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Health Ministry probing leak of Nurses Examination papers

Investigations are ongoing to identify person or persons who may have been responsible for the leak of examination papers before the sitting and assessment of 250 nursing students on October 19 and 20, 2016. Nurses who sat the Clinical and Functional examination in October were informed by Principal Tutor of the Georgetown School of Nursing, […]

Waiters and Waitresses trained by Tourism Authority in Customer Care

Customer service in Guyana received a boost today, as the Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) held a training session for waiters and waitresses from restaurants and hotels around Georgetown. Today’s training was described as appropriate as Guyana prepares to celebrate Restaurant Week from November 18-27 as part of Tourism Awareness Month activities. Speaking at the training […]

Man and woman die after stabbing each other during argument

 A bizarre double murder in the interior mining community of Ekereku Hill Top in Kamarang has left relatives in tears and police investigators stunned. Dead are 45-year-old Selima Norton aka Shelly of New Providence Housing Scheme and 37-year-old Kurt Reynolds of Meadowbrook Gardens. The two were involved in a relationship and together they managed a […]

City Hall seeks $600 Million bailout from Central Government

The Georgetown Mayor and City Council, on Monday, passed a motion by Councillor Junior Garrett to send a delegation from the M&CC to the Minister of Communities, Ronald Bulkan seeking an intervention from Central Government in the form of $600M. The motion was seconded by Councillor Lyndon Hilliman and was unanimously carried by the M&CC. […]