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Two persons lost their lives and several others have been left nursing serious injuries following a smash-up involving a mini-bus at Good Hope on the East Coast of Demerara. The driver of the route 44 mini-bus, Andrew Albert was pronounced dead at the scene. The other victim was identified as passenger, 38-year-old Annalisa Lachan. Eyewitnesses […]
Minister of Public Works, Juan Edghill, has announced that the Demerara Harbour Bridge will be opened to vehicles weighing up to 18 tons starting today following disruptions over the weekend. The Minister is also urging truck drivers to reduce their speed when crossing the bridge. On Sunday, the DHB was closed to vehicular traffic […]
Minister of Education Priya Manickchand announced this morning that the results for this year’s National Grade Six Assessment Examinations will be released on Friday, 9th September. The Ministry had previously announced a September 15 release date. In a brief statement, Minister Manickchand said students and their parents should not be nervous, since all schools will […]
The Government of Guyana today condemned the continued harassment being meted out to Guyanese fisherfolk by the Surinamese government. In a statement, the Government also called out of the Government of Suriname over its failure to grant licenses to Guyanese fishermen in keeping with a commitment made by Suriname almost two years ago. The Guyana […]
Three students from the Anna Regina Multilateral School have snagged the highest number of grade ones at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Certificate Examinations and appear to be in the running for the top performer prize. In releasing preliminary results today, the Ministry of Education announced that Ramool Baboolall of the Anna Regina Multilateral School wrote […]
Predicting that President Irfaan Ali will call General and Regional Elections long before 2025, Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton believes that the Opposition needs to be mobilised since he is of the view that the Opposition would be victorious at the elections. “We will continue to campaign until they call the elections, and we guarantee, when […]
With the price of crude oil remaining high internationally, Guyana is projected to earn US$1.1B in revenue from the sale of its share of profit oil, and US$147.7M in royalties by the end of 2022, the Ministry of Finance said in its Mid-Year Report. Initially, the Finance Ministry had projected that by the end of […]
President of the Guyana Teachers Union (GTU) Mark Lyte has promised to take sterner action in the new school year to ensure that issues related to the nation’s teachers are addressed. In a video statement on the reopening of schools for full time face to face classes today, the GTU President said for too long, […]
The Ministry of Finance has reported that Guyana recorded an overall real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 36.4 percent in the first half of this year, with the non-oil economy growing by 8.3 percent. According to the Ministry, the growth reflects the Government’s supportive policy stance. With the growth rate expected to continue to […]
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana (IDPADA-G), Olive Sampson has referred the Culture Minister Charles Ramson Jr. to the Ministry of Finance for all of the financial information that he has requested from the organisation. In a response to the Culture Minister’s letter seeking financial documents, the […]
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