Risha Persaud

Ironically the global theme for International Women’s Day in 2021 is ‘Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a COVID-19 World’. COVID-19 has impacted women and girls in profound ways, amplifying the inequalities they face every day. It is fundamental that diverse women’s voices and experiences are central to national …

Dr. Ashni Singh, a senior minister in the President’s Office with responsibility for Finance, called the announcement, which came via a media release from Scotiabank on Wednesday afternoon, “premature and inappropriate.” The sale of Scotiabank to the regional bank follows the previous APNU+AFC government’s refusal to allow the sale of …

PPP Minister Kwame McCoy allegedly got physical with a female opposition member Tabitha Sarabo-Halley in the halls of parliament today which forced the sitting to come to a sudden halt. The opposition Minister and witnesses saw McCoy slap his phone in the face of the female opposition member more in …

Caribbean Airlines confirms that the airline transported COVID-19 vaccines from Toronto to Guyana. Caribbean Airlines Cargo coordinated the movement via flight BW 607 on Tuesday, March 2nd. Marklan Moseley, General Manager Cargo and New Business stated: “Caribbean Airlines is happy to have transported this important shipment. We have always carried temperature …

Scores of packages with more than 300 pounds of cocaine were found in containers at the Kingston Freeport Terminal Limited (KFTL) on Monday afternoon. According to reports, the drug was found in two of six transshipment containers that arrived on the island from Guyana en route to Haiti and China. …

At the end of February, Adan Kiritpaul a 20-month-old child was crushed by his father’s vehicle at their East Coast residence causing death, the father is now being held by the police force as the child’s body goes through a post mortem. Yesterday recorded another gruesome death of 18-month-old Adena …

On 1 March 2021, the political consultations were held between Latvia and the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. The Latvian delegation was headed by the Under Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Political Director Janis Mažeiks, and the delegation of Guyana – by the Permanent Secretary of the …

Butchery, heinous, horrific and a most severe and serious attack were just some of the words Justice Randall Worrell used to describe the 45 chops Allan Alston Belle inflicted on his estranged wife Brenda Belle more than seven years ago. And while Justice Worrell started at 24 years in jail …

In the midst of one of the world’s most deadly pandemics and the rising count of deaths and infections in Guyana due to the Covid-19 virus, the Health Minister Dr. Frank Anthony took to the “2021 Budget Debate Presentation” podium and started speaking on agriculture and vegetables. Guyana has a …

The four prisoners who escaped from the Lethem lock ups have been identified as Jack King Paul age 36 years of Kwatamang Village North Rupununi, Clarence Rodney age 20 years of Lethem Central Rupanuni, Yon Rogg Hernandez C/d John Roberts Venezuelan National age 26 years of Tabatinga Lethem and Xarlos …