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Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, Senior Counsel Anil Nandlall, has expressed concern once again over the slow pace of the election fraud cases in the Court. Speaking on his Issues in the News television programme, Mr. Nandlall has taken a swipe at the Defence Attorneys in the case, accusing them of deliberately raising […]
Over 15,000 Grade Six students from across the country are sitting their second round of mock exams in preparation for the National Grade Six Assessment (NGSA) examinations, which will be administered in May. Minister of Education, Priya Manickchand explained that the mock exams are set, managed and run by the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC), and […]
Nine months after he was dragged before the Courts and slapped with 16 counts of trafficking in persons, businessman and airline pilot, Orlando Charles has been freed of the charges. The Bartica Magistrates’ Court found that the charges were without merit and there was no evidence to support the charge of trafficking in persons against […]
The University of Guyana (UG) today received the prestigious 2023 Perry Center Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education for Hemispheric Defense Studies. The Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education is given to individuals or institutions in recognition of their significant contributions in the field of security and defense education in […]
The Ministry of Education has launched its new Primary textbook Series “Mathematics Made Easy,” and “Social Studies: Guyanese in the World”. The launching took place at the Round House in Kingston. The textbooks were designed using culturally relevant and modern materials that are aligned with the Education Ministry’s new Primary curriculum for both Mathematics and […]
President Irfaan Ali has warned that Guyana is facing intense cyber-security threats and has charged the University of Guyana, the Guyana Defense Force and its international partner—the William J. Perry Centre, to assist the country in shutting down those threats. Addressing a ceremony at the University of Guyana today, where the University received the 2023 […]
The umbrella trade union body, the Guyana Trades Union Congress, today accused the Ministry of Education and the Government of entering the recent talks with the Guyana Teachers Union in a high-handed and disrespectful way. The Guyana Trades Union Congress said it will continue to stand with the teachers and all those who were affected […]
By Svetlana Marshall Breaking her silence on the ongoing dispute between the Ministry of Education and the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) over a pay package period for teachers, Minister of Education Priya Manickchand today questioned whether it would be “reasonable” to offer salary increases to teachers for the time spent at home during the COVID-19 […]
Police investigators have rushed in to the interior location of Karrau in Region 7 to probe the shooting death of Police Sergeant Alex Vaughn. Vaughn was part of a Police search party on the hunt for prison escapee and double murder suspect, Akeem Wong. While reports of the shooting death of the Police Sergeant are […]
The Police are on high alert in a number of Region Seven communities where they suspect prison escapee and double murder suspect, Akeem Wong, may be hiding out. Wong was last spotted in the Saxacalli area, where he attacked and chopped a 75-year-old woman and her 49-year-old son to death at their home. The double […]
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