BY JOY-ANN GILL | JAN 27, 2022 Principal of the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology, Ian Drakes, presenting 100 face shields to Co-coordinator of the COVID-19 National Vaccination Programme, Dr. Elizabeth Ferdinand, yesterday. (GP) “An extra layer of protection” is how a donation of 100 face shields from the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI) […]
Continue Reading
Member of Parliament Dr. William Duguid seen here chatting with Dame Billie Antoinette Miller, DA (born 8 January 1944), who is a Barbadian politician that served as Deputy Prime Minister and is a member of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP), before he was sworn in as Senior Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, […]
Continue Reading
Pictured above Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley at right in discussion with Santia Bradshaw the Deputy Prime Minister with coordinating responsibility for infrastructure and Minister of Transport, Works and Water Resources and Leader of Government Business in the House.
Continue Reading
—Says focus will be on economic expansion, increasing productivity and capacity building His Excellency Dr. Irfaan Ali has assured that Budget 2022 will in no way introduce new burdens or taxes on Guyanese people but rather will support the country’s transformative agenda. “Budget 2022 would be people-centred and people-driven, focusing on policies and programmes that will […]
Continue Reading
BY BGIS | JAN 25, 2022 | TOP STORIES State House. (FP) The Swearing-In Ceremony for Members of Cabinet, Parliamentarians and Government Senators will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, January 26, at State House, beginning at 10:00 a.m. It will be presided over by Her Excellency, President Dame Sandra Mason. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley will […]
Continue Reading
BY JOY-ANN GILL | JAN 24, 2022 | TOP STORIES Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s address to the nation – January 24, 2022. (PMO) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley today named for the first time in her Cabinet the post of Deputy Prime Minister, and three other senior ministerial positions. In her first official address […]
Continue Reading
BY JULIA RAWLINS-BENTHAM | JAN 24, 2022 | TOP STORIES Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley’s address to the nation – January 24, 2022. (PMO) Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has named 11 Senators, and signalled her intention to ask Cabinet and Parliament to bring a constitutional amendment to allow an 18-year-old to serve for the […]
Continue Reading
Address to the Nation (January 24, 2022) 6.00 PM. Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley addressed the nation this afternoon. The Prime Minister’s Address was carried live on local television, CBC, as well as carried by other local media via their social media.
Continue Reading
Eight adults and four minors have been displaced after a fire at Phillips Road, Lightfoot Lane, The City earlier today. Five houses were either destroyed or partially damaged. Member of Parliament Corey Lane and Democratic Labour Party candidate for The City, Kemar Stuart, were on hand to ensure the families were directed to the relevant […]
Continue Reading
Barbadian Lou “Jiggs” Kirton, one of the well-known singers emerging from the 1970s and 1980s, has died. The 73-year-old who lived in the United States is best remembered for his soulful I Can’t Live Without and rhythmic Talk to Me, but was one of the original members and the lead singer of The Invitations (replacing […]
Continue Reading