Policy to support innovation, flexibility in fuel access being developed

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Government is developing a comprehensive policy that supports flexibility and innovation in fuel access. Minister of Energy, Transport and Telecommunications Daryl Vaz said the move comes against the background…

All communities accessible following Hurricane Melissa—ODPEM

Reading Time: < 1 minuteDirector General of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM), Commander Alvin Gayle, says that emergency personnel now have access to all communities following the widespread impact of…

Education ministry commits to emergency preparedness framework for early-childhood institutions

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Ministry of Education, Skills, Youth and Information has committed to working with the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management (ODPEM) and other partners to craft emergency preparedness guidelines…

Guyana’s record-breaking oil boom continues apace

Reading Time: 3 minutesDurrant Pate/Contributor The tiny South American/ Caribbean nation of Guyana has found itself managing one of the world’s largest oil booms, which continues apace and has emerged as a top global…

MLSS refutes claims of partisan distribution of relief supplies

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS) is refuting publications which has been circulating, claiming that the ministry has been distributing relief supplies along partisan lines.

The publication displays an image of a branded MLSS vehicle stocked with supplies, accompanied by a narration that accuses the ministry’s staff of supplying food to supporters of the JLP in Westmoreland

Police probe death of truck driver suspected to have been electrocuted

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Spanish Town Criminal Investigation Branch in St Catherine has launched a probe into the death of 27-year-old Demari Lewis who is suspected to have been electrocuted.

Lewis is a truck driver of Mountain Side district in St Elizabeth.