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Friday, April 19, 2024

Automatic Promotion helped to reduce school dropouts – Education Minister

  By Kurt Campbell –Education Minister, Priya Manickchand believes that if the controversial automatic promotion policy – No Child Left Behind –had any impact on...

CSEC results: Over 50% of students continue to fail Math, English

  By Kurt Campbell –The results of the 2014 May/June Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations recorded an improvement in several subject areas including mathematics and...

GWI commences monthly billing for metered customers

  - Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has commenced a new Monthly Billing Programme from August 1, 2014 for metered GWI customers. Hence, metered customers...

CSEC Top Student is Elisa Hamilton from QC

  – Guyana’s top CSEC Student is Elisa Hamilton of Queens College who gained 19 Grade Ones and 1 Grade two. At number two are:...

Queens College cops top CAPE results

  – Almost all top CAPE spots for Guyana went to Queens College students, Education Minister, Priya Manickchand moments ago announced. Cecil Cox and Deowattie...

Police 2014 childrens’ camp opens with high-energy

  By Leroy Smith - Children from the various police division and scouts groupings on Sunday gathered at the Police Sports Club Ground Eve Leary...

CSEC, CAPE results to be announced today

  - Education Minister Priya Manickchand is slated to announce the results for Guyanese students who sat the 2014 Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC)...

Successful Auction commences for mining properties

- Following the reconvening of the Closed Area Committee, an auction was held today and expected to continue tomorrow for medium scale mining...

Guyana’s fourth debt compensation written off under Petro Caribe deal with Venezuela

– Guyana’s fourth debt compensation arrangement has been written off by Venezuela for rice supplied to the neighbouring country under the Petro Caribe...

Massive turn out at Guyana Festival

  - President Donald Ramotar bowled the first ball to kick of the Guyana Festival cricket match which saw the Master’s XI battling the...

Recent Articles

Over 440 more Reg. 3 families to benefit from house allocation

More than 440 families will benefit from house allocation in several areas including Anna Catherina, Edinburg, Leonora, Groenveldt, Stewartsville, and Meten-Meer-Zorg in Region Three,...

Venezuelan stabbed to death by co-worker

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A report of an alleged murder committed on one called ‘Frankie’, Venezuelan, by suspect, Cane Vincent, age...

“Words can’t express how much they mean to me” – mother demands answers, justice...

By: Andrew Carmichael “Words can’t express how much they mean to me, dem is me children,” expressed Rihanna Persaud, the mother who lost her nine-year-old...

No increase in electricity costs for consumers – Jagdeo assures amid power ship deal

Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has assured that the electricity price will not increase following the government’s move to charter a power ship to...

Govt would hire contractors without “full experience” to keep up with rapid development –...

New contractors would be hired by the government to keep apace with the ongoing rapid development in the infrastructure sector. This is according to Vice...

Stabroek Market Wharf cleanup making significant progress

Works on clearing the rubble from the collapsed roof of the Stabroek Market Wharf continued on Thursday. A 45-member crew is working assiduously to remove...

US$1M mobilisation fee for rental of power ship – GPL

  See full statement from the Guyana Power and Light: On April 13, 2024, the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Inc. signed a contract with Urbacon...

Truck involved in Water Street fatal accident was unregistered – police

See full statement from the Guyana Police Force:  A fatal accident occurred on Monday, April 15, 2024, on Water Street, Georgetown, involving an unregistered motor...

Mother of 3 crushed to death by truck

A 36-year-old mother of three was last evening crushed to death by a hauler truck at High and Princes Streets, Georgetown. She has been identified...

Remigrant calls for better police response after home burglarised; over $1.5M in items stolen

A businessman’s home in Berbice was burglarized while he was overseas, resulting in over $1 million in items being stolen. The man, a remigrant is...