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The curtains came down on the JOF Haynes Memorial Inter-Secondary Schools debating competition today, with round three of the national competition. The Annandale Secondary School emerged victorious. The Annandale Secondary School argued against the moot ‘Dysfunctional families are a direct result of weak parenting skills’ whilst the New Amsterdam Multilateral Secondary proposed the moot. Assistant […]
The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) of the Ministry of Communities continues the distribution of its home improvement subsidy to eligible persons across the country. On Wednesday, 50 Berbice residents received their subsidy. Region Six is recorded as one of the regions with the highest number of persons qualifying for the home improvement subsidy. […]
Local Parliamentarian and Bishop of Outreach Ministries International, Juan Edghill, is the first preacher to publicly pronounce on that sex scandal involving Head of Beacon Ministries International, self-proclaimed Pope, Dr. Philbert London. Bishop Edghill told reporters on Thursday that as a man of God, he would want to apologise to those offended by the scandal. […]
A delegation from the British Parliament is in Guyana working with local Parliamentarians in several areas, including anti-corruption. Through a Parliament on Anti-Corruption Forum, efforts are being made to explore the role and responsibilities of Parliamentarians in identifying and understanding corruption, and building the legislative capacity of Guyana in tackling corruption through the evolution of […]
Four CG motorcycle riding bandits attacked and robbed the Prance Chinese Supermarket at Crown Dam, Industry on the East Coast of Demerara this afternoon. The four arrived on two Honda CG motorcycles and two kept watch on the outside while the other two who were armed rushed into the business place and pounced on the […]
The National Security Committee has asked Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan, to look into the rift between Police Commissioner, Seelall Persaud and Assistant Police Commissioner, David Ramnarine. Mr. Ramnarine acted as Police Commissioner during the Top Cop’s 100 days vacation leave. But upon his return, the Police Commissioner started to revoke a number of decisions […]
The Private Sector Commission is continuing its efforts to educate its members and the wider business community about money laundering and other financial crimes. On Thursday morning, the PSC hosted a lecture on Money Laundering at the Pegasus Hotel. The event was sponsored by the Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO) and the Private Sector commission. PSC […]
With more than half of the students who wrote the Common Entrance mathematics exam this year, failing the subject, the Education Ministry has launched an aggressive drive to get those grades up while addressing critical needs to improve learning at all levels. Minister of State, Joe Harmon, announced today that the Cabinet has given the […]
President David Granger said that Guyana looks forward cooperating with the Republic of South Africa in the area of climate change and environmental management as part of this country’s continued push toward the development of a ‘Green State’. The President made these comments today following an Accreditation Ceremony at State House, where the new non-resident […]
The Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan, this morning met with the Resident Representative of the Exim Bank of India, Sailesh Prasad and the two signed a $US10 Million Credit Agreement for the acquisition of an ocean going ferry for the Georgetown- North West route. Also present at the signing were the Minister of Public Infrastructure, […]
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