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Eighteen-year-old Campbellville resident, Shawn Smith was remanded to prison on Monday after being charged for robbing a Mashramani parade spectator of a mobile phone and other items amounting to $258,000. Smith appeared before Magistrate Judy Latchman at the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court and the charge was read to him. The Court was told that during the […]
It will be Western Tigers and the Guyana Police Force that will go head-to-head in the finals of the 2nd Annual Petra Organised, Limacol Round-robin Knock-out Football Tournament. The two teams secured thrilling semi-final wins on Sunday evening at the Georgetown Football Club (GFC), Bourda. The semi-finals was certainly a treat with both matches keeping spectators on the […]
Opposition Leader and General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party, Bharrat Jagdeo, today announced that the PPP will decide on who will be its Presidential Candidate at the next elections when that time comes. “We will keep an open mind as to who the best candidate will be when the time comes”, Jagdeo said. He […]
With the continuing failing grade at common entrance mathematics by Guyanese students, the STEM Guyana (Science Technology Engineering Math) Project has launched a new mobile app that it hopes will assist in improving the performances of the children. The mobile Math App was created to help the more than 14,000 local children who will be take […]
President David Granger has reportedly told senior members of his cabinet that he has decided that the government will be moving to remove the Value Added Tax from private school fees. The announcement is expected to come before the end of today or by tomorrow, senior Government sources have told News Source. The President’s decision […]
GTT today took its faster internet service to the Cinderella County of Essequibo on Monday morning, promising residents of better service with “blazing fast” internet. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Justin Nedd, told a launching ceremony at Anna Regina that for the first time, the entire Essequibo coast from Supernaam to Charity will be experiencing […]
(GINA) A Ministerial team on Saturday, visited the Kato Secondary School in Region Eight, to get a firsthand look at the state of the building and what needs to be done. The team comprised Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson, Minister of Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs Sydney Allicock, Minister of Education Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine and Minister of […]
-by Handel Duncan- President David Granger has called on residents of the Sophia community not to believe that Sophia is a slum, shanty town or squatter settlement. During a visit to the community on Friday, President reminded residents that Sophia is a part of the national capital of Georgetown like any other community. For years […]
(GINA) The final report from the Financial Audit into the One Laptop Per Family (OLPF) project, launched by the previous Government in 2011, has found that the financial systems and internal controls governing the project were generally weak. The report, among others was handed over by Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Jaipaul Sharma to […]
Within recent weeks there has been a noticeable increase in reports of fires in Georgetown and the East Bank and East Coast of Demerara. The spate of fires is of concern to the Guyana Fire Service, which has launched various investigations. In an invited comment, Fire Prevention Officer, Andrew Holder, explained to News Source that […]
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