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Just one point separated the Top 2 students in this year’s National Grade 6 Assessment Examinations. Education Minister Priya Manickchand on Friday announced that 11-year-old student of the ISA Islamic Academy, Salima Majeed is the Top Performer for the 2013 examinations with 548 marks out of 560. The Mae’s Under 12 School and student Christian […]
The visually impaired man who was charged a few weeks ago in murder conspiracy case was placed on $150,000 bail when he made his second court appearance on Friday morning and the entire case against him could be dropped when he appears in court the next time. Social and Political activist Mark Benschop has indicated […]
A 22-year-old young man who was the pillion rider on a motorcycle lost his life on Friday morning when the motorcycle slammed into a car on Mandela Avenue. The rider of the motorcycle sustained a number of injuries while the driver of the car escaped unhurt. The dead youth has been identified as Tavell Gilbert […]
Several mini bus drivers who traverse the down-town Georgetown to Sophia route, pulled their buses off of the road on Thursday to protest the deplorable conditions of a number of the main roads in the Sophia area. The drivers complained that they have expressed concerns over the badly damaged roads for years and it appeared […]
A 34-year-old East Ruimveldt man is nursing a gun shot wound to his right arm after being shot by his older brother when he tried to prevent the older brother from assaulting his pregnant girlfriend. The assailant has since gone into hiding. According to a neighbour, the younger brother Yohan Greenidge had gone to the […]
The Government of Guyana has dismissed the formula put forward by Opposition Leader David Granger for the appointment of the Chancellor of the Judiciary and the Chief Justice. At a Wednesday press conference, the Government’s chief spokesman, Dr. Roger Luncheon said the Opposition Leader’s role in the appointment of the Chancellor and the Chief Justice […]
A visibly upset Minister of Education Priya Manickchand on Wednesday afternoon announced that she has ordered a full probe into reports that children of the Kato community in Region 8 would have to carry firewood and logs to prepare hot meals as part of the school’s feeding programme. “I am saying definitively that our rules […]
Jamaican registered carrier Fly Jamaica has been given the green light by the Guyana Government to begin operations out of Guyana to New York and Toronto but the airline will first have to provide a G$40 Million bond before it could begin its service. Cabinet Secretary Dr. Roger Luncheon on Wednesday made the announcement that […]
A Canadian man is expected to face a Magistrate before the end of this week after he was busted at the Cheddi Jagan International Airport with just over five pounds of cocaine stashed in his suitcase. According to the Police, the Canadian was an outgoing passenger on a Caribbean Airlines flight to Toronto when Police […]
The Guyana Police Force announced that it has recovered the firearm which was stolen from a policeman during the daring Wismar Post Office robbery on Monday morning. According to a Statement from the Police Force, the firearm was discovered along the Linden Soesdyke Highway at the roadside minus the ammunition and magazine which were also […]
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