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Nine years after he was freed of one rape charge related to a minor, Retired educator and former President of the Guyana Teachers’ Union, Colwyn King, was today convicted of another rape charge, which also involved a child under the age of 16. The jury delivered its guilty verdict this afternoon at the High Court […]
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has announced that the Guyana Government will soon be rolling out an initiative to issue residency cards to non-Guyanese who are living and working in Guyana. At a Freedom House press conference, Mr. Jagdeo told reporters that the new residency card will not only target Venezuelans, but Chinese, Indians, Africans and […]
Access to quality education for hinterland students remains a pressing issue in Guyana’s education system, with many students still facing problems such as poor infrastructure, lack of transportation, shortage of trained teachers and a lack of textbooks and learning materials. During the announcement of this year’s NGSA results on Wednesday, Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand, […]
As the multi-million-dollar luxury car tax evasion case against businessman Azruddin Mohamed continued in the Georgetown Magistrates’ Court today, the Attorney for the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Sanjeev Datadin, signaled his intention to have the Court summons representatives from both local and foreign banking institutions to testify in the case against Mohamed. Mohamed, who remains […]
Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton offered congratulations to all students who wrote this year’s National Grade Six Assessment Exams (NGSA). He noted that while many students did extremely well, there were many more who could have performed better if better systems were put in place at some schools. Mr. Norton said there needs to be a […]
President Irfaan Ali has urged parents and the society at large to not put pressure on those students who might not have excelled at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment exams, declaring that the results may not be the defining moment of a child’s life. In a Facebook statement, moments after the release of the […]
In an exceptional performance that will go down in Guyana’s history, Academy of Excellence student, Tanasha Mayers, secured a perfect score at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA), making her the country’s top performer at the exam. Mayers secured the maximum perfect score of 487.88 marks, which would be only the second time in […]
By Svetlana Marshall Guyana recorded its best National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) results in the history of the exams, the Ministry of Education reported today as this year’s results were released. This year has seen major improvements in all four of the subject areas of English, Science and Social Studies and Mathematics. The results […]
Three years after Police SWAT Officer, Sherwin Peters was charged with manslaughter over the shooting death of Essequibo Coast businessman, Orin Boston, he has been found guilty of the crime. The guilty verdict was handed down today in the Essequibo High Court on the completion of the trial. The Policeman, who is originally from Linden, […]
Chairman of the National Toshaos’ Council (NTC), Derrick John, and Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), Lenox Shuman have written to the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) objecting to the use of the “jaguar” as a political symbol for the recently formed, We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) political party, which is headed by billionaire […]
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