School teacher on a mission to help single parents – ‘I will help as much as I can’

By Tracey Khan – As single mother of two and a nursery school teacher, Rozanna Mohamed has made it her mission to help vulnerable persons affected by the devastating COVID-19 pandemic in Guyana. Using her connection as a teacher in Berbice, she has already distributed over 200 hampers to mostly single mothers from Albion to […]

Linden goes into lockdown from Saturday; penalties for persons who disobey

The Linden Mayor and Town Council has implemented a regional curfew beginning Saturday, March 28, as it joins the national effort to mitigate the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). A release from the municipality on Thursday stated that all businesses must be closed from 6pm to 6am, except for supermarkets and pharmacies who were […]

Over 100 Georgetown commercial property owners still paying residential rates – M&CC

Some 144 property owners in and around the Capital City, Georgetown have converted their buildings from residential to commercial property but continue to pay residential rates, the Georgetown Mayor and City Council has said. Some have even changed the size of the building to make it larger and continue to pay the $16,000 residential rates […]