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The high level of investments and equity of resources of the education sector have been credited for the outstanding performance of Guyanese students who have done their country proud. Guyana copped five of the eight regional CXC awards offered, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand announced last week. The winners from Guyana are as follows: Yogeeta […]
A 22-year-old Albouystown man is nursing a gunshot wound to his stomach after he was attacked by two bandits while entering his yard and robbed of his cellphone, jewellery and $12,000. According to a Police Statement, just before 4 am on Thursday as Albouystown resident Christopher Wayne was about to enter his premises. he was […]
A drunken confrontation between a Lusignan woman and her abusive husband led to the woman’s murder on Wednesday. 45-year-old Maharanie Parmanand, of Grass Field, Lusignan, ECD was found dead in her shack on Wednesday afternoon with several marks of violence to her body. Police investigators believe the woman was beaten to death by her husband. […]
By Rawle Toney On May 29, 2004, she etched her place in Guyana’s history, becoming the first female World Champion following a 10 round Unanimous Decision victory over American Kathy Rivers at National Park and today, Gwendolyn O’Neil still sits on the throne of the World’s Heavyweights. The Women International Boxing Association (WIBA) considered as […]
(US Embassy) Five students and one mentor representing several regions of Guyana have embarked on a three week exchange program to the United States known as the Youth Ambassadors Program (YAP). The YAP group arrived in Denver, Colorado Sunday, October 6, and will travel to Washington D.C. before the program concludes October 29, 2013. Representing Guyana […]
The 19-year- old Albouystown man, Mario Gouveia who was shot to the face by the Police two Saturday nights ago and died at the Georgetown Hospital last Monday may not have died from his gunshot wound, raising new questions about how the suspected bandit passed away at the Georgetown Hospital. Relatives say a post-mortem examination carried […]
The Personal Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the border controversy between Guyana and Venezuela, Mr. Norman Girvan met with officials from the two countries last week in wake of the arrest by Venezuela of an oil exploration vessel that was in Guyana’s waters. The meeting with the UN Good Officer was described by […]
The US Embassy in Georgetown announced on Monday that Ambassador D. Brent Hardt recently met with Volunteer Youth Corps. Head, Goldie Scott upon her return from the United States after participating in the prestigious Embassy-sponsored International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) exchange. According to the Embassy, Scott, who is Chief Executive Officer of the Volunteer Youth Corps […]
The Guyana Defence Force on Monday morning announced that it has set up a Board of Inquiry to report on any breaches of the Standard Operating Procedures for the handling and accounting for ammunition at the Colonel John Clarke Military Training School at Takama. The decision by the GDF comes in wake of the discovery […]
Police on Friday afternoon shot a suspected bandit dead at Good Faith, Mahaicony after a home owner found two men breaking into his house and summoned the Police. According to reports just after 1 o’ clock on Friday afternoon, Mahaicony resident Veerapen Jebode returned home and fount that his home had been broken into and […]
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