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Police Force withdraws support from Police Wives Association

The Guyana Police Force on Monday announced that it has withdrawn its support from the Police Wives Association over several concerns about the way the Association has been operating. Members of the Association have complained about being locked out the building at the Police Mess Hall, but in a statement, the Guyana Police Force sought […]

Leonora miner stabbed to death in Cuyuni

Police investigators have been dispatched to a mining camp at Sandhills, Cuyuni where a 24-year-old miner was found stabbed to death early on Monday morning. The dead man has been identified as Devindra Alfred of Leonora, West Coast Demerara. He was found just after 2 0′ clock on Monday morning with multiple stab wounds to […]

Albouystown businesswoman found tied up and murdered

Police investigators are  continuing their probe into the murder of Albouystown businesswoman Sumintra Dinool who was found dead in her Sussex Street house tied up and beaten on Sunday morning. According to investigators, the woman’s hands and feet were tied up and strapped to her bed. A man has been taken into custody in connection […]

17-year-old taxi driver found murdered, Two men in custody

Two East Coast Demerara men are in custody and are expected to face murder charges early in the new week in connection with the death of 17-year-old taxi driver, Dhanraj Latchman. The body of the young man who is also from the Lusignan area was found on Friday evening in  the Parika Backdam. He was […]

Ganga Persaud hired as Consultant to Labour Minister

Just five months after the Government of Guyana dumped Ganga Persaud as a Minister of Local Government by forcing him to resign from office, he has been rehired by the same People’s Progressive Party government as one of the new Consultants to the Minister of Labour. Persaud who remains as a Member of Parliament for […]

Opposition ABLP wins Antigua General Elections

ST JOHN’S, Antigua (CMC) – Gaston Browne led his Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party (ALP) to a crushing victory in the general elections held on Thursday and has pledged to make the island an economic powerhouse in the Caribbean during his first term in office. Browne, 47, said from all indications, it appears that the […]

New Guyana School boy grabs NGSA Top spot

The New Guyana School’s Jorrel DeSantos has been awarded the top spot in this years National Grade Six Assessment Examinations. He scored a total of 533 marks out of the possible 540 marks. He was followed by Aliah Mohammed of the School of the Nations who came in the number 2 spot with 531 marks. […]

NGSA RESULTS – Top Students

 MINISTRY OF EDUCATION EXAMINATIONS DIVISION NATIONAL GRADE SIX ASSESSMENT 2014 The results of the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) written on16 April and 17 April 2014 will be released to schools shortly.  Fifteen thousand two hundred and twenty seven (15,227) candidates were entered for this assessment. These candidates also wrote the National Grade Two Assessment […]

Guyana observes Day against Child labour

Guyana has joined the rest of the world in calling for the elimination of Child Labour, which is work that deprives children of their child hood. World Day Against Child Labour is being observed in 2014 under the theme ‘Extend Social Protection: Combat Child Labour’! While the statistics show a decline, there are still 168 […]

Speeding driver hits down and kills three on Corentyne Coast

Three persons including a teenager and a young child were killed on Wednesday night at Phillipia on the Corentyne Coast when they were all hit down by a speeding driver. According to a resident of the area, Sheralyn Pestano, the speeding car first hit down a young man and attempted to drive away from the […]