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The People’s Progressive Party might not be willing to contest local government elections once Dr. Steve Surujbally remains as the Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. Local government elections were last held in Guyana back in 1994. The new government has promised to call local government elections by next year as it settles into office. […]
The Commissioner General of the Guyana Revenue Authority (GRA), Khurshid Sattaur has brushed aside calls for his resignation and says he has every reason to believe those calls are charged with malice and vendetta. A vexed Sattaur told News Source, in a Monday morning telephone interview, that he has been nothing short of a professional […]
Guyana is now looking to the United Kingdom for support against Venezuela’s persistent aggression over its claim to the Essequibo region and Guyana’s oil rich maritime space. President David Granger while attending an event to mark the birthday of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, called on the UK to demonstrate solidarity with Guyana “and to […]
The Guyana Police Force on Friday released statistics which detail increases in execution type murders for 2015, when compared to the corresponding period last year. According to the Guyana Police Force, five executions were recorded at the end of May 2015 while during the same period in 2014, two such murders were recorded. Representing a 150% […]
Guyanese business magnate and retired Chairman of Demerara Distillers Limited, Dr. Yesu Persaud wants to see the new government be serious about its work and keep the promises that it would have made to the people of Guyana. Dr. Persaud who has headed some of the most successful business operations in Guyana for decades told […]
President and Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces, retired Brigadier David Granger has revealed he summoned an emergency meeting of the Defence Board following the decree by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, claiming more of Guyana’s territory. The President would not offer details but he said a follow up meeting was also held. In an […]
The results of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) written on 01 April and 02 April 2015 are being released to schools. Fifteen thousand two hundred and twenty five (15,225) candidates were entered for this assessment. These candidates also wrote the National Grade Two Assessment in 2011 and the National Grade Four Assessment in 2013. […]
Many students were left in tears and others could not hold back their laughter as they received news of their success at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment examinations. Over at the Success Elementary School, where 25 students secured spots in the top 100, loud applause rang out continuously as former Member of Parliament Africo Selman […]
Minister of State Joseph Harmon in a shocking revelation on Thursday announced that the PetroCaribe fund, which the new APNU+AFC coalition government inherited from the previous People’s Progressive Party Civic administration, was bankrupt. The revelation means that the new government, which will not be ready with a national budget until September, has to find a […]
The Success Elementary School, which is a private school, has grabbed the top two positions at this year’s National Grade Six Assessment Examinations. Just over 15,000 students from across Guyana wrote the NGSA examinations commonly known as Common Entrance. The top student is 11-year-old Solomon Cherai of Success Elementary who gained 530 marks out of […]
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