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The Ministry of Social Protection will be putting measures in place to ensure Guyanese who live in other countries do not access a Guyanese old age pension. Minister Lawrence described it as ‘double dipping’ when persons not living in Guyana, access pension from both the Guyanese government and the country in which they live. “We […]
The results of the 2016 National Grade Six Examinations are out with two boys tying for the first position in the country. Both are from private schools in Georgetown. Anthony Ferriera from Mae’s Under 12 and Aryan Singh from the Dharmic Rama Krishna Primary School told News Source that they were hardly shocked by the announcement but […]
Guyana’s South American neighbour to the east and CARICOM sister state Suriname, is supportive of the push for a Juridical Settlement to the Border Controversy Guyana shares with Venezuela. Surinamese President Desi Bouterse met with President David Granger last week, where the two leaders discussed a range of issues including Venezuela’s claims to Guyana’s Essequibo […]
The results of the 2016 National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) were released by the Ministry of Education on Tuesday with two students gaining the #1 spot. The two students who gained the top position are Anthony Ferriea from Mae’s Under 12 and Anya Singh from the Dharmic Rama Krishna Primary School. Both students gained 568 […]
The vacation spot for a Guyanese woman has changed and she will now face charges for cocaine trafficking after being busted at the Cheddi Jagan airport with 1.5 pounds of cocaine hidden in a straw bag that she was carrying. The 26-year-old woman was about to board a New York bound flight when the bust […]
Guyana has received fresh commitments from the Trinidadian Government to develop its oil and gas industry. On the sidelines of the opening of the 37th CARICOM Heads of Government meeting on Monday, Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley said his government is ready to offer whatever help it could to Guyana. The Twin […]
by Kurt Campbell Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Monday called on CARICOM leaders to urgently address the increased cases of denial of entry of regional citizens into fellow CARICOM member states. Prime Minister Holness made the call while delivering an address at the opening of the 37th Heads of Government meeting of CARICOM in […]
Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, used his statement at the opening of the CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in Georgetown to wail into critics of the regional body. The Prime Minister lashed out at those who used the newspapers to talk about CARICOM being a comotose body, telling the […]
CARICOM Leaders gathered in Georgetown, Guyana for their 37th Regular Meeting, stood in silence and paid tribute to the former Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning, who died last Saturday. In paying tribute, CARICOM Secretary General, Ambassador Irwin LaRoque said he could not begin the meeting without first paying tribute to the late […]
(NY Daily News) A father of four and his 23-year-old girlfriend were found shot to death in a Brooklyn home Sunday afternoon, in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide. Police believe Christopher Pickering, 37, blasted Elizabeth Thompkins in the head in their Central Ave. home near Hancock St. in Bushwick, and then turned the […]
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