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Education Minister Priya Manickchand has announced that next year’s Grade Six Assessment Examinations will not take place in March or April because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. She said it is likely that the exams will be pushed back to later in the year or another form of assessment will be used to […]
As the PPP Civic Government marked its 100 days in Government with video recorded testimonials being aired across the country, the Opposition APNU+AFC mounted a protest outside the Office of the President, accusing the 100-day old government of mismanagement. Opposition Leader Joe Harmon said there has been mismanagement at every level since the new government […]
Eight students at President’s College who returned to their dorms over the weekend have tested positive for Coronavirus and have been placed in isolation. Four of the eight students are from the Region Eight community of Kato. The first group of students were only tested upon their arrival at the school on Friday and not […]
As the Government continues to shy away from funding a team of forensic experts from Argentina and Spain to probe the murder of Berbice teens, Isaiah and Joel Henry and Haresh Singh, the Opposition has indicated its willingness to fund the team’s work. In a statement today, Opposition Leader Joe Harmon said the Government’s credibility […]
Leader of the Opposition Joe Harmon wants to see the Customs Anti Narcotics Unit go after the “big fishes” in the multi-billion dollar cocaine shipment in Belgium that originated in Guyana. Appearing on “The Rickford Burke Conversations” online talk show, Mr. Harmon said there is no doubt that major players in the drug underworld locally […]
Guyana’s Minister of Home Affairs, Robeson Benn today expressed the shock and alarm of the Government at the export of more than 11 tons of cocaine through a local port with no alarm bells going off. Belgium Authorities found US$1 Billion worth of cocaine in a container that arrived there from Guyana. The shipment left […]
The US Drug Enforcement Administration is assisting Guyana’s Customs Anti Narcotics Unit with the local end of the Belgium cocaine bust that has been traced to Guyana. Head of CANU, James Singh told News Source this morning that the DEA and CANU are working on a joint team probing the shipment of the more than […]
A 29-year-old sanitation worker lost his life yesterday while on duty at the Infectious Diseases Hospital at Lilliendall. The young man, Kevin Smith, was reportedly using a freight lift in a section of the building when it crashed to the ground, leaving him with several fatal injuries. He was rushed to the Georgetown Hospital’s emergency […]
Firemen rushed across to a variety store on Regent Street on Sunday evening as a fire ravaged through the building located at 136 Regent Street. By the time the firemen arrived, the building which was already engulfed but they managed to restrict the fire to the one building and a tent facility that was set […]
A Saturday morning mass at the Brickdam Cathedral came to a pause after a man of unsound mind attacked and robbed Catholic Bishop Francis Alleyne as he presided over the service. The entire incident was streamed live on Facebook. Moments after Bishop Alleyne led a small congregation in singing “Yaweh is the God of my […]
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