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‘Because We Care’ grant will increased to $100,000, students to benefit from $100,000 transportation grant
Guyana Chronicle
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August 17, 2025
-President Ali unveils $60B social support package at Lethem rally President Dr Irfaan Ali has announced a sweeping series of social support measures by the next PPPC government aimed at significantly improving the lives of Guyanese families,...
Decommissioned York Region ambulance bound for Guyana
The Auroran
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August 14, 2025
August 14, 2025 · 0 Comments An ambulance recently decommissioned by the Region of York is bound for Guyana to provide health services to patients in rural parts of the country. York Region Paramedic Services formally handed over the ambulance to...
Guyana named in new list of countries where nationals face deportation
The Gleaner
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August 13, 2025
LONDON (CMC): Guyana is the lone CARICOM country named in 15 new countries under the United Kingdom’s ‘deport now, appeal later’ scheme as the European country seeks to send foreigners who commit crimes in the UK back to their home countries...
The Caribbean Fight to Dismantle Anti-LGBTQI+ Colonial Laws
Havana Times
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August 14, 2025
St Lucia from the margins to the courts Credit: Stella_E/Getty Images By Ines M. Pousadela (IPS) HAVANA TIMES – When Kenita Placide co-founded United and Strong, St Lucia’s first LGBTQI+ organisation in 2001, death threats were routine. Over the...
Guyanese nationals added to United Kingdom’s list of “deport now, appeal later” scheme
News Source Guyana
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August 12, 2025
Guyanese are among nationals from 15 countries that have been added to the United Kingdom’s “deport now, appeal later” scheme, which targets foreign nationals who commit crimes in the UK. The policy, according to a BBC report, allows the British...
Nurses to be incentivised to return home, says Guyana president
The Gleaner
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August 14, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – President Irfaan Ali says thousands of overseas-based Guyanese nurses who left for higher salaries could soon begin returning home to take up lucrative job offers. Speaking late Wednesday during a campaign meeting ahead...
New Waramuri Secondary brings universal education to region one
Guyana Chronicle
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August 14, 2025
PRESIDENT Dr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali commissioned the newly-constructed Waramuri secondary school on Wednesday, marking a significant milestone in the transformation of the educational landscape in Region One (Barima-Waini) Education Minister, Priya...
Overseas-based Guyanese nurses to be incentivized to return home, President Ali says
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 14, 2025
President Irfaan Ali on Wednesday pledged that thousands of Guyanese nurses who left the country for higher-paying jobs abroad could soon return home under lucrative incentive packages, if his party secures another term in the Sept. 1 general and...
Jagdeo promises scholarships for everyone interested in Reg. 9
I News Guyana
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August 17, 2025
Vice-President, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that scholarships will be available for anyone that requires it, in the next five years. Speaking to an electric crowd with roars that echoed Lethem, at the People’s Progressive Party Civic rally on...
Overseas-based Guyanese nurses to be incentivised to return home – Ali
Demerara Waves
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August 14, 2025
Last Updated on Thursday, 14 August 2025, 19:05 by Writer Thousands of Guyanese nurses, who left their homeland to work overseas for higher salaries, could begin returning to Guyana to take up lucrative job offers, President Irfaan Ali said on...
Youth voices forced to defend track record at APNU’s ‘Bam-Bam Alley’ meeting
News Room
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August 12, 2025
The absence of a presentation from Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton at the APNU’s campaign meeting at “Bam-Bam Alley” – a spot he frequents and is well known for his political interactions – was as noticeable as the thin gathering that turned up on...
Developing Guyana’s hinterland communities
Guyana Chronicle
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August 14, 2025
Dear Editor, Recently, the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C), led by Dr. Irfaan Ali, outlined their economic policies aimed at developing Guyana’s hinterlands and rural communities. We are still waiting for the People’s National Congress...
Guyana records 18 per cent increase in visitor arrivals from January-July 2025
Guyana Chronicle
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August 12, 2025
GUYANA has seen an 18 per cent increase in visitor arrivals from January to July 2025. This amounts to 242,655 visitors when compared to 205,646 arrivals during the same period in 2024. According to statistics from the Ministry of Tourism,...
Guyana named in new UK list of 'deport now, appeal later' countries
The Gleaner
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August 12, 2025
LONDON, CMC – Guyana is the lone Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country named among 15 new countries under the United Kingdom’s “deport now, appeal later” scheme, as the European country seeks to return foreigners who commit crimes in the UK to...
Guyana among 15 nations added to UK’s ‘deport now, appeal later’ scheme
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 12, 2025
Guyana has been named among 15 countries whose nationals convicted of crimes in the UK could be deported before their human rights appeals are heard, under an expanded “deport now, appeal later” policy. - Advertisement - UK Home Secretary Yvette...
Over 400 children to be housed in new Waramuri Secondary School in Region One
News Source Guyana
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August 14, 2025
The Waramuri Secondary School in Region One was commissioned on Wednesday, with the Government seeing it as an example of closing the gap with the education offerings in the Hinterland and the Coast. The school was designed to accommodate close to...
Guyana’s high-stakes oil and climate debate - and Ireland’s role in it
The Irish Times
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When the UN’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled last month that nations failing to curb fossil fuels could be liable for compensation and restitution, Guyana took notice. The fossil fuels and climate debate has been a dominant one in the...
‘Struggles I had in getting an education is no more today’ – Shuman
Guyana Chronicle
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August 14, 2025
FORMER Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Lennox Shuman, is praising the government for its visionary leadership in the education sector. Speaking at the opening ceremony of the Waramuri Secondary School in Region One on Wednesday, Shuman...
CPA signs MOU to strengthen child protection in Guyana
Guyana Chronicle
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August 14, 2025
IN a major step toward safeguarding the rights and welfare of children, the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security’s Childcare and Protection Agency (CPA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Wednesday with key government and...
Guyanese added to UK’s “deport now, appeal later” scheme
Demerara Waves
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August 12, 2025
Last Updated on Monday, 11 August 2025, 22:12 by Writer Reproduced from the BBC UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper More foreign criminals will be deported before their appeals against their removal are heard as the Home Office adds 15 new countries...