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President Irfaan Ali and Education Minister, Priya Manickchand, today commissioned the reconstructed North Ruimveldt Secondary school. A portion of the school was destroyed by fire almost four years ago. The school has been rebuilt at a cost of more than $500 million. At the time of the fire, the school had an enrollment of 512 […]
Presidential Candidate of the APNU, Aubrey Norton, has outlined his party’s plans to fix the country’s power generation problem and ultimately end power outages. During an interview this morning on 104.1 Lite FM, Mr. Norton said although the Government has made several interventions including the rental of two power ships, the power supply problem still […]
Pointing out that Guyana now earns $1.5 Billion per day from oil production, Leader of the Alliance For Change, Nigel Hughes, believes the country’s high poverty level in the face of so much resources is unacceptable. Addressing his party’s public meeting in Linden over the weekend, Mr. Hughes said the Government has been promising to […]
Guyanese legal luminary, Dr Arif Bulkan, who briefly served as a Court of Appeal Judge in Guyana, has been selected by the Regional Judicial and Legal Services Commission (RJLSC) to join the Caribbean Court of Justice as a Judge. In a statement, the CCJ said Dr. Bulkan will fill the vacancy created by the elevation […]
19-year-old jockey, Kishawn Pereira, lost his life tragically on Sunday evening at the Guyana Cup Horse Race meet in Berbice when he fell from his horse during a race and was trampled. The riderless horse later crossed the finish line as medical teams rushed to assist the young man, who was rushed by ambulance to […]
President Irfaan Ali on Sunday night announced a menu of measures for school children, pensioners and those who benefit from public assistance. At a PPP Civic rally in the Rupununi town of Lethem, the President announced that he intends to increase the Because We Care Cash Grant for Children to $100,000 per year and add […]
The We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) party is calling on the commercial banks that closed the accounts of its candidates to restore those accounts. The call has been made by party officials following a correspondence from the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which instituted sanctions back in 2024 against Azruddin and […]
The governing People’s Progressive Party is set to launch its manifesto on Monday, according to General Secretary of the party, Bharrat Jagdeo. Three weeks ago, the party held a wide-ranging consultation for its manifesto seeking the input of persons from the various sectors. At his press conference on Thursday, Mr. Jagdeo said while some of […]
Queen’s College student, Jayden Adrian, secured 21 Grade Ones and 6 Grade Twos to emerge as Guyana’s top performing student at this year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations. The QC boy told reporters this afternoon that he is extremely pleased with his performance. “Right now I am feeling very fulfilled because this is all […]
The APNU unveiled its 56-page manifesto today detailing its plans for keys sectors including Education, Health, Energy, Agriculture, Housing, Culture, Youth and Sports. At the centre of those plans is a plan to root out corruption by fixing broken systems, starting with the Public Service. APNU Presidential Candidate, Aubrey Norton, told those gathered at the […]
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