programme by remote More...